Sustaining a positive altruistic identity in humanitarian aid work: A qualitative case study

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Sustaining a positive altruistic identity in humanitarian aid work: A qualitative case study

This case study explores the interpersonal and intrapersonal experiences of a single individual who spent more than 35 years in humanitarian aid work. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, one superordinate theme, altruistic identity (AI), emerges. On return home following a humanitarian m...

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Main Authors:	McCormack, L., Joseph, S., Hagger, Martin
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2009
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12290

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