Determinants of volunteerism: A cross-disciplinary review and research agenda

Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 3-26

  Wymer, Walter ^a   Riecken, Glen ^b   Yavas, Ugur ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85023532284     PISSN: 10495142     EISSN: 15406997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J054v04n04_02     Document Type: Article

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