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“Can’t you see I’m burned out!”: An exploration of potential downsides of volunteering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2023

Joshua E. Cogswell Open the ORCID record for Joshua E. Cogswell [Opens in a new window]  and
Melanie M. Boudreaux
Joshua E. Cogswell*
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Department of Management and Marketing, College of Business Administration, Nicholls State University, P.O. Box 2015, Thibodaux, LA 70310, USA
Melanie M. Boudreaux
Affiliation:
Department of Management and Marketing, College of Business Administration, Nicholls State University, P.O. Box 2015, Thibodaux, LA 70310, USA
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Corresponding author: Joshua E. Cogswell; Email: joshua.cogswell@nicholls.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , December 2023 , pp. 450 - 454
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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