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Benefits, costs, incentive management and participation in voluntary organizations: A means to understanding and promoting empowerment

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  1. Department of Psychology, Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex, 9201 Watertown Plank Road, 53226, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    John E. Prestby

  2. University of South Carolina, South Carolina, USA

    Abraham Wandersman

  3. University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island, USA

    Paul Florin

  4. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, USA

    Richard Rich

  5. Rutgers University, USA

    David Chavis

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This article is based on the first author's dissertation in Clinical/Community Psychology, from the University of South Carolina. The data are part of the Block Booster Project, funded by the Ford Foundation and administered by Citizens Committee for New York City. Abraham Wandersrnan, Thomas Cafferty, Lawrence McClure, and Janice Love provided valuable comments on the dissertation. The dissertation was supported by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Research Grant-In-Aid Program and the Graduate School of South Carolina. The authors are grateful to Douglas D. Perkins, Richard H. Price, Richard Shingles, and Marc A. Zimmerman for their valuable comments on earlier drafts of this paper.

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Prestby, J.E., Wandersman, A., Florin, P. et al. Benefits, costs, incentive management and participation in voluntary organizations: A means to understanding and promoting empowerment. Am J Commun Psychol 18, 117–149 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00922691

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