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Znaczenie motywacji społeczników w ekonomicznych badaniach sektora non-profit
The importance of social motivations in economic studies of the non-profit sector

Author(s): Dominik Buttler
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie we współpracy z Wydawnictwem Naukowym Scholar
Keywords: volunteering; motivations of volunteers; non-profit sector

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the authors hypothesize that the motivations of volunteers should be treated as the key factor in understanding the comparative advantage of non-profi t organizations in some branches of the economy. They present the inventory which might be useful for surveys of volunteers’ motivations. Th e research is conducted within the economic framework.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 16+17
  • Page Range: 71-79
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish