Benefits of participation in corporate volunteer programs: Employees' perceptions

Personnel Review

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 615-627

  Peterson, Dane K ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Job satisfaction; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 9344264003     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480410561510     Document Type: Article

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