Journal ArticleDOI
Volunteerism: Social Issues Perspectives and Social Policy Implications
Mark Snyder,Allen M. Omoto +1 more
TLDR
In this article, the authors define volunteerism as "freely chosen helping activities that extend over time and that are often performed through organizations and on behalf of receptive causes or individuals".Abstract:
This analytic review focuses on theory and research on volunteerism. First, we define volunteerism as freely chosen helping activities that extend over time and that are often performed through organizations and on behalf of receptive causes or individuals. Next, we link these definitional features to the Volunteer Process Model, which depicts volunteerism as a process with three sequential and interactive stages (antecedents, experiences, and consequences) and at multiple levels of analysis. Then, we use this model to organize the empirical literature on volunteerism and selected work on social movements. Finally, we discuss implications for social policy issues relevant to individuals, organizations, communities, and societies.read more
Citations
More filters
A phenomenological investigation of the factors that influence motivation, recruitment and retention of volunteers age 65 and over
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore and identify factors that influence motivation, recruitment and retention of volunteers age 65 and over, focusing on individuals who volunteer at a charitable, religious, or health care organization in Southern California.
Journal ArticleDOI
When motivation is not enough: Effects of prosociality and organizational socialization in volunteers’ intention to continue volunteering
Stefano Livi,Valeria De Cristofaro,Annalisa Theodorou,Marika Rullo,Valerio Piccioli,Maura Pozzi +5 more
Journal ArticleDOI
The contribution of caregiving orientations to volunteering‐related motives, costs, and benefits
TL;DR: Meneghini et al. as discussed by the authors used a behavioral system approach to understand prosocial behavior, and the contribution of caregiving orientations (hyperactivation, deactivation) to various aspects of volunteerism was examined.
Journal ArticleDOI
What is Different about Volunteers? A Study on Factors of Buying Decisions of Products with Recycled Content
TL;DR: In this paper, the differences between individuals involved in volunteering activities and individuals who have never been involved in volunteer activities were analyzed by categories of public: the general public, individuals involved and non-volunteers.
References
More filters
Book
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
TL;DR: Putnam as mentioned in this paper showed that changes in work, family structure, age, suburban life, television, computers, women's roles and other factors are isolating Americans from each other in a trend whose reflection can clearly be seen in British society.
Journal ArticleDOI
Bystander intervention in emergencies: Diffusion of responsibility.
John M. Darley,Bibb Latané +1 more
TL;DR: This experiment suggests that the explanation for bystander inaction in real-life emergencies may lie more in the bystander's response to other observers than in his indifference to the victim.
Journal ArticleDOI
Understanding and assessing the motivations of volunteers : a functional approach
E. Gil Clary,Mark Snyder,Robert D. Ridge,John Copeland,Arthur A. Stukas,Julie A. Haugen,Peter Miene +6 more
TL;DR: Evidence for predictive validity is provided by a laboratory study in which VFI motivations predicted the persuasive appeal of messages better when message and motivation were matched than mismatched, and by field studies in which the extent to which volunteers' experiences matched their motivations predicted satisfaction.
BookDOI
Empathy : a social psychological approach
TL;DR: In this article, a multidimensional approach brings together cognitive, sociobiological and behavioural perspectives providing students with a thorough, balanced and well-synthesised presentation of contemporary empathy research.