A5016178573- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
- Social Capital and Networks
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Ethics in medical practice
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences and Governance
- Cooperative Studies and Economics
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Taxation and Compliance Studies
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Youth Development and Social Support
University of Pennsylvania
2015-2024
Philadelphia University
2007-2022
California University of Pennsylvania
2015-2022
Toronto Metropolitan University
2021
Victoria Park
2021
York University
1996-2020
Pelita Harapan University
2020
T1he term volunteer is used too broadly in denoting nonsalaried service. In this article, the authors attempt to delineate boundaries of volunteer. They first reviewed 11 widely definitions Using a content analysis, they identified four key dimensions commonly found most then proposed an internal continuum (Guttman scale) for each dimension that distinguished between "pure" and "broadly defined" volunteers. analyzed importance these determining how people perceive what makes expanded...
The study of volunteerism has generated multiple conceptual frameworks yet no integrated theory emerged.This article identifies three major challenges, or layers complexity, that a unified volunteering faces.First, is complex phenomenon permeable boundaries and spans wide variety activities, organizations, sectors.Second, different disciplines attribute meanings functions to volunteering.Third, existing theoretical accounts are biased toward covering the 'laws volunteering' have strong...
Journal Article The Invisible Caring Hand: American Congregations and the Provision of Welfare by Ram A. Cnaan with Stephanie C. Boddie, Femida Handy, Gaynor Yancey, Richard Schneider. New York: York University Press, 2002, 329 pp.; $60. cloth, $20. paper Get access S. Craig This Office Research & Planning, United Methodist Church Search for other works this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology Religion, Volume 65, Issue 4, Winter 2004, Pages 418–420,...
This research adopts the utilitarian view of volunteering as a starting point: we posit that for an undergraduate student population is motivated by career enhancing and job prospects. We hypothesize in those countries where signals positive characteristics students helps advance their careers, volunteer participation will be higher. Furthermore, regardless signaling value volunteering, who reasons more likely to but exhibit less time-intensive volunteering. Using survey data from 12 ( n =...
This article investigates volunteering by immigrants. It examines if and how experiences can attenuate the effects of relocation for immigrants as they seek to regain social human capital lost in migration process. Based on analysis 754 surveys, 33 focus groups, 34 in-depth interviews, authors explore ethnic congregations four Canadian cities. Using a grounded theory approach, propose conceptual framework that delineates factors at individual organizational levels. Although individual-level...
The use of volunteers in hospitals has been an age-old practice. This nonmarket community involvement is a distinctive aspect North American life. Hospitals may be attracted to increase the volunteers, both provide increased quality care and contain costs. rely on professional administrators donated time efficiently. study examines benefits costs volunteer programs derives estimate net value that accrue volunteers. In particular, are detailed. Using 31 around Toronto surveying hospital...
Programmes targeting student volunteering and service learning are part of encouraging civic behaviour amongst young people. This article reports on a large scale international survey comparing tertiary students at universities in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, States America. The data revealed high rates popularity occasional or episodic volunteering. There were strong commonalities behaviour, motivations benefits across five Western predominately English-speaking...
Although participation in volunteering and motivations to volunteer (MTV) have received substantial attention on the national level, particularly US, few studies compared explained these issues across cultural political contexts. This study compares how two theoretical perspectives, social origins theory signalling theory, explain variations MTV different countries. The analyses responses from a sample of 5794 students six countries representing distinct institutional findings provide strong...
Environmental issues are particularly salient for today's generation of young adults. Indeed, many have suggested that it will be this lead the environmental movement forward. Therefore, study examines motivations and mechanisms influence proclivity intensity adults' volunteerism. Using a survey attitudes behaviors college students at large urban Canadian university (n = 1 372), we assess why adults volunteer environment factors motivate their commitment. Our findings suggest who engage in...
In this article, we develop and validate a comprehensive self-report scale of why people make charitable donations, relying on theoretical model private versus public benefits to donors. Study 1, administered an initial pool 54 items general adult sample online. An exploratory factor analysis supported six final factors in the Motives Donate scale: Trust, Altruism, Social, Tax benefits, Egoism, Constraints. We then verified structure confirmatory analysis. 1 also examined 18-item scale’s...
This article examines the interchangeability of paid and volunteer labor. It reports on estimates prevalence such through a series studies Canadian nonprofits: two national surveys nonprofit organizations case hospitals. The first study found evidence that volunteers were replacing staff volunteers, sometimes in same organization. second explored this pattern further percentage tasks interchangeable. third about two-thirds sample agreed occurred, but data indicated it was limited to 12%...
Abstract We study the influence of perceived descriptive social norms on subsequent giving behavior to nonprofits, explore how information can these norms, and provide insight for fundraising practice. A survey conducted in a nonprofit organization first shows that donors use their beliefs about norm inform own donation behavior. Donors who believe others make high contributions tend themselves. Next, laboratory experiment demonstrates consequently giving. These results suggest strategies...
This article examines the phenomenon of volunteering from a benefit—cost perspective. Both individual making decision to volunteer and organization use labor face benefits costs their actions, yet these almost always remain unarticulated, perhaps because common perception do-good who contributes his or her for free discourages rational calculus. In this article, we examine, conceptually, (both direct indirect) accruing that uses labor. It is important organizations resource allocation both...
Online donation platforms, albeit a recent phenomenon, are becoming more important for human service nonprofits, allowing them to reach broader target population of donors at relatively little cost. In developing countries such as India, internet use is flourishing, and this has allowed fund‐raisers hitherto difficult reach. A cross‐sectional research design was utilized survey one online program in India (n = 479). This exploratory, investigating the factors that influence people's...
In present-day societies, the extent to which young people still participate in civic life is an important matter of concern. The claim a generational “decline” engagement has been contested, and interchanged with notion “replacement” traditional by new types participation, emergence “monitorial citizen” who participates more individualized ways. Concurrently, this study explored assumption “pluralization” involvement, advancing concept: “civic omnivore,” characterized expanded repertoire....
Abstract Financial inclusion/exclusion has recently been emphasised as an important policy option aimed at alleviating poverty, minimising social exclusion and enhancing economic growth. In this article, we review the growing interest in financial inclusion, define them demonstrate their existence developing developed countries. Our empirical focus is on whether inclusion successfully implemented four sites rural South India where banks claimed that complete. Although many people are...
Using the social-psychological literature on antecedents of environmental behaviour and comparative data from Germany, India, Israel South Korea, we test four value types that correspond with behaviour. Our cross-national context represents varying social, economic, cultural configurations, giving credence to effects values. The authors collected survey among students a variety behaviours questions comprise Schwartz's scale. results show similarities between countries in effect biospheric...