In recent years, there has been a blurring of the traditional boundaries
between the public and the nonpublic (for-profit and voluntary nonprofit)
sectors. Studies in volunteerism to date have not yet addressed the issue of
differences and similarities of volunteers in public and nonpublic agencies.
In this article, we report on the first empirical study conducted of volun
teers from the public and nonprofit sectors.
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