Multiple Forms of Volunteer Activity in the Public Sector: Functional, Structural, and Policy Dimensions
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
- Vol. 19 (1) , 47-58
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089976409001900106
Abstract
Growing use of volunteers in public programs has outstripped our understanding of the behavioral, structural, and policy effects of citi zen inputs of time, fiscal resources, and influence. A reconsideration of the functional roles of volunteers and their linkages with public agencies is needed.Keywords
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