A cross-cultural examination of student volunteering: is it all resume building?

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A cross-cultural examination of student volunteering: is it all resume building?

This research adopts the utilitarian view of volunteering as a starting point: we posit that for an undergraduate student population volunteering is motivated by career enhancing and job prospects. We hypothesize that in those countries where volunteering signals positive characteristics of students...

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Main Authors:	Handy, F., Hustinx, L., Kang, C., Cnaan, R., Brudney, J., Haski-Leventhal, D., Holmes, Kirsten, Meijs, L., Birgitta Pessi, A., Ranade, B., Yamauchi, N., Zrinscak, S.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Sage Publications, Inc. 2010
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11195

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