scholarly journals Age and motives for volunteering: Further evidence

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Celeste Davila ◽  
Juan Francisco Diaz-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Motives For Volunteering

Differences in Motivations of Paid versus Nonpaid Volunteers

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence H. Gerstein ◽  
David A. Wilkeson ◽  
Heather Anderson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
College Student ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Multivariate Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Volunteer Functions Inventory ◽  
Monetary Compensation ◽  
Student Volunteers ◽  
Motives For Volunteering

143 AmeriCorps volunteers (30 men; 113 women) and 127 college student volunteers (43 men; 84 women) completed the Volunteer Functions Inventory to assess whether monetary compensation was associated with choice to volunteer to provide educational services, e.g., tutoring, mentoring. Based on Snyder's 1993 theory of functionalism, motives of paid (AmeriCorps participants) and nonpaid (college students) volunteers were expected to differ. It was also predicted that the motives of female and male volunteers would differ. Multivariate analysis of variance confirmed these assumptions. In general, paid male participants reported perceiving numerous benefits associated with volunteering and reported stronger beliefs about such benefits. Female participants reported motives for volunteering, in contrast, which were not linked with monetary compensation. The women reported recognizing the benefits of volunteering and engaging in this activity for egoistic reasons. Their reported motives had little relation to compensation.

scholarly journals Age and motives for volunteering: Further evidence

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
María Celeste Dávila ◽  
Juan Francisco Díaz-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Motives For Volunteering

MOTIVE, ROLE IDENTITY, AND PROSOCIAL PERSONALITY AS PREDICTORS OF VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia A. Finkelstein ◽  
Louis A. Penner ◽  
Michael T. Brannick
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
Length Of Service ◽  
Volunteer Activity ◽  
Hospice Volunteers ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Motives For Volunteering ◽  
Preliminary Support

Constructs from the functional analysis and role identity models of volunteerism were combined in a study of activity and tenure among hospice volunteers. The influence of prosocial personality tendencies on sustained volunteer activity was also examined. The findings were most supportive of a role identity model of sustained volunteerism. Identity and perceived expectations emerged as the strongest predictors of both time spent volunteering and length of service. Initial motives for volunteering showed a weaker than expected relationship with volunteerism. Motives were, however, correlated with role identity and perceived expectations in an interpretable and theoretically coherent manner. The results provided preliminary support for a conceptual framework that integrates the functional and identity approaches to understanding long-term volunteers.

Motives for volunteering are associated with mortality risk in older adults.

2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Konrath ◽  
Andrea Fuhrel-Forbis ◽  
Alina Lou ◽  
Stephanie Brown
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Motives For Volunteering

scholarly journals Volunteer activity as opportunity to form future pedagogues

2019 ◽  
pp. 160-165
Author(s):  
Irina F. Pletenyova ◽  
Lyubov' N. Martynova ◽  
Larisa V. Barinova
Keyword(s):  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Volunteer Activity ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
Motives For Volunteering ◽  
Comprehensive Study

The article is devoted to a comprehensive study of business and personal qualities of students of pedagogic faculties engaged in volunteer activities. It is shown that the participation of students in volunteer activities contributes to: 1) the acquisition of diverse knowledge; 2) the improvement of existing skills, skills of interaction with others; 3) the formation of an objective assessment of both difficulties and positive aspects of future professional activity. The set of business and personal qualities necessary for the volunteer is revealed, which determine the effectiveness of volunteer activity, which, in turn, contributes to the formation of readiness forprofessional activity of future pedagogues. The authors focus on the factors that influenced the decision of students to engage in volunteer activities, the motives for volunteering, the analysis of students 'views on the prospects of development of this type of activity as a special social sphere, the study of students' opinions about the role that can play in volunteering for future teaching work.

Volunteering During an Emergency

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 419-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liat Kulik
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Late Adulthood ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Personal Empowerment ◽  
The Future ◽  
Motives For Volunteering

The present study examined differences in the volunteering experience during an emergency situation using a life stage perspective. The volunteering experience was examined in a sample of 472 volunteers who volunteered during Operation Protective Edge in Israel, based on their motives for volunteering, satisfaction with the intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of volunteering, and intentions to volunteer in the future. The findings indicate that motives of social solidarity and of escape from reality through volunteering are higher among volunteers in late adolescence than among volunteers in middle and late adulthood. No differences were found in the motive of personal empowerment through volunteering. Men tend to express a higher intention to volunteer in the future than women. The findings indicate a need to expand the theory that explains differences in the volunteering experience along the life cycle in routine situations, such that it will also be compatible with volunteering in emergency situations.

scholarly journals A proposed scenario to activate volunteer efforts for youth in dealing with societal crises: تصور مقترح لتفعيل الجهود التطوعية للشباب في التعامل مع الأزمات المجتمعية

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heba Ahmed Khalifa, Rana Saad Allah Al-Salami
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Volunteer Work ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Special Programs ◽  
Education Campaigns ◽  
General Goal ◽  
Motives For Volunteering

The study aimed to achieve a general goal: to stand on activating the volunteer efforts of youth to deal with societal crises by identifying the motives of volunteer work among youth in times of community crises, as well as identifying the areas of volunteer work carried out by young people in times of community crises, and also identifying the positive effects The consequences of undertaking volunteer work for youth in times of community crises, as wells identifying the difficulties that limit volunteer work for youth in times of community crises, in order to reach proposals to contribute to activating volunteer work for youth in times of community crises. The two researchers used the method of social sample survey of volunteers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where their number reached (104), and the questionnaire was distributed electronically and the two researchers used multiple statistical transactions, and the results of the study indicated that their motives for volunteering to help them build new social relationships, and that one of the most prominent areas of volunteer work is participation in awareness and education campaigns, and one of the most important effects The positivity for their volunteer work is to strengthen their connection to the problems of their society, which contributes to the development of a sense of social responsibility they have, and the lack of special programs to train volunteers before assigning them to volunteer work was one of the most prominent difficulties, while one of the most important proposals was to instill a love of volunteer work in the early stages of life for young people, as it enhances their desire To participate in volunteer work.

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