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Ovsii, Vitalii V. "Youth Volunteering as an Object of Sociological Research." Humanities of the South of Russia 9, no. 1 (2020): 198–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.19181/2227-8656.2020.1.15.

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The article deals with theoretical and methodological aspects of the study of youth volunteering or volunteerism in modern sociological literature. The author comes to the conclusion that the study of youth volunteering can be carried out on the basis of a synthesis of institutional and activity approaches, allowing to transfer the research perspective from studying the institutional structure of volunteerism to the activities of the volunteer movement participants themselves.
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Lee, Gina, and Peter Martin. "The Relationship Between Lifespan Volunteerism and Personality Among Oldest Old Adults." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 393. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1265.

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Abstract There has been a lack of studies exploring volunteerism from the life span perspective. This study aims to examine the relationship between personality and volunteerism among the oldest old population, using three types of volunteerism: “ever volunteered,” “last volunteered,” and “currently volunteering.” “Ever volunteered” assesses whether individuals ever volunteered in their life. “Last volunteered” examines when an individual last volunteered. “Currently volunteering” explores whether an individual is currently volunteering. By comparing the three volunteerism measures, this study took a life span view of volunteerism. Data of 208 oldest old adults, octogenarians (34.1%) and centenarians (65.9%), from the Georgia Centenarian Study were included in this study. The majority of the sample had volunteered sometime during their lifetime (88.9%), many of them still volunteered when they were in their 80s and 90s (40.4%), and the majority of the sample indicated that they were not currently volunteering (78.8%). Multiple regression analyses indicated that competence (a facet of conscientiousness) significantly predicted “ever volunteered,” and extraversion significantly predicted “last volunteered.” In other words, oldest old adults with high competence levels were more likely to have volunteering experiences in their life. Also, those with high levels of extraversion were likely to have more recent volunteering experiences. None of five personality traits significantly predicted “currently volunteering.” This study sheds light on the importance of different types of volunteerism which enables us to better understand the relationship between volunteerism and personality. We recommend future research to test the link between different types of volunteerism and well-being outcomes.
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Stebbins, Robert A. "Volunteering: A Serious Leisure Perspective." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 25, no. 2 (June 1996): 211–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764096252005.

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Perić, J., M. Leco-Šimić, M. V. Pevnaya, and E. Sharma. "Generation Z and student volunteering: A national culture perspective." Education and science journal 23, no. 1 (January 16, 2021): 44–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.17853/1994-5639-2021-1-44-72.

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Introduction. Volunteering in the modern world is one of the basic resources for solving society’s problems, an activity that helps students in different countries to build personal and professional competencies. The limited research that makes it possible to analyse the cross-cultural elements of student volunteering has led to a scientific interest in the problem of matching the cultural context and volunteer activities of students from universities in India, Russia and Croatia. The new research perspective covered the perception of volunteering, the behaviour of Generation Z, to which the students of the three countries under consideration belong, as well as the significance of the peculiarities of national culture for the volunteering activity of university youth.The aim of this study is to assess the national cultural context and the level of its significance for the perception of volunteering, motivation and the experience of volunteering of students of management specialties at universities in India, Russia and Croatia.Methodology and research methods. Comparative sociological research is implemented based on the theory of generations, Hofstede’s theory of cultural dimensions and the cultural factors of the macro level defined by him. The study involved students from regional universities in three countries: India, Russia and Croatia. The main method for collecting primary data was questionnaire survey. The questionnaire consisted of several blocks of questions, which allowed assessing the subjective perception of volunteering by students, their personal experience and motivation for volunteering, demographic characteristics of the respondents. The total sample was 943 people; the average age of the respondents was 21 years. Students participated anonymously on a voluntary basis, without any incentives. A one-way analysis of variance, the Leuven test, was used to analyse the data. The collected data was processed using the IBM SPSS Statistics 23.0 program.Results and scientific novelty. The results of the study showed that, in general, Generation Z actually has certain specific characteristics regarding volunteering and volunteering, while these characteristics do not depend on the national culture of a particular state. On the basis of the respondents’ answers, the factors influencing students’ volunteering were identified. Thus, the results of the study proved that the motivation of students for volunteering in the present and in the future does not differ significantly in the compared countries. The study results also did not demonstrate differences in the importance of utilitarian and altruistic motives for volunteering students from different countries. It was found that university students in India are more motivated to volunteer due to utilitarian motives; they are more likely to volunteer in comparison with students from Russia and Croatia. The level of uncertainty avoidance by students, personal benefits from volunteering, and their perception of the value of volunteering in general were measured. The authors provide an overview of the development of volunteering in the three compared countries, defining the social and cultural context in them.Practical significance. The conducted research in the context of popularisation of volunteering as a direction of practice-oriented education at universities in different countries enriches the field of knowledge about student volunteering and its cross-cultural elements.The results of this work can be useful both for universities in the implementation of the “third mission” for the development of the local community, and for all those involved in the promotion of volunteer activities and recruitment volunteering both locally, nationally and internationally with the aim of more engaging Generation Z in the volunteer movement.
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Kee, Ying Hwa, Chunxiao Li, John C. K. Wang, and Muhammad Idzhar Bin Kailani. "Motivations for Volunteering and Its Associations with Time Perspectives and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profile Approach." Psychological Reports 121, no. 5 (November 8, 2017): 932–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033294117741653.

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This study aims to examine motivation for volunteering and its association with time perspective and life satisfaction among volunteers ( N = 221). Latent profile analysis was used to profile individuals based on their time perspectives and then to compare group differences in life satisfaction and volunteering motivation. Three profiles were identified. Profile 1 ( n = 32; 14.5%) was a “balanced time perspective group,” Profile 2 ( n = 102; 46.2%) was a “maladaptive group,” and Profile 3 ( n = 87; 39.3%) was a “nonchalant group.” Profile 1 showed the highest life satisfaction compared to the two remaining groups. Significant group differences in volunteering motivation between this group and the other two were also reported. These findings suggest that time perspective may be appropriate for understanding motivation for voluntarism and life satisfaction.
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Savicka, Aida. "Volunteering in Lithuania: Comparative, Dynamic and Value Perspective." Socialinė teorija, empirija, politika ir praktika 22 (July 29, 2021): 116–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/stepp.2021.33.

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Although volunteering is not a new topic in social research, many questions about people’s motivation to engage in voluntary activities still remain open. The article analyzes the changing attitudes towards volunteering in contemporary society, the demographic profile of volunteers, their intrinsic motivation and the cultural value orientation that supports it. The main purpose of this article is to identify the impact of main sociodemographic and personal characteristics in people’s decision to volunteer. Data from European Values Surveys (1990, 1999, 2008, 2017) are used for this purpose. The presented research data provide valuable insights into long-term trends in the development of volunteering in Lithuania, important socio-demographic determinants of volunteering and changing individual motivation to engage in volunteering. As the analysis reveales, although demographic factors – gender, age, education, occupational employment – are important, they only become meaningful when analyzed along with personal characteristics of respondents (such as life satisfaction, trust in people, belief that one is in control of own life) and their value orientations (such as caring, creativity, stimulation, and the pursuit of social justice). In other words, volunteers cannot be treated as a demographically homogeneous group. This means that in order to effectively mobilize people for a specific volunteering activity, it is necessary to take into account not only which socio-demographic groups are generally more likely to be involved, but also the values that are most important to them when planning volunteering strategies and communication. Understanding the determinants of volunteering can serve as a guideline for the development of volunteer-friendly public policies and for properly motivating people to become involved in volunteering, both at the level of the state and specific public organizations.
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Staliūnas, Justinas, Andrius Stasiukynas, and Aušra Šukvietienė. "Volunteering in Lithuania – the perspective of social capital." Socialiniai tyrimai 44, no. 2 (August 19, 2021): 49–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/soctyr.44.2.3.

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The level of social capital in society is one of the most important elements for the success of state development, which is increasingly emphasized on political agendas. In research, social capital covers a wide range of areas due to the interdisciplinarity of social capital. Still, the dominant components stand out: trust in society, trust in public authorities, involvement in civic activities. While trust in public authorities and trust in other members of society are more often used in research and heard in the media, civic activities often lack such interest. However, it is one of the most effective ways for government decisions to invest most effectively in improving social capital in society. The primary tool for the state to increase public involvement in civic activities is the promotion of voluntary activities, which contributes to the state’s sustainable development, and the creation of the welfare state is enshrined in international documents. With this article, the authors seek to examine the peculiarities of Lithuanian volunteering in the context of social capital formation. The aim is to: 1) examine the theoretical assumptions of the impact of volunteering on the formation of social capital; 2) study the expression of social capital and voluntary activity in the context of state performance evaluation indicators; 3) carry out empirical research (expert interview) examining the peculiarities of volunteering in Lithuania. It should be noted that some of the results of the empirical research were used in the report of the applied research “Development of Youth Volunteering in Lithuania” (prepared by the Lithuanian Council of Youth Organizations (LiJOT) project “Strengthening the Participation of the Lithuanian Council of Youth Organizations in Public Management Decision Making”). The development of volunteering and the improvement of social capital indicators are named Lithuania’s long-term strategic goals, but the indicators in international indices are low compared to other countries.The analysis of the results of the empirical research allows us to state that: 1) In Lithuania, volunteering is often treated in various ways, e.g., in connection with unpaid work or other activities which are not, in principle, activities carried out of the person’s own free will; outstanding long-term and short-term volunteering (up to 6 months); 2) organizers of voluntary activities (usually non-governmental non-profit organizations (NGOs)) lack managerial skills; 3) In recent years, Lithuania has started to develop long-term volunteering programs, which are associated with better social capital formation, and it is expected that this measure will help to improve the quality and indicators of volunteering, especially among young people.
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Anheier, Helmut K., and Lester M. Salamon. "Volunteering in Cross-National Perspective: Initial Comparisons." Law and Contemporary Problems 62, no. 4 (1999): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1192266.

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Stidham, Sharon Flynn. "Volunteering at the AECT Convention: My Perspective." TechTrends 63, no. 1 (December 15, 2018): 13–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11528-018-0367-5.

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Hong, Chia Swee. "Who benefits from volunteering? A personal perspective." International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 24, no. 8 (August 2, 2017): 325–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2017.24.8.325.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Perspective of volunteering"

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LAU, Tsz Wai. "Explaining volunteering in old age : a social reinforcement perspective." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2003. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/soc_etd/19.

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Volunteering has been widely accepted as potentially a very good means to engage older persons and to maximize their contribution to society. There is a need to understand the entire process of volunteering, the reasons that motivate older persons to participate in volunteer services and activities and to appreciate why committed elderly volunteers continue to involve themselves in volunteering. The present study attempts to explore the possible motivational and sustainable aspects in the process of volunteering guided by a social reinforcement perspective. It further aims to propose an explanatory model for the initiation and sustainability of volunteering involving older persons in Hong Kong. A theoretical framework of the study focuses on the social reinforcement perspective within the cognitive-behavioral approach in explaining the volunteering process in terms of antecedences, pre-conditions, actual experience and consequences of volunteering. A questionnaire was distributed to explore the different aspects of volunteering, including the patterns of volunteer services, volunteer involvement, reasons for and effects of volunteering and personal profile of the volunteers. The target of the study was hospital volunteers aged 60 or above. The research design was a mail questionnaire survey using self-administered procedures. A total of 287 elderly respondents, 63 men and 224 women aged 60 to 86 years, drawn from the database of the Hospital Authority were assessed. The response rate was 30.3% with 1,359 valid responses. The study showed that older volunteers satisfied the pre-conditions for volunteering, such as having good health, free time and financial stable. The present study revealed that a great majority (74%) of the older volunteer respondents was inspired by altruistic reasons of wanting to help and to feel contented and approximately half were initially motivated by the altruistic motive of social responsibility. Social motives of seeking social exposure, making new friends and sharing of experiences were other important initial reasons. These factors were sustained when respondents reported the reasons for their continued participation in volunteering. The respondents perceived obvious positive changes in physical, psychological, cognitive and social well-being and they were satisfied and gratified with the volunteering experiences. The research also revealed the positive changes in volunteer’s life satisfaction, exposure and experience, self-appraisal and confidence. The positive outcomes of volunteering, such as enhanced self-esteem, life satisfaction and personal exposure help to affirm the initial intention of volunteering, which in turn reinforces the continual participation in volunteer services with the evidence of consistent findings of both initial and continual participation in volunteering.
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Hogg, Edward. "Volunteering in older age from a lifecourse perspective : situating older adults' volunteering in holistic and lifelong context." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2013. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/37879/.

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This thesis explores how the nature of engagement in formal volunteering by older adults is shaped by experiences across the lifecourse and into older age. It utilises the Total Social Organisation of Labour theoretical approach to situate volunteering within the wider work context, looking at how volunteering is undertaken alongside other work commitments - paid and unpaid - at different times across the lifecourse. This synthesis of TSOL and lifecourse approaches allows this research to take a holistic approach to understanding volunteering by older adults; rather than approached in isolation, the nature of volunteering in older age is considered in context. Analysis of this was undertaken through qualitative semi-structured interviews with 26 older volunteers who engage with voluntary and community organisations in England. This data was used to develop further a heuristic proposed by Davis Smith and Gay (2005), which presents three categories of older volunteer lifecourse; constant, serial and trigger volunteers. In doing so, the differences in lifecourse experiences between individuals in the three categories are explored, and differences examined. This allows for the impulses to engage in formal volunteering in older age to be explored in light of these differences, and this thesis looks at how internal and external impulses to engage in formal volunteering are shaped by previous life experiences. It concludes by arguing that, while all volunteers have unique pathways to engagement and unique reasons for engaging, in understanding the different categories of older volunteer we can better understand how previous life experiences affect the ways in which older adults engage in formal volunteering.
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Gipson, Christina Marie. "Extreme volunteering : a holistic perspective on international women sport volunteers." Thesis, Brunel University, 2012. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6566.

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This thesis explores the lives of a group of fifteen exceptional women who were dedicated to the cause of advancing girls and women in sport and physical activity. Over several decades, they worked in a voluntary capacity to transform women in sport through practice and policy development. Moreover, they aligned such unpaid work with personal and local experiences of volunteering that eventually led to their participation in international sport circles and policies. The key settings for their voluntary service came from their roles in the emergence and maintenance of two international women‘s sport organisations – International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW) and WomenSport International (WSI). In addition, their voluntary roles were so substantial that they were inextricably interwoven within all aspects of their lives. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to explore the participants‘ relationships with sport volunteering, in the particular settings of IAPESGW and WSI, whilst analysing the role of volunteering in their lives. The study utilised a holistic framework to gain an in-depth understanding about the women‘s commitment to the cause and how volunteering fits into their lifestyle. As there were no models from the sport volunteering field that were appropriate for this study, the research drew upon and developed Hustinx and Lammertyn‘s (2003) non-sport model called the Collective and Reflexive Styles of Volunteering (SOV). The SOV was valuable because it offered a multi-dimensional approach to explain how, why, and when the participants got involved with advancing women‘s sport and physical activity, and how their involvement related to and influenced their wider lifestyles. A critical realist and social constructionist philosophy was employed to have a greater understanding of the women‘s realities, and life history interviews were conducted to gain a greater understanding about how they constructed their knowledge about themselves, sport, and the world around them. The study illustrated the complexity of the women‘s volunteer participation. The findings suggested that their sport passion and identity guided many of their actions and activities throughout their life, such as choices for higher education and within professional work. In addition, the findings showed that it was their personal experiences and gained knowledge about gender disadvantages in sport that initially stimulated and then repeatedly reinforced their interests and commitment. Although these had strong impacts on the women‘s entrance into and commitment to the cause, the findings highlighted that the women had to identify the conditions of their relationships, family, and types of paid work to be compatible with levels of volunteering. The study concluded that sport researchers can benefit from examining volunteers from a holistic perspective to gain a better understanding of the conditions under which individuals make such an extreme, voluntary contribution to sport.
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SÖDERHIELM, REBECKA. "Volunteering, Gender and Power : Making conditions visible and understanding male dominance in a volunteer context with a gender perspective." Thesis, KTH, Organisation och ledning, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-154839.

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The background for this thesis is found in the patterns of gender inequality in civil society organizations. Existing research provide little comprehensive knowledge of the conditions for women and men in civil society organizations. To help fill this gap in knowledge the purpose of this thesis is to explore the conditions for women and men as volunteers in a male dominated civil society organization with a gender perspective and make any eventual inequalities visible. The thesis explores the conditions women and men face in their volunteering, what gender differences can be found and how the male dominance can be understood. The study is based on data from a self-administrated survey conducted among volunteers in a Swedish male dominated civil society organization. Questions concerned their volunteer work and their experience of the situation as female and male volunteers in the organization. Empirical patterns were identified and gender theories were used as a basis for the interpretation of the results. The findings from this case illustrate that women and men do not face equal conditions in their volunteer work. Most volunteers were happy with their work as volunteers. However, male volunteers typically held positions of more power, influence and higher status than women. Female volunteers were in a token position and in many ways had to prove themselves as well as adapt to conditions formed to suit men, by men, as representatives of the norm. The male dominance could be related to perceptions of the ideal volunteer; a competent man loyal to the organization and without inconvenient responsibilities elsewhere. Another aspect which could be related to the male dominance was patterns of social interactions that favour male volunteers, in this case homosocial relations, which are created in the interaction between the ambiguities of unstructured processes and gendered expectations.
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Waller, Todd W. "Student volunteering abroad : an analysis of the perspective changes and spritual growth of former Seattle University students from having served with the Sisters of Charity of Mother Teresa in Calcutta (Kolkata)." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2011. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020644/.

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My central research question is to study the intrinsic changes to American students using narrative analysis to better understand how personal and spiritual growth may have occurred as a result of volunteering abroad. For my Institute of Education International EdD Thesis, I conducted in-depth interviews with 25 alumni spanning two decades from the Seattle University volunteer program that places students in Mother Teresa's hospices in Calcutta/Kolkata. I was the first Seattle University student to serve in India in 1985 and nearly 150 have participated in the program since then. Drawing on these interviews, I then analyze the internal changes experienced by these alumni as a result of volunteering abroad, using a formula of codes which I designed. The study does not evaluate the extrinsic value of volunteer programs (e.g. impact on the community, quality of health care delivery, etc.), but is focused on better understanding the personal and spiritual growth encountered as a result of working with the "poorest of the poor" in Calcutta. The methodology I used to conduct and analyze the interviews builds upon the methodology applied in my International EdD Institution-Focused Study. There exist two primary goals of this study, both of which are of equal importance: 1. To better understand the more immediate impact on one's interior life due to caring for the sick and dying in the hospices of Calcutta. 2. To explore the spiritual questioning and spiritual development of volunteers as a result of their working with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta.
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Godin, Julie. "Initiatives populaires de solidarité internationale, des « bonnes intentions » au « professionnalisme » ? : sociologie d’un groupe professionnel à l’aune du sentiment de légitimité, dans une perspective comparative Belgique / France." Thesis, Paris 1, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA01D094.

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A côté des grandes ONG qui bénéficient d'une visibilité dans l'espace public national, de nombreux citoyens décident, suite à une expérience vécue dans ou avec le Sud (voyage, résidence, adoption, etc.), de « faire quelque chose » pour améliorer les conditions de vie des populations rencontrées et, avec le concours de quelques amis, créent leur propre association de solidarité internationale. Dans un contexte marqué par la recherche d'une meilleure efficacité des interventions menées dans les pays du Sud, leitmotiv de l'injonction à plus de professionnalisme de la part des acteurs, cette thèse étudie les discours et les pratiques de ces citoyens « ordinaires » afin de mettre en lumière le rôle qu'ils jouent dans le champ du développement à travers l'animation de ces « initiatives populaires de solidarité internationale » (IPSI). Plus précisément, dans la tradition interactionniste de la sociologie des groupes professionnels, nous nous intéressons au processus dialectique par lequel les responsables salariés des ONG et les responsables bénévoles des IPSl construisent et définissent leur légitimité d'amateur et de professionnel, en tant qu'acteur de développement. La sociologie de l'action publique nous invite également à étudier l'influence que les pouvoirs publics, par leurs instruments, ont sur la responsabilité et la légitimité des acteurs, sur leurs interactions, sur leur reconnaissance mutuelle. L'injonction externe au professionnalisme provenant également des exigences formulées par les partenaires du Sud, nous nous intéressons enfin, de manière transversale, aux perceptions de ces derniers, dans le cas de projets soutenus au Sénégal
Alongside established, high-profile non-governmental organisations (NGOs), many individuals decide that they need to "do something" to improve the lives of the people they have met (while travelling, living in another country or adopting a child, etc.). These people join forces with a small group of friends to set up their own development organisations (referred, to hereafter as "popular development initiatives", or PDIs). At present, one of the major concerns in international development cooperation is to make development workers more professional in the interest of better aid effectiveness. This thesis therefore looks at the discourses and practices of these "ordinary" citizens, in order to highlight their role and to identify key issues for this sector. More specifically, we study the dialectic process by which NGO staff and PDI volunteers build and define their professional and amateur legitimacy as development actors, through the prism of the interactionist perspective of the sociology of professional groups. We also draw on the sociology of public action to consider how public authorities, through their policy tools, influence the responsibility and legitimacy of these actors, the interactions between them, and their mutual recognition. The need for professionalism also stems from demands by local partners in the developing world, so we have taken an interest in their perceptions in the case of Senegal
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Gellweiler, Susanne Maria Shukuru. "Looking through the kaleidoscope : perspectives on the lived experiences of sport event volunteering." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2011. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/18838/.

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The staging of many sport events ranging from small to mega-events, increasingly rely on the availability of a workforce of unpaid helpers. Whilst much research has been carried out in the past regarding the reason why people decide to volunteer at sport events, little is known about how this type of volunteering is experienced by the individual. Adopting an experiential focus, this study contributes to the existing body of knowledge and enhances the understanding of this particular form of volunteering by exploring the question ―What it is like to be a sport event volunteer?‖ Using different strands of the concept and theory of role to serve as parameters for this study, the lived experiences of volunteers who assisted at the World Firefighters Games 2008 are analysed and discussed. The research approach that was adopted for this study draws from the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer in form of hermeneutic phenomenology which is an interpretative approach towards collecting and analysing data about a specific phenomenon. Incorporating the hermeneutic circle that advocates the idea that understanding of a phenomenon is co-created by both the researcher and the research participants, hermeneutic phenomenology is concerned with exploring rather than merely describing contextual aspects and structures of lived experiences. A total of eighteen semi-structured interviews involving volunteers who helped with the World Firefighters Games 2008 in Liverpool, were conducted. The interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Using the approach of Van Manen towards analysing the collected data, a number of themes and subthemes emerged which are presented in the thesis in manner that reflects the nature of the hermeneutic circle. Besides providing a working definition of the term ―sport event volunteering‖, the findings of the study critically evaluate the meaning that the volunteers attach to the role and how they make sense of their role as helpers involved in staging large sporting events. The interpretation of the collected data suggests that the enactment of the volunteer role is informed by individuals expectations and needs, e.g. with regards to role allocation, trust, recognition and reciprocity, and the experience of anti-climax and loss after their volunteer engagement has come to an end. Furthermore, the critical synthesis of how the individual manages his/her volunteer role suggests that sport event volunteers can be understood as ―bricoleurs‖ who craft rather than merely take and perform this particular role. Beside contributing to existing research on sport event volunteering with these findings and by identifying further research avenues relating to sport event volunteering that can be explored in future, the findings of these studies might inform the work of practitioners in the respective research fields.
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Long, Christie. "Volunteering in development: Analysing and comparing branded representations of the Australian Government’s Australian Volunteers for International Development program and volunteer perspectives." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23729.

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Volunteering overseas has become a popular activity among individuals from developed countries. Governments in these countries often provide volunteer opportunities as part of their aid programs. In Australia, the Australian Government’s Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program offers opportunities for hundreds of skilled Australians to volunteer overseas every year in a range of sectors, organisations and roles. The program and its assignments aim to build the capacity of host organisations in priority fields identified by Australian and partner governments. This thesis seeks to understand how the experience of volunteering is represented by AVID, as well as the range of experiences had by current and former volunteers. The study draws on discourses of development, in particular colonial discourses and the role of volunteers in development. Content and discourse analysis is applied to 10 texts produced by AVID to understand how these representations construct and contribute to discourses of development and power relations. In addition, perspectives of volunteers collected via a survey and interviews are analysed to understand the views and experiences of AVID participants. The findings are compared, revealing both alignment and disconnect between the stories being told about volunteering and the broader realities of the volunteer experience.
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Lacewell, Cleopatra. "Case Study of an African American Community's Perspectives on Closing the Achievement Gap." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3109.

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The disparity in test scores, known as the achievement gap, between African American and European American students has persisted despite research and reforms. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine what African American community members in a North Carolina school district perceived as the causes of the local achievement gap and what support they believed they could offer to close the gap. The theories of cultural-historical psychology, social cognition, learned helplessness, social disorganization, and the funds of knowledge concept, guided the data collection from the 3 focus groups from the local community. Each focus group contained 6 to 7 people who were below, at, or above median income. They included members of the local African American community such as business people, parents, educators, and clergy. Open and selective data coding procedures organized data into major themes. The major themes were past school experience, parental role, and community involvement. All focus groups identified the lack of support from the African American community as the primary cause of the achievement gap. They suggested that the local African American community would develop an academic community support system. These findings informed the design of The Village Builder's Project to establish a collaborative community mentoring system that offers a team of business people mentors, academic supervisors, and elderly advisors for each student. When assigned to low performing K-12 African American students, this network of mentors has the potential to reduce the achievement gap and produce positive social change in terms of improved academic achievement of African American students in a local community.
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Riley, Tracy Jean. "The Multicultural Cafe : the perceived impacts of volunteering in a service learning platform from the perspectives of adult learners of English as a second or additional language." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51588.

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This qualitative study explores the perceived impacts of volunteering in a service learning platform from the perspective of immigrants, who are also adult learners of English as an Additional Language (EAL), or English as a Second Language (ESL). This study recognizes that the goal of learning English for immigrants is to be able to converse, connect, and contribute as a valued community member. The hegemonic practice of sequestering newcomers and immigrants into language training classes can further their linguistic and social isolation and marginalization by restricting their access to authentically engage with English speakers in their community. This study investigates how adult immigrant English Language Learners (ELLs) invested in a service learning experience of volunteering for a small non-profit food service business at a local community college can facilitate a connection to the community whereby increasing perceived language skills and confidence. For this study, 10 adult immigrants who speak ESL or EAL participated. The data was collected from a questionnaire, an individual interview, and a focus group. The results revealed three themes pertaining to the social, personal, and transformational realms of learning. The social realm aligned with a sociocultural perspective in which social and cultural capital, bridging and bonding capital, communities of practice, and communities of contribution are highlighted. The personal realm reveals the significance of the affective-emotional aspects of language learning alongside agency and positive identity construction. Finally, this study reveals a connection between service learning and transformational learning. The overall conclusion of this study determines that service learning can be a meaningful endeavour for adult immigrants because it has the potential to transform marginalized voices into valued voices as they connect and contribute community.
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Books on the topic "Perspective of volunteering"

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Doyle, Niall. Volunteering in the Third World: The professionals' perspective. Dublin: University College Dublin, 1995.

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Butcher, Jacqueline, and Christopher J. Einolf, eds. Perspectives on Volunteering. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39899-0.

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Scott, Hannah. Talking about young people and civil society: Critical perspectives on millenium volunteering. Manchester: Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, 2004.

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Haddad, Mary Alice. Politics and Volunteering in Japan: A Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Scott, Ros, and Steven Howlett, eds. The Changing Face of Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198788270.001.0001.

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Volunteers have a long history of supporting the development and delivery of hospice and palliative care in most countries throughout the world. As hospice and palliative care services anticipate significant increasing and changing demands, it is recognised that volunteers have a vital role to play in supporting the future delivery of services. However, as society changes so too does volunteering. This multi-author text explores the complex phenomenon of hospice and palliative care volunteering from an international perspective and considers the influence on volunteering of different cultures and constructs. The book also explores the likely impact of changes in hospice and palliative care on volunteers and considers how and why volunteering itself is changing and the subsequent implications for managers, organizations, and policy makers. This book does not attempt to offer solutions to the many challenges ahead, but rather poses questions that may help to reflect on new possibilities and opportunities.
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Salamon, Lester M. Volunteering in cross-national perspective: Evidence from 24 countries (Working papers of the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project). The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, 2001.

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Baum, Tom, Karen A. Smith, Leonie Lockstone-Binney, and Kirsten Holmes. Event Volunteering: International Perspectives on the Event Volunteering Experience. Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

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Event Volunteering: International Perspectives on the Event Volunteering Experience. Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

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Butcher, Jacqueline, and Christopher J. Einolf. Perspectives on Volunteering: Voices from the South. Springer, 2018.

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Doherty, Alison, Vassil Girginov, and Berit Skirstad. New Perspectives on Sport Volunteerism. Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

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Book chapters on the topic "Perspective of volunteering"

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Hodgkinson, Virginia A. "Volunteering in Global Perspective." In Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies, 35–53. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0145-9_3.

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Rochester, Colin, Angela Ellis Paine, Steven Howlett, and Meta Zimmeck. "UK Volunteering in International Perspective." In Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century, 53–68. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230279438_5.

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Keskin, Zuleyha, and Salih Yucel. "Theologization of Volunteerism: An Islamic Perspective." In Muslim Volunteering in the West, 21–41. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26057-6_2.

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Senno, Ricardo G. "Similarities Greater Than Differences: A Doctor’s Perspective." In Global Health and Volunteering Beyond Borders, 243–46. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98660-9_21.

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Bennett, Matthew R. "Religiosity and Formal Volunteering in Global Perspective." In Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies, 77–96. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04585-6_5.

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Grönlund, Henrietta. "Cultural Values and Volunteering: A Cross-Cultural Perspective." In International and Cultural Psychology, 71–84. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6952-0_6.

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Guidi, Riccardo, and Lorenzo Maraviglia. "The Antecedents to Volunteering in Italy: Toward a Complexity-Driven Perspective." In Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies, 243–65. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70546-6_10.

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Guidi, Riccardo. "Heterogeneity of Context, Varieties of Volunteering: The Italian Case in an International Perspective." In Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies, 129–56. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70546-6_6.

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Paull, Megan, and Craig Whitsed. "Why Authenticity in Corporate and Employee Volunteering Matters for Employee Engagement: An Organisational Behaviour Perspective." In CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, 193–210. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71449-3_12.

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Guidi, Riccardo, Ksenija Fonović, and Tania Cappadozzi. "Volunteering in a Complexity-Driven Perspective. Methodological and Substantial Lessons for a New Research Agenda." In Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies, 327–45. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70546-6_14.

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Conference papers on the topic "Perspective of volunteering"

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Forgács-Fábián, Sára. "etention of Millennials in the Voluntary Sector: How Can Organizations Not Only Engage but Also Retain This Emerging Generation?" In New Horizons in Business and Management Studies. Conference Proceedings. Corvinus University of Budapest, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.14267/978-963-503-867-1_08.

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Why do emerging generations stay active in a voluntary organization? The number of volunteers is increasing in Hungary, one reason is the obligatory community service in secondary schools. There is an emerging generation who has experience in volunteering, however there is a little knowledge about why they sustain voluntary work. Although previous studies elaborate on the retention of volunteers from a general perspective, further research is needed in this specific area. This study aims to examine younger generations’ (Millennials, GenY) retention in nonprofit voluntary organizations by conducting a single case study at Amigos for Children Foundation, in Hungary. Adopting a grounded theory approach, the study aims to build theory on the topic by combining two streams of literature with primary data: sustained volunteerism and expectations of younger generations towards their workplace. Based on prior literature review and qualitative research, findings suggest that organizations should focus on two main areas to keep younger generations motivated. (1) Organizational factors in which volunteering happens are flexible framework for daily operations, flat organization, involvement in decision making and opportunity for shaping the organization. (2) What the volunteer gets in exchange for the prosocial activity: positive feedback, recognition, strong community, opportunity for social and professional development, autonomy, responsibility, mutual trust. An important finding of the study is that younger generations are conscious about the values and the organization itself they work or volunteer at. Further, one of the most important factors for them is the community they do prosocial activity with. Overall, the current study develops propositions on organizational factors to retain younger generations in voluntary organizations.
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Bumazhenko, N. Iv. "Volunteering Of Future Teachers In The Context Of Educational Inclusion." In Pedagogical Education: History, Present Time, Perspectives. European Publisher, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2020.08.02.26.

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DAVIES, SIMEON E. H. "DISASTER VOLUNTEERISM: A UTILITARIAN PERSPECTIVE." In DISASTER MANAGEMENT 2017. Southampton UK: WIT Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/dman170141.

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Grande, Virginia. "Perspectives on volunteering for initiatives for women in computing: A case study." In 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/fie.2015.7344174.

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