Conceptual foundations and practical guidelines for retaining volunteers who serve in local nonprofit organizations: Part II

Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 97-118

  Starnes, Becky J ^a,b   Wymer, Walter W ^c  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

^c CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Nonprofit organizations; Retention; Volunteerism; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019785969     PISSN: 10495142     EISSN: 15406997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J054v09n01_06     Document Type: Article

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