Developing and Re-Developing Volunteer Roles: The Case of Ongoing Assimilation of Docent Zoo Volunteers

This study explored the process by which volunteers learned and developed their roles as part of their initial organizational entrance and then re-developed them during ongoing assimilation in response to an organizational change. Based on interviews of 41 zoo docents, this study analyzes the proces...

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Published in:Management communication quarterly 2016-02, Vol.30 (1), p.103-120
Main Authors: Kramer, Michael W., Danielson, Mary Ann
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