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Cobos, Liza, and Amanda Templeton. "How can we Make you Stay? Identifying Motivating Factors to Volunteer Retention in Non-Profit Organizations." Journal of Tourism Management Research 9, no. 1 (2022): 43–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.18488/31.v9i1.3029.
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Many non-profit organizations depend on volunteers to provide services to their clients thus helping to alleviate some of the costs and financial burdens non-profits face. A volunteer’s motivation and satisfaction drivers are varied thus making the task of attracting and retaining volunteers a difficult one. Since volunteers are a vital part of any non-profit and volunteer supported organization, retention initiatives are crucial to the organization’s success. The aim of this study is to examine the impact of organizational support, group integration, empowerment and participation efficacy on volunteer satisfaction and retention. Over 100 volunteers, from a Central Florida organization, were surveyed to: 1) measure their motivating factors and satisfaction with various aspects of their volunteer experience and 2) measure their intentions to remain as a volunteer. The results of the hierarchical multiple regression suggest that participation efficacy and organizational support are significant predictors to intent to remain with the organization.
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Balachina, Yelyzaveta, and Olha Dzhur. "ORGANIZATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CONDITIONS OF WAR." Economies' Horizons, no. 4(22) (November 13, 2022): 88–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.31499/2616-5236.4(22).2022.267021.
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The article is devoted to the analysis of topical issues of organizing the activities of volunteer organizations under war conditions. System analysis, descriptive methods, observation methods, text research methods were used to determine the essential characteristics, components of the process of organizing volunteer activities. It is worth noting that volunteering has its own peculiarities and problems in implementation. Therefore, it is relevant to study the mechanisms of organization and functioning of volunteer organizations. The volunteer organization, like any public association of people in Ukraine, is carried out exclusively on the principles of voluntariness. Volunteers are pressing the state in parallel to send resources and help to the needy and the military. Such cooperation not only supports the state in difficult moments, but also reveals the highest level of organization of civil society. The concept of volunteering and volunteer activity are analyzed in this research. Attention is focused by author on the peculiarities of the emergence of volunteer activity in the world. The world experience of creating volunteer organizations and the process of their activity was studied. The norms of the legislation of Ukraine, which regulate the activities of volunteer organizations, are considered. The main problems that arise during the activities of volunteer organizations are outlined. Areas of cooperation between volunteer organizations and state authorities are shown. The role of volunteer organizations in helping the military and civilian population in the conditions of Ukraine's war with the Russian Federation is defined. The leading volunteer organizations that provide assistance in wartime are considered in Ukraine. Volunteerism as a phenomenon arose in society a long time ago, but Western countries have much more experience in this matter than our state. The activity of volunteers on the territory of Ukraine has become significantly noticeable since the occupation of the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in 2014. From that moment a new way of volunteering in Ukraine begins.
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Restler, Susan, and Lauren Glant. "All Hands on Deck: Building a Sustainable Volunteer Program." Journal of Youth Development 15, no. 4 (2020): 162–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2020.877.
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Youth-serving organizations that engage volunteers offer them varied roles. In volunteer-dependent organizations, volunteers are the vital backbone of service delivery, without whom the organization would be hard-pressed to exist. At the other end of the spectrum are organizations whose paid staff provide all services and whose volunteers play episodic, narrowcast roles. Sitting in between are those organizations where volunteers provide added value to the work of paid staff, expanding services to youth that the organization may not otherwise afford. The volunteer value-add model is as challenging as it is appealing. It often frustrates and disappoints both the organization and the volunteers, not surprisingly because it requires time and attention to design and support well. In this article we examine why value-add programs so often fail and look at the critical elements of the volunteer value-add model. We describe one program, READ718, whose design exemplifies the key dimensions that value-add organizations need to consider and adapt if their programs are to meet the needs of staff, volunteers and especially youth. Because there is some risk to youth in poorly designed and inadequately supported volunteer programs, as well as ramifications for organizational reputation, we feel that greater clarity about what it takes to mount a robust initiative is vital and worthwhile, even if the result is that some organizations reflect and elect to abandon this path.
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Okun, Morris A., and Nancy Eisenberg. "A Comparison of Office and Adult Day Care Center Older Volunteers: Social-Psychological and Demographic Differences." International Journal of Aging and Human Development 35, no. 3 (1992): 219–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/f791-c07u-9y1g-cv5f.
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Numerous researchers have compared older adults who volunteer with those who do not volunteer on several demographic variables. In contrast, in the present study we compared older adults (minimum age = 55 years old) who volunteered to work for a community organization at an office or in a day care center on social-psychological and demographic predictors. It was hypothesized that day care center volunteers would have higher scores than office volunteers on sympathy, role taking, and self-based salience of volunteer role (i.e., personal identity). In addition, office volunteers were expected to have higher scores than day care center volunteers on other-based salience of volunteer role (i.e., social identity). Discriminant function analysis indicated that day care center volunteers were higher than office volunteers on sympathy whereas office volunteers were higher than day care center volunteers on educational attainment, involvement in clubs and organizations, and role taking.
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Still, Douglas, and Henry Gerhold. "Motivations and Task Preferences of Urban Forestry Volunteers." Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 23, no. 3 (1997): 116–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1997.019.
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A study of reasons why people volunteer for urban forestry projects, and of their task preferences, compared the opinions and attitudes of volunteers with those of people in botanical organizations who might be considered likely targets for recruitment. A mail survey used membership lists of two tree volunteer organizations and one botanical garden in New York City, as well as one tree volunteer organization and one arboretum in Philadelphia. Members of the three tree volunteer organizations had completed a training course on tree care or inventory, and may not be representative of volunteers typically involved in single-day projects. Collectively, 1,038 people were sampled and 63% responded. Tree volunteers were predominately white, middle aged, well educated, and financially middle class. Improving one's neighborhood was the main reason for volunteering, followed by desire for education; social interaction was only moderately important. Respondents from all organizations considered tree care to be the most important urban forestry task. Volunteers thought tree care would provide the greatest personal satisfaction compared to other tasks, while potential volunteers thought planting trees would be most satisfying. Education was regarded as a highly important task to gain public support, even more important than tree planting. Respondents were least willing, by a large margin, to engage in fundraising or lobbying politicians. Both volunteers and potential volunteers were willing to perform a wider range of tasks than they have performed already, suggesting strong potential for increased involvement. Tree volunteers expressed a strong desire to increase their level of participation in the planning and decision-making of their projects. Less than half of the volunteers thought they had been recognized for their work in some way, but recognition was mostly viewed as unimportant. Respondents from all organizations felt that their urban forest was in rather poor condition, and that volunteers are needed to improve their city's trees. Four-fifths of potential volunteers have volunteered before in some way, indicating a general willingness for voluntary action by members of botanical organizations. Many current tree volunteers were selfmotivated in seeking volunteer involvement; i.e., they responded to media announcements and volunteered without being personally asked. However, personal contact with potential volunteers is an effective recruitment technique for expanding the pool of volunteers beyond this self-selected group, as well as for increasing diversity.
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Gross, Hellen P., and Maren Rottler. "Nonprofits’ Internal Marketing and Its Influence on Volunteers’ Experiences and Behavior: A Multiple Mediation Analysis." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 48, no. 2 (2018): 388–416. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764018815614.
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Drawing from theory and research on internal marketing as a relevant factor influencing volunteer behavior, we hypothesize that internal marketing practices are positively associated with the way volunteers act in the interest of an organization and that this relationship is mediated by volunteers’ satisfaction and organizational identification. In a study of volunteers in German arts organizations, this relationship is analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results indicate mediation effects of satisfaction on volunteer behavior and internal marketing. Similarly, identification with the organization positively influences volunteer behavior, although not in the form of a mediation. Implications for internal marketing practices and arts organizations relying on volunteers are discussed.
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Chen, Li-Mei. "25 YEARS AFTER THE PASSING OF THE NPO LAW: EXAMINING THE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY OF OLDER VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS." Innovation in Aging 7, Supplement_1 (2023): 976. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.3136.
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Abstract Japan has experienced a growth in non-profit organizations since the enactment of the NPO Law in 1998. In 2022, there were 175,046 volunteer organizations with approximately 6.7 million volunteers. Many of these non-profits providing community-based social services are disproportionately represented by older volunteers. Tbe benefits of older volunteerism have been well-documented stating that society gains from the older adults’ contributions as well as older adults’ lives are improved and enhanced through volunteerism. However, evidence is lacking as to how older volunteer organizations have evolved in the past 25 years. This study investigates the types and characteristics of non-profit organizations which recruit older volunteers based on their organizational capacity. Surveys were mailed to 500 volunteer organizations which provide social services in Japan. 155 (Findings from cluster analysis showed that there are types of organizations ranging from “Achiever” which excelled in all dimensions of organizational capacity to “Challenged” which lacked in all dimensions. Other volunteer types include “Government dependent” type which are non-profit organizations which depend on government programs, “Autonomous” type which excel in offering role flexibility to volunteers but lack capacity in all other dimensions, and “Bonding” type which is formed by a tight-knit group of persons and are no longer seeking new volunteers. Bivariate analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between the organization types and volunteer outcomes . “Achiever” type found an increase in volunteers and rarely experienced lack of volunteers while the “Challenged” type seldomly experienced an increase and frequently experienced lack of volunteers.
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McGuire, Tracey D. "Volunteerism in Relation to Recreational Sports and the Law." Recreational Sports Journal 24, no. 1 (2000): 44–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/nirsa.24.1.44.
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Everything in life involves risk. Even volunteering one's time involves risk. Lawsuits brought against volunteers and volunteer coaches have brought fear and apprehensions, which legislators believe discourage people from volunteering their time. The new federal law, the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997, shields volunteers of government entities and nonprofit organizations from liability if the volunteer commits negligent acts or omissions while performing his or her responsibilities. A lawsuit could name both the volunteer and the nonprofit organization since the organization carries insurance. In that case, the volunteer is subject to the laws of that state.
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Paklina, E. A. "Organization of volunteer activities during the COVID-19 pandemic." Vestnik of Saint Petersburg State University of Culture, no. 4 (45) (December 2020): 130–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.30725/2619-0303-2020-4-130-135.
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In recent years, there has been a tendency for the active growth of volunteer (volunteer) activities not only in Russia, but also abroad. Volunteering is one of the most effective ways to solve socially significant tasks of the state. At present, it is already difficult to imagine any sphere of human activity without the participation of volunteers (volunteers). The author analyzed the organization of volunteer (volunteer) activities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia and abroad. Particular attention in the article is paid to specific examples of the activities of volunteer organizations in large cities of Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod). The results of a questionnaire survey of participants of volunteer organizations are presented, the leading motives of their activities are revealed. Volunteer experience in other countries is characterized, similarities and differences are revealed.
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Faletehan, Aun, and Syaifudin Zuhri. "Faktor-Faktor yang Membahagiakan Relawan Muslim di Organisasi Nirlaba Berbasis Islam." Journal of Islamic Management 4, no. 2 (2024): 113–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.15642/jim.v4i2.1655.
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This article investigates the factors contributing to the happiness of Muslim volunteers in nonprofit organizations. Employing a qualitative phenomenological approach, the study conducts a multi-case investigation in two religious-based nonprofit organizations in Surabaya, Indonesia, conducting 24 in-depth interviews with senior volunteers. Findings reveal that familial culture, religious culture, personal development, nonprofit leadership, and rewards play significant roles in fostering volunteer happiness. Additionally, the article provides theoretical contributions to the volunteer motivation literature and practical insights for nonprofit organization managers to enhance volunteer experience quality and program effectiveness.
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Aripradono, Heru Wijayanto. "Social Media and the Journey of Volunteering." Albukhary Social Business Journal 1, no. 1 (2020): 61–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.55862/asbjv1i1a006.
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The challenge for volunteer organizations today is how to protect the environment and maintain volunteers to maintain their social mission. When the volunteers receive positive benefits and social support from the volunteer organization, they express positive commitment to continue. Social media are an inexpensive the digital technologies that can reach a wide variety of volunteer and maintain a dialogue with them to better serve their journey. The study was conducted on volunteers who have participated in Empathy Project (EP) activities from Sociopreneur Indonesia (SociopreneurID). This case focus on implementation social media in the journey of volunteer. This study used an exploratory qualitative approach to build an understanding of the social reality of the implementation of the EP. The data that we synthesized from several social media posts by volunteers, after participating in volunteer activities, produced four things that motivated volunteers to make repeat decisions. These are (1) Personal Values; (2) Social Support; (3) Change of Perception / Added Knowledge and (4) Knowledge Sharing. Through social media, these four things are used by organizations as a strategy to maximize repeat decisions. Moreover, social media also acts as a platform to encourage communication and collaboration between organizations and volunteers.
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Gale, Kathleen. "OLDER ADULTS INFLUENCING THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OF VOLUNTEER CAREGIVERS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC." Innovation in Aging 6, Supplement_1 (2022): 818–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.2945.
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Abstract Older adults who do not qualify for government entitlement programs but lack sufficient financial or other personal resources help them to age in place rely on community organizations to assist them with social determinants of health. However, these organizations struggle with high rates of volunteer caregiver turnover, a looming crisis spotlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. At least one group of volunteer caregivers continued to serve during this period. This phenomenological study investigated the experiences of eight volunteer caregivers who served older adults through a Faith in Action model volunteer driver program during the first year of the pandemic. Findings indicate that a volunteer’s commitment to older adults, awareness of the needs of older adults, and established relationships with older adults were more important than concerns about COVID-19. Study participants were alert to the needs of older adults during and between service activities, making personal sacrifices of time, money, and physical exertion to accommodate needs. Participants approached service caring for the older adult and expected reciprocal care in the form of appreciation and respect. They considered discontinuing service if efforts weren’t appreciated or if deeply held values were violated. The volunteer service organization was key in mitigating conflict within the relationship of the volunteer and older adult, thereby increasing the likelihood that the volunteer would continue serving. Implications include training older adult clients to meet expectations of care and appreciation for volunteers, managing volunteers whose personal sacrifices exceed the scope of volunteer service, and supporting volunteers whose values have been violated.
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Grimm, Kerry E., and Mark D. Needham. "Moving Beyond the “I” in Motivation." Journal of Travel Research 51, no. 4 (2011): 488–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287511418367.
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Much research has examined why volunteer tourists volunteer abroad. However, little work has explored (1) if and how destination and organization attributes motivate volunteers or (2) manager perceptions of volunteer motivations. We identified attributes that pulled conservation volunteer tourists to the country, organization, and volunteer project. We compared these motivations and reasons for volunteering abroad with manager and volunteer coordinator perceptions of volunteer motivations. To collect data, we engaged in participant observation and conducted interviews with 36 volunteer tourists, 2 managers, and 3 volunteer coordinators at an Ecuadorian conservation volunteer project. Volunteers listed a range of motivations for their choices (e.g., reserve mission, price). Managers and coordinators correctly identified some motivations for volunteering abroad and selecting the destination, organization, and project (e.g., travel, price). However, they mentioned fewer reasons than volunteers and overlooked several major factors, especially altruistic and project-specific reasons. We discuss implications for managers and organizations, tourism theory, and future research.
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Conduit, Jodie, Ingo Oswald Karpen, and Kieran D. Tierney. "Volunteer engagement: conceptual extensions and value-in-context outcomes." Journal of Service Theory and Practice 29, no. 4 (2019): 462–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jstp-06-2018-0138.
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Purpose The ability to attract and retain volunteers is crucial for not-for-profit organizations, and consequently, the need to understand and manage volunteers’ engagement is paramount. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of five volunteer engagement dimensions (cognitive, affective, behavioral, social and spiritual engagement) on perceived value-in-context, and its subsequent role for volunteer retention. Thus, providing for the first time an understanding of how unique types of value are determined through different facets of volunteer engagement. Design/methodology/approach To establish the nature and consequences of volunteer engagement, the authors collaborated with an Australian not-for-profit service organization. Using a survey method, the authors studied the organization’s volunteer workforce resulting in 464 usable responses. To capture volunteers’ degree of spiritual engagement, this paper introduces a rigorously developed unidimensional measure. Findings The results demonstrate the importance of the five engagement dimensions on volunteers’ perceived value-in-context, while highlighting significant effect differences including some counterintuitive consequences. The authors also establish the role of spiritual engagement and demonstrate the impact of value-in-context for volunteer retention. Originality/value This research explores the volunteer engagement-retention chain, by empirically studying the role of value-in-context. The authors provide first evidence for the relationship between volunteer engagement and value-in-context, examining the independent yet relative effects of various facets of volunteer engagement. In doing so, the authors offer new insight into the dimensionality of the volunteer engagement construct, broadening its conceptualization to include spiritual engagement as a core constituent. The authors further demonstrate the impact of value-in-context on volunteer retention, helping organizations to better make sense of meaningful volunteer experiences with long-lasting impacts and mutual benefits.
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Curran, Ross, Babak Taheri, Robert MacIntosh, and Kevin O’Gorman. "Nonprofit Brand Heritage." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 45, no. 6 (2016): 1234–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764016633532.
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Volunteer organizations operate in a challenging environment and their management practices toward volunteers have become increasingly influenced by the private sector. This case study explores the impact of brand heritage on the experience of volunteering in such managed environments. We use data from the U.K. Scouts to show that brand heritage has a positive bearing on the level of engagement volunteers experience and on their reported attitude to the way(s) in which they are managed within the volunteer organization. We then use these findings to establish the salience of brand heritage to both long established and recently formed organizations, extending current volunteer management theory; consequently, we suggest volunteer managers utilize the power of brand heritage through unlocking its ability to retain engaged and satisfied volunteers.
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Sandeep Mishra, Akanksha Tiwari, and Ved Trivedi. "Volunteer and NGO Matching Platform." International Research Journal on Advanced Engineering Hub (IRJAEH) 2, no. 04 (2024): 742–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.47392/irjaeh.2024.0104.
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According to a poll conducted in 2021, during the epidemic, the number of donors in India increased by 43%. During the pandemic, Indian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) volunteered their services in every manner conceivable, and they still do. However, over the years, the proportion of volunteers has remained consistent. This demonstrates a disconnect between the general population and nonprofits as well as volunteerism. Establishing a platform that connects these volunteers with other charitable organizations would be crucial. The "Volunteer Matching Platform" project may be able to bridge this gap. This web-based platform is intended to facilitate volunteer connections between non-governmental organizations and local groups. NGOs will use this platform to promote their events to the nation's citizens. On the other hand, volunteers will be able to browse through the available opportunities, filtering based on their interests, location, and availability.
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Kruglova, Marina Sergeevna, Lorina Ermondovna Kruglova, Igor' Borisovich Shuvanov, and Viktoriya Petrovna Shuvanova. "The Problem of Volunteer Motivation in Volunteering Management: A Sociological View." Социодинамика, no. 1 (January 2023): 16–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.25136/2409-7144.2023.1.39576.
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The article deals with the problems of analyzing the motivational component in the management systems of youth volunteering. The subject of the study is the totality of managerial relations that arise in the process of organizing the volunteer movement and the implementation of volunteer activities. The object of the study is the activities of volunteer, non-profit organizations. The problem lies in the possible outflow of volunteers after the first contact or event, without repeated or regular participation. It is important for managers and leaders of the voluntary sector to successfully involve young people in volunteer projects and develop their voluntary participation in the long term. The study of this issue will make it possible to form a holistic view of the significant aspects of the organization of the volunteer movement. The study is aimed at identifying existing approaches to motivating volunteers, finding the most effective ways to increase the level of volunteer motivation, developing tools to ensure a high level of motivation and involvement in projects of volunteer associations. To collect data on motivation in youth volunteering, the authors conducted a questionnaire survey, the participants of which were volunteers from Russian volunteer organizations based in higher educational institutions. The predominance of the non-material nature of the motivation of volunteers was revealed; a scale of motives was developed for testing volunteers and designing an individual route of volunteer experience in organizations. The unity and opposition of the types of volunteer participation in the concept of dual motivation of volunteers (altruism and selfishness) gives grounds for using a combined approach that takes into account various motives for participation.
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Liu, Huangjuan, Yiqiang Zhu, and Yalan Li. "Multiple Network Effects: “Individual-Organization Social Interaction” Model on China’s Sustainable Voluntary Service Supply Mechanism." Sustainability 15, no. 13 (2023): 10562. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151310562.
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Despite strong policy support for volunteerism, Chinese social service organizations require assistance in volunteer management, particularly concerning retaining volunteers and sustaining the supply of volunteer services. By interviewing volunteers from a successful volunteer organization and analyzing the collected data using the constructive grounded theories and methods, this study found that, contrary to the conclusions of previous studies, (1) sustainable volunteerism involves volunteers’ ability, motivation, and resources; (2) the ideal framework for the sustainability of volunteer service provision is based on a triangular support model of “individual-organization social interaction”; and (3) social interaction manifests itself in three network effects (emotional, family, and social). In particular, our analysis found that interpersonal relationships, intergenerational relationships, and parent–child education are essential to sustaining the supply of volunteer services.
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McAllum, Kirstie. "Volunteers as Boundary Workers: Negotiating Tensions Between Volunteerism and Professionalism in Nonprofit Organizations." Management Communication Quarterly 32, no. 4 (2018): 534–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0893318918792094.
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This article employs a boundary work framework to analyze how volunteers from two nonprofit human services organizations navigated the tensions between volunteerism and professionalism. Based on interview data and analysis of organizational documents, the study found that volunteers at the first organization, fundraisers for child health promotion and parent education, dichotomized volunteerism and professionalism as incompatible social systems with divergent objectives, practices, and tools. Volunteers at the second organization, which provides emergency ambulance services, engaged in constant boundary crossing, oscillating between a volunteer and professional approach to tasks and relationships depending on the context. In both cases, paid staff and members of the public affected participants’ ability to engage in boundary work. The study offers insights for nonprofit organizations wishing to professionalize their volunteer workforce by specifying how volunteer job types, organizational structure, and interactional partners’ feedback impact volunteers’ ability to engage in boundary crossing, passing, and boundary spanning.
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Lynch, Peter. "Wildlife and conservation volunteering." Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 7, no. 2 (2015): 181–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/whatt-12-2014-0046.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline the stages involved in developing an audit to determine the best wildlife and conservation organization to volunteer with. Design/methodology/approach – The paper outlines details of the analysis and assessment of 53 organizations based on nine core criteria. The framework developed for this purpose also provides a tool that could be used to assess other organizations. Findings – Publication of the Wildlife and Conservation Volunteering Guide has given volunteers a resource that enables them to make informed decisions about which organization to volunteer with and to enable the featured organizations to reflect on their own relative attractiveness to volunteers. Originality/value – The viewpoint highlights several unintended consequences of an audit and demonstrates that published audit criteria prompt organizations to instigate changes.
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Worker, Steven M., Dorina M. Espinoza, Car Mun Kok, Charles Go, and JoLynn C. Miller. "Volunteer Outcomes and Impact: The Contributions and Consequences of Volunteering in 4-H." Journal of Youth Development 15, no. 4 (2020): 6–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2020.847.
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Youth development volunteers are relied upon by many youth organizations to deliver educational programming, and consequently, fulfill organizations’ missions. Our study explored the consequences of volunteering in youth services by focusing on volunteer outcomes (consequences of volunteering on the volunteer) and volunteer impacts (volunteers’ contributions to the organization). We collected 1,245 open-ended responses to 2 questions from adults who served as volunteers in the University of California 4-H Youth Development Program. We applied iterative inductive thematic analysis without a pre-existing coding scheme to each question independently. Volunteers described their impacts on 4-H as expanding and maintaining programs for children, providing support to and teaching youth, and helping to realize youth outcomes. By volunteering, adults reported outcomes including developing skills, improving well-being, and deepening connections with others.
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LYTVA, Liudmyla, and Daria KHOMENKO. "COORDINATION OF INTERACTION WITH VOLUNTEERS AS A FACTOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS." Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Social work, no. 10 (2024): 31–37. https://doi.org/10.17721/2616-7786.2024/10-1/4.
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Background. Given the scale of the volunteer movement that arose in Ukraine as a result of historical events, starting from 2013 and up to the present, and the limited data on various aspects of cooperation between activists of local and regional non-governmental organizations with volunteers in the domestic scientific literature, the results of a study of the features of the interaction of activists of public organizations with volunteers who are involved in cooperation are presented. Methods. Survey method, analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. Results. The strengths and weaknesses of the interaction between activists of non-governmental organizations and volunteers, as well as the warnings and barriers that prevent citizens from participating in the volunteer movement, were identified. It was found that improper administration in the field of organizing technological processes involving volunteers, the lack of knowledge and skills of NGO activists regarding the issues of labor protection of volunteers and their safety, effective communication skills and soft skills among activists, and the reputational aspects of NGO activities are the main weaknesses in the effective interaction of activists of non-governmental and charitable organizations with volunteers, which affects recruitment, maintaining the sustainability of such interaction, and the inclusion of citizens in the volunteer movement. Conclusions. The paper emphasizes the prospects for studying the problems of interaction between volunteers and non-governmental organizations in domestic practice and the sensitivity to taking into account the consequences of such interaction in view of the international image of modern Ukrainian public organizations, which, in general, can be defined as the prospects for research into the organizational culture of non-governmental organizations.
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Bittschi, Benjamin, Astrid Pennerstorfer, and Ulrike Schneider. "The Effect of Volunteers on Paid Workers’ Excess Turnover in Nonprofit and Public Organizations." Review of Public Personnel Administration 39, no. 2 (2017): 256–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734371x17715503.
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Volunteers in nonprofit and public organizations can provide additional resources and exert positive influence on organizations, staff, and clients. However, the relationship between paid staff and volunteers is complex and may lead to tension, employee dissatisfaction, and, ultimately, workers leaving the organization. This article focuses on excessive worker turnover as a signal of delicate organizational health and analyzes whether volunteers are an important variable in explaining differences in excess turnover rates between organizations. Using Austrian survey data and applying Tobit regressions, we show that more volunteers in management tasks compared with volunteers employed in other tasks increase both the probability of experiencing excess worker turnover and the amount of excess turnover. This result is interpreted as a possible sign for volunteer–staff tension. Understanding the consequences of using volunteer labor for paid workers is important to prevent volunteering from backfiring on service capacity and quality in public and nonprofit organizations.
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Einolf, Christopher J., and Cheryl Yung. "Super-Volunteers: Who Are They and How Do We Get One?" Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 47, no. 4 (2018): 789–812. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764018760400.
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This article investigates super-volunteers, defined as individuals who volunteer 10 or more hours per week with a single organization. We conducted interviews with 25 super-volunteers to explore what motivates them to become super-volunteers and how they choose the organizations for which they volunteer. We also interviewed nine volunteer managers to explore the advantages and disadvantages of employing super-volunteers and what best practices they recommend for supervising them. Most super-volunteers in our sample were highly educated and had retired from careers that involved helping and supervising other people. Most decided on their own to pursue volunteering and then searched carefully for an appropriate organization. The super-volunteers chose nonprofits that they thought were effective, matched their values, and were willing to work with them to develop a meaningful and substantive volunteer position. Volunteer managers stated that super-volunteers brought great value to their agencies and had few disadvantages. However, managing super-volunteers did require more flexibility, time, and one-on-one attention than managing regular volunteers.
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Fee, Anthony. "The Hidden Contributions of Local Staff When Hosting International Development Volunteers." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 50, no. 5 (2021): 1029–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764021995245.
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This exploratory study identifies what additional work-roles local staff take on when their organization hosts a long-term international development volunteer, and explains why they do this. Analyzing interview data from a sample of local employees in Vietnamese organizations, the study identifies five work-roles: two that buttressed “volunteer and organization readiness” (preparing and orienting) and three that facilitated “volunteer performance” (translating, advocating, and mediating). These roles, often outside the formal work-role and expertise of the local employees, added to their cognitive and emotional loads and to a large extent went unrecognized by their employers. They were motivated by a combination of personal benefit (notably, opportunities to learn) and reciprocity norms that appear influenced, in part, by respondents’ cultural conditioning. The implications of this for volunteer-involved organizations, volunteers, and locals are discussed.
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Posner, Barry Z. "An investigation into the leadership practices of volunteer leaders." Leadership & Organization Development Journal 36, no. 7 (2015): 885–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lodj-03-2014-0061.
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Purpose – While numerous studies of leadership have been conducted in the corporate and public sectors, there are lots of people leading in civic, social, and community service organizations and little is known about either how they lead or how their leadership practices are similar to or different from those leading in other sectors. The purpose of this paper is to fill that gap by examining leadership practices unique to leadership that occurs within organizations where both leaders and followers are volunteers. Design/methodology/approach – The sample involved surveying over 60 percent of the volunteer (n=569) leaders across a national youth sports organization based in the USA. Findings – Volunteer leaders engaged more frequently in leadership behaviors than did paid leaders. Some differences in leadership behaviors were found on the basis of respondent gender, age, educational level, and employment status. Leadership behaviors were systematically related to quality of respondents’ volunteer leadership experience. While objective measures of organizational effectiveness were unrelated to the leadership behaviors of the voluntary leaders, subjective assessments did impact how leaders behaved. Research limitations/implications – The research relied upon the self-reported leadership behaviors of respondents, and the organization’s measure of effectiveness was unrelated to respondent leadership behaviors. Future studies would benefit from leadership assessments provided by observers and constituents, samples involving different kinds of volunteer organizations (both settings and services) and more complex and nuanced empirical relationships. Practical implications – It is problematic that a volunteer organization cannot clearly define what it means to be an effective leader. Knowing the direct relationship between leadership behaviors and how favorably people feel about their voluntary leadership experience implies making certain that volunteer leaders actually have the opportunity to lead. Social implications – Because so many people volunteer and voluntary (and not-for-profit) organizations are vital to economic well-being it is important to know more about what effective leadership looks like within this domain. Originality/value – Few studies of volunteer leaders have been done, and none in this particular type of youth sports organization. Extends an understanding of leadership and what people do when they are leading others, especially in terms of settings involving volunteer participants rather than paid participants.
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Green, Jeremy W., and Jamie M. Davis. "PYD and Professional Development of Youth Organizations." Journal of Youth Development 10, no. 1 (2015): 132–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2015.425.
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This article shares the results of a study conducted in Oregon which investigates the professional and volunteer development needs of (non 4-H) youth-serving organizations related to positive youth development (PYD). This study elicited feedback from 49 youth-serving organizations through a comprehensive survey. Information gathered included organization demographics (reach, size of staff and use of volunteers), current staff and volunteer development opportunities and requirements and interest in offering staff and volunteer training opportunities related to PYD. The results of this study indicate youth-serving organizations not only recognize the importance of a PYD approach, but also seek staff and volunteer development opportunities to strengthen the PYD capacity within their organizations. The results of this study provide direct implications for 4-H professionals. Due to linkages to the Cooperative Extension System and Land Grant Universities, coupled with 4-H’s intricate understanding of PYD theory and practice, 4-H professionals have the ability to be the resource and voice for PYD in communities served.
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Gürbüz, Hidayet Zahid. "Volunteer Management and Its Impact on Overall Operations." Journal of Economy Business and Management 8, no. 2 (2024): 115–32. https://doi.org/10.7596/jebm.1585532.
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Management has long been a key factor in organizational success. Today, non-profit organizations are increasingly significant, expanding their influence both in Turkiye and globally. Like businesses, they rely on effective management to achieve sustainable operations. Volunteerism, historically essential to non-profits, is also crucial to their success, making volunteer management a strategic focus. This dissertation will examine the management style of non-profits, assess the impact of volunteer management on overall performance, and address key challenges in managing volunteers. In this project, it shall be tried to find out managerial issues on volunteerism in a non-profit organization scope of Turkiye as well as define the influences of the management style of non-profit organization. Thus, it might be occasion for better management structure which is more profitable, sustainable and convenient management style to manage volunteers in Turkiye. It shall be needed to undertake primary research which involves quantitative research. This research will include questionnaire separately to volunteers in non-profit organizations and managers of non-profit organizations. Further, this project aims to examine the managerial issues and its influences on volunteers and voluntary operations of the non-profit organization.
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Tooley, Stuart, and Jill Hooks. "Accounting for Volunteers: Enhancing Organizational Accountability and Legitimacy." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 49, no. 1 (2019): 93–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764019853041.
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Volunteers are mission-critical resources, and the ongoing ability of many nonprofit organizations to serve their constituencies is dependent on such contributed services. Utilizing an online questionnaire administered to coordinators of volunteers, the study investigates perceptions and practices in the Australian nonprofit sector in the reporting of volunteer contributions of services. We find ( N = 166) that although organizations place high value on volunteer contributions, the benefits and impact are rarely reported. The majority of respondents consider that a statement of volunteer contributions should be included alongside financial statements to give a more complete representation of organizational performance. This would enhance the accountability and legitimacy of the organization. No regulatory requirement to report and a lack of resources are cited as the predominate reasons for current nondisclosure. The findings support the need for a best practice model for recording and reporting volunteer contributions to recognize the significance of the resource.
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Mittal, Amit, Long Tam Pham, Bestoon Othman, S. Saravanan, Tribhuwan Kumar, and M. Saranya. "Impact of Inspirational Techniques on Engagement to Participate in Volunteering Opportunities." FMDB Transactions on Sustainable Technoprise Letters 2, no. 2 (2024): 78–89. https://doi.org/10.69888/ftstpl.2024.000232.
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The best way to define volunteering is as an unpaid action that typically promotes social welfare. Its primary component of voluntariness sets it apart from other sorts of work. In addition to civic participation or personal compassion, when someone discusses volunteering, they accidentally mention the federal system of gainful work, with which free labour must coexist. Non-profit organizations differ from for-profit ones in several ways. A crucial aspect is that people donate their time and labour to the group’s operations. The ongoing lack of new volunteers is one of the greatest difficulties non-profit organizations face daily. We were interested in learning how non-profits compel and keep their members and whether and how this activity may have been enhanced. According to research on volunteer-involving organizations’ motivating strategies, people are primarily inspired to volunteer by their aspirations for social action and their feelings of usefulness and production at their service posts. The study also demonstrates how rewarding volunteers for their efforts and giving them feedback might motivate them to do better. The study’s findings suggest that incentive strategies used by volunteer-involved organizations must be profitable to both the organization and its volunteers.
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Saravana Kumar N, Danush S, Sudharsanan S R, Naveen Kumar G, and Prasanth A. "Volunteer Connect: A Volunteer Coordination Platform with Chatbot Assistance via Retrieval-Augmented Generation." International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology 12, no. 3 (2025): 1362–69. https://doi.org/10.32628/ijsrst25123157.
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Volunteer Connect is a web-based platform developed to enhance volunteer coordination and event management for non-profit organizations. The system offers tailored interfaces for both organizations and volunteers, ensuring a user-centric experience. Organizations can create events, utilize AI-powered auto-description for event postings, and notify volunteers via automated email alerts. Volunteers can register for events, track their participation, and interact with organizations and fellow volunteers through integrated real-time chat. Additionally, the platform features an AI-assisted chatbot that provides instant support and information, such as upcoming event details and participation tracking. Role-based access control ensures security and contextual experiences for different users. By addressing key challenges like inefficient communication, poor event visibility, and lack of engagement tools, Volunteer Connect improves the efficiency of community service coordination. This paper discusses the system’s architecture, key functionalities, challenges faced during development, and its potential impact on volunteerism.
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Brudney, Jeffrey L., and Mordecai Lee. "Lo, the Poor Volunteer Manager: Hollywood’s Nonprofit Volunteer and Volunteer Manager." Public Voices 14, no. 1 (2016): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.22140/pv.22.
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The literature of film studies has emerged in many academic fields as a relevant prism to examine the image of those professions in popular culture. Nonprofit management, though, has paid much less attention to film images. This article explores the cinematic image of the nonprofit volunteer and the volunteer manager in American feature films. It identified eight such movies, produced in 1953 through 2010. This universe is modest, but Hollywood’s extant nonprofit volunteer roughly mirrored the literature, with volunteers tending to be female and white and gaining emotional satisfaction through volunteering. By contrast, managers of nonprofit volunteers were depicted less often in Hollywood’s nonprofit sector, and the image was usually not flattering. We explore the implications of these findings, especially for the profession of managing volunteers in nonprofit organizations and conclude with a suggested agenda for research on the film image of volunteering, volunteer management, and nonprofit organizations.
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Garfield, Richard M., and Tom Frieden. "Social and Demographic Characteristics of Nicaraguan Health Volunteers." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 7, no. 2 (1986): 123–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/r9m6-d1m1-7v02-3nhk.
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Although the training and mobilization of volunteer health aides is widely promoted in Third World countries, little is known about those who volunteer. A survey of Nicaraguan volunteers in 1982 revealed findings which are similar to results found elsewhere. Women, young people, and students have tended to be those groups which volunteer most often. Less is known about the level of responsibility and organizational affiliation of volunteers. In the Nicaraguan case, it was found that although most volunteers are female, they usually do not represent a women's organization. A majority of the volunteers represent non-traditional organizations or no organization at all. Those volunteers with greater responsibility tend to be older, better educated, are more likely to be female, and more commonly represent an organization which came into existence after the country's 1979 revolution. Changes in the organization of health promotion campaigns in Nicaragua are likely to soon influence the recruitment and retention of volunteers.
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Ruiner, Caroline. "Voluntary Work in Digital Contexts as Gift Exchange." Sustainability 13, no. 21 (2021): 12176. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132112176.
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Digital technologies have inspired a change in volunteering in nonprofit organizations. In this context, the engagement of volunteers is mainly self-organized, through online platforms or apps. It is the aim of this paper to analyze the volunteers’ motives, differentiating between self-interest and other-interest. This is important, since effects on organizational volunteer-related outcomes, such as volunteer engagement, recruitment and retention, are likely to occur. A gift exchange perspective is applied and a case study has been used for investigating an online-based nonprofit organization in Germany, consisting of qualitative interviews with experts and volunteers, documentary analysis and participatory observations as well as an online survey. The results show that the volunteers’ instrumental self-interest in gaining food, and their interests in other factors, such as the reduction of food wastage as a societal goal, occur simultaneously. This leads to paradoxes and problems on the organizational level. This study contributes to understanding volunteer engagement, recruitment and retention in digital nonprofit organizations.
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Kim, May, Packianathan Chelladurai, and Galen T. Trail. "A Model of Volunteer Retention in Youth Sport." Journal of Sport Management 21, no. 2 (2007): 151–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsm.21.2.151.
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Volunteers in sport are indispensable, but there is a dearth of systematic research in volunteer retention. The focus of this study was to investigate three different volunteer-retention models incorporating person–task fit (P–T fit), person–organization fit (P–O fit), managerial treatment (MT), empowerment, and intention to continue volunteering. Using structural equation modeling, data from 515 volunteers in the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) were compared across a fully mediated model, a partially mediated model, and a direct-effects model. The results of the fully mediated model, in which empowerment mediated the relationship between P–T fit, P–O fit, MT, and intention to continue volunteering, fit well and better than the other two models. P–T fit, P–O fit, and MT jointly explained 46.8% of variance in empowerment, and empowerment explained 13.5% of variance in intention to continue. Volunteer organizations need to focus on empowering their volunteers through the fit of the volunteer to the task, organization, and appropriate managerial treatment.
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Mazarakii, Elena Y. "Analysis of the Information Needs of Volunteers: the Results of Study." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science] 70, no. 1 (2021): 101–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2021-1-1-101-111.
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Volunteering is actively developing in the Russian Federation and around the world. Society that takes part in volunteer projects has a high level of civic identity, morality and forms humanistic values among young people. Volunteer movement is a tool to reduce the level of antisocial and extremist behaviour.Approximately 15% of the population of the Russian Federation is involved in volunteering activities at the present time. Thanks to the volunteer organizations created in educational institutions, the government creates positive image of a volunteer. At the same time, there is a problem of public distrust in this type of activity due to the lack of awareness of volunteer organizations and their projects. Organizers of the volunteer movement face the problem of lack of information about volunteering that entails the difficulties in setting goals and objectives of the volunteer organization. It is necessary to identify the information needs of volunteers, as well as to create an information field where they can meet these needs.There is no resource with comprehensive information about volunteering activity in Russia. Information needs of participants in such type of projects cannot be fully met. The main source of information is the portal “Volunteers of Russia”. It allows you to get e-book of a volunteer, register a volunteer organization, create an event and apply for participation in an existing project. However, the system has a number of factors that make it difficult to keep accurate records of volunteer activities; it is more designed to attract attention to projects.In 2018—2019, the study was conducted using the online survey (questionnaire). The survey involved volunteers (451 respondents) and their leaders (43 respondents) of the St. Petersburg Volunteer Movement “Our Future is in Our Hands”. The purpose of the study was to identify the information needs of volunteers and their managers. The survey results led to the conclusions: the availability of information resources on volunteering is not too high; the most interesting information is related to the experience of implementing volunteer activities, project development and management, the development of supra-professional skills. Volunteers prefer to use electronic documents.It is necessary to develop special programs and organize training courses on the formation of information culture of volunteers, to create a wider range of information resources for volunteers. One of the possibilities is to create a unified public resource that reflects different aspects of volunteering activities. It is important to form a comprehensive information support for volunteers.
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Mazarakii, Elena Y. "Analysis of the Information Needs of Volunteers: the Results of Study." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science] 70, no. 1 (2021): 101–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2021-70-1-101-111.
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Volunteering is actively developing in the Russian Federation and around the world. Society that takes part in volunteer projects has a high level of civic identity, morality and forms humanistic values among young people. Volunteer movement is a tool to reduce the level of antisocial and extremist behaviour.Approximately 15% of the population of the Russian Federation is involved in volunteering activities at the present time. Thanks to the volunteer organizations created in educational institutions, the government creates positive image of a volunteer. At the same time, there is a problem of public distrust in this type of activity due to the lack of awareness of volunteer organizations and their projects. Organizers of the volunteer movement face the problem of lack of information about volunteering that entails the difficulties in setting goals and objectives of the volunteer organization. It is necessary to identify the information needs of volunteers, as well as to create an information field where they can meet these needs.There is no resource with comprehensive information about volunteering activity in Russia. Information needs of participants in such type of projects cannot be fully met. The main source of information is the portal “Volunteers of Russia”. It allows you to get e-book of a volunteer, register a volunteer organization, create an event and apply for participation in an existing project. However, the system has a number of factors that make it difficult to keep accurate records of volunteer activities; it is more designed to attract attention to projects.In 2018—2019, the study was conducted using the online survey (questionnaire). The survey involved volunteers (451 respondents) and their leaders (43 respondents) of the St. Petersburg Volunteer Movement “Our Future is in Our Hands”. The purpose of the study was to identify the information needs of volunteers and their managers. The survey results led to the conclusions: the availability of information resources on volunteering is not too high; the most interesting information is related to the experience of implementing volunteer activities, project development and management, the development of supra-professional skills. Volunteers prefer to use electronic documents.It is necessary to develop special programs and organize training courses on the formation of information culture of volunteers, to create a wider range of information resources for volunteers. One of the possibilities is to create a unified public resource that reflects different aspects of volunteering activities. It is important to form a comprehensive information support for volunteers.
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Shandra, Carrie L. "Disability Segregation in Volunteer Work." Sociological Perspectives 63, no. 1 (2019): 112–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0731121419842133.
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People with disabilities in the United States experience different types of paid work than people without disabilities; however, less is known about patterns in voluntary work—another form of productive labor that takes place within organizations. This study uses the Volunteer Supplement of the Current Population Survey to evaluate disability segregation in volunteer organizations and activities. Net of sociodemographic characteristics, volunteers with disabilities have lower odds than volunteers without disabilities of participating in educational/youth organizations and sport/hobby/cultural organizations, and higher odds of participating in social/community organizations. Furthermore, volunteers with disabilities have lower odds of participating in professional or coaching/teaching/mentoring activities and higher odds of participating in distribution activities—suggesting less access to leadership roles and opportunities for skill development. Finally, indices of dissimilarity indicate higher levels of segregation by disability status than by gender, race, or ethnicity. Volunteer work—like paid work—is stratified by disability, mirroring broader patterns of inequality.
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Kochyn, Volodymyr Volodymyrovych. "Organization of volunteer activity in Ukraine: paradoxes of legitimation and legalization." Ius Privatum (legal doctrine and practice / правова доктрина і практика) 9-10, no. 1-2 (2021): 43–62. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6370477.
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The main paradox of the organization of volunteer activity is the legitimation of ways of formation, management and activity of volunteer organizations based on traditions. The Law of Ukraine “On Volunteering” No 3236 provided an opportunity to regulate these relations to some extent (establishing the status of a volunteers, there rights and guarantees of activities; volunteering forms). However, another paradox is the fragmentary nature of the limits of legal influence and the search for volunteers to find other ways to achieve public (collective) interests. The realization of the right to freedom of association both in the institutional form (legal entity) and in other forms (contractual, joint activities) provides an opportunity to form different types of relations. Trends in the development of this legal institution are analyzed, as well as ways to overcome the paradoxes of the legal status of volunteer organizations.
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Harp, Elizabeth R., Lisa L. Scherer, and Joseph A. Allen. "Volunteer Engagement and Retention." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 46, no. 2 (2016): 442–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764016651335.
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The declining number of U.S. volunteers is troubling, necessitating improved understanding of drivers of volunteer retention such as volunteer engagement. We utilized the job demands-resources model to investigate the moderating role of community service self-efficacy (CSSE) on the relationships between two demands (organizational constraints and role ambiguity) and volunteer engagement. Volunteers ( N = 235) from three U.S. nonprofit organizations participated in a survey as part of a volunteer program assessment. Volunteers who encountered greater organizational constraints and role ambiguity were less engaged. In addition, CSSE attenuated the negative relationship between organizational constraints and engagement, but not the negative association between role ambiguity and engagement. When faced with organizational constraints, volunteers with higher CSSE reported greater engagement than those with lower CSSE. Organizations should therefore assess and support volunteers’ CSSE to bolster their engagement when faced with demands. Further recommendations for increasing volunteer engagement are discussed.
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Drobush, I., and S. Ishchuk. "Volunteer activities in communities: current issues of legal regulation." Uzhhorod National University Herald. Series: Law 4, no. 87 (2025): 329–35. https://doi.org/10.24144/2307-3322.2025.87.4.51.
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The article examines the concept and content of volunteering at the community level under martial law. It is argued that local self-government bodies, avoiding interference in the activities of volunteer initiatives, organizations and institutions that involve volunteers in their activities, should create favorable conditions for the development of volunteerism, public activity, increase the level of self-organization of residents, and implement tools of public participation in the adoption and implementation of governmental decisions. Based on the experience of European countries, where volunteering is an important component of social and civic activities, practical recommendations have been developed to strengthen volunteering in communities, in particular, in conditions of martial law. Local self-government bodies are recommended to constantly inform the community, in particular by placing on the official website information about the list of organizations that involve volunteers in their activities by types and areas of activity; the list of volunteers by areas of activity; applications regarding needs/problems that can be solved with the help of volunteer activities; information on the possibility of providing or receiving humanitarian assistance; means for coordinating the actions of organizations among themselves. Create and financially ensure the functioning of volunteer hubs in communities, attract public opinion leaders (public figures, military personnel, bloggers, experts, famous personalities, etc.) who have experience in volunteer activities; include organizations and institutions that involve volunteers in their activities and/or have a volunteer orientation, to work as part of organizing committees, expert and working groups, advisory and consultative bodies at local government bodies on volunteering issues; conduct public consultations on socially important issues related to volunteering, as well as conduct public discussions, hearings, meetings in the «round table» format, etc. on topical issues of the community and humanitarian needs, etc. Attention is paid to the legal mechanisms of involving young people in volunteering and supporting the ideas of volunteering among schoolchildren.
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Kruzhkov, D. A., St A. Mikitas, and O. V. Shpyrnya. "MANAGEMENT OF THE VOLUNTEERS MOVEMENT IN THE SPORT UNIVERSITY FRAMEWORK: ORGANISATION AND PEDAGOGIC ASPECT." Scientific bulletin of the Southern Institute of Management, no. 3 (October 7, 2018): 120–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.31775/2305-3100-2018-3-120-127.
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In modern Russia, the volunteer movement is developing in fifteen different directions and there has been a steady increase in the number of citizens and organizations participating in voluntary activities, and the scope of programs and projects with their participation is expanding. The Volunteer Center of the Federal State Budget Educational Institution for Higher Education «Kuban State Physical Education, Sports and Tourism University » was one of the first resource centers for the development of volunteerism in the Krasnodar Territory and was opened in 2011 at the same time with 6 other volunteer training centers for the XXII Olympic Winter Games and the XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. The article is devoted to solving three main problems. First, the authors analyzed the role of the Volunteer Center of FSBEI HE KSPESTU in the development of volunteerism in the Krasnodar Territory in the period from 2011 to 2018 and established the participation of its representatives in more than 50 major events organized both independently and jointly with partner organizations. Secondly, the algorithm of interaction with volunteers during the organization and carrying out of the serviced events, giving an idea about 15 vectors of mutual relations with volunteers, is described. Thirdly, the authors propose a model pedagogical model for managing volunteer resources, including organizational, content, motivation and performance-evaluation blocks, which encourages the development of volunteers’ competence for self-organization and self-education.
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Demidenko, Anastasiia. "VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES IN THE SPHERE OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION." Scientific Journal of Polonia University 43, no. 6 (2021): 164–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.23856/4321.
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The article is devoted to the volunteer movement in the sphere of human rights protection and cooperation of volunteers with non-governmental human rights organizations. It is pointed out that due to the activization of civil society and the growing number of violations of human rights on the international arena, this issue needs to be studied in more detail. In order to study the nature of volunteer organizations, a retrospective historical analysis of the phenomenon of volunteering since its appearance has been conducted. Several directions of historical development of the volunteer movement are compared. In order to understand the role of volunteer movements in the protection of human rights, the definition of the concept is proposed and explained, their functions and features as well as the main directions of activity are singled out. The comparison of concepts, functions and roles of volunteer and non- governmental human rights organizations is made. Also, the definition of the concept of “non-governmental human rights organizations” is given, on the base of which the common features of the above elements of civil society are defined. Examples of state regulation of volunteering activities in European countries, as well as the activities of volunteers in the sphere of human rights protection and cooperation of the latter with non-governmental human rights organizations are analyzed. The importance of cooperation between volunteer organizations and NGOs is also emphasized, as well as the mutual benefit for these organizations.
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Haski-Leventhal, Debbie, and Lucas C. P. M. Meijs. "The volunteer matrix: positioning of volunteer organizations." International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing 16, no. 2 (2010): 127–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nvsm.406.
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Boezeman, Edwin J., and Naomi Ellemers. "Volunteer recruitment: The role of organizational support and anticipated respect in non-volunteers' attraction to charitable volunteer organizations." Journal of Applied Psychology 93, no. 5 (2008): 1013–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.93.5.1013.
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Kolybenko, Olena. "VOLUNTEERING IN PEREIASLAV REGION IN 2022–2023 (ACCORDING TO THE «VISNYK PEREIASLAVSHCHYNY)»." Український літопис, no. 2 (December 28, 2023): 7–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.31470/2786-8583-2023-2-7-29.
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The review of the volunteering and volunteer initiatives of the general public of ordinary Ukrainians gets a more informative study of the modern Russo-Ukrainian War, as it is one of theиimportant components of the resistance of the Ukrainians against Russian aggression.The study of the problem includes the following areas: the reasons for the rapid volunteer activities after February 24, the main areas of assistance, a review of specific examples, stories about volunteers and volunteer organizations, the reasons for the gradual decline in the activity of Pereiaslav inhabitants.The volunteer activity of Pereiaslav inhabitants began with the first days of the real war. Organization of assistance to the Territorial Defense Forces, the support of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the care of internally displaced people are reflected by the collection of necessary things, products, cooking, the production of scrims, potbelly stoves, ammunition, protective clothing, etc. It was a quick understanding of the need for modern equipment for advanced equipment for our military to conduct effective warfare (thermographic cameras, drones, laser designators), so active work started for the rapid provision of modern means of warfare to the military. There was an active fundraising for cars. In the first months after the attack, Pereiaslav residents collected aid for internally displaced people and residents of liberated cities and villages of Kyiv Region.The overview of specific examples of the aid organization – fundraising, charity events, fairs, auctions, teamwork of cooks, sewers, repairmen help to better describe the volunteering in the region. The activity of volunteers and public volunteer organizations, working on a permanent basis, is a mandatory component of the volunteer work of the general public, as it coordinates individual initiatives, organizes the impact of all necessary assistance.A study of volunteer work also includes an analysis of such problems as the gradual decrease in activity and the decrease in the number of citizens who help soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and victims of war.The source of the researched problem is the publication of the «Visnyk Pereiaslavshchyny» of 2022-2023, which quite fully cover the main areas of volunteer activity of Pereiaslav residents during the full-scale war of russia against Ukraine, give examples of volunteer initiatives, and describe the work of volunteer public organizations
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Akingbola, Kunle, and Suwimon Phaetthayanan. "The Paradox of Employee–Volunteer Interchangeability in a Supported Social Enterprise." Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs 7, no. 1 (2021): 89–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.20899/jpna.7.1.89-107.
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This research examines the paradox of employee–volunteer interchangeability as a core resource in a nonprofit social enterprise organization. Specifically, the research investigates a) how the human and social capital derived from employee–volunteer interchangeability drives strategic intent, and b) how challenges associated with employee–volunteer interchangeability hinder strategic intent. The research provides insight into how employees and volunteers value outcomes that are dependent on the inherent paradox of interchangeability. The findings reveal that while employee– volunteer interchangeability can be a core resource, a social value, and a driver of competitive advantage, it can also hinder organizational strategies and growth—especially for nonprofit social enterprise organizations.
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Cui, Luyan. "The Issues and Ethical Dilemmas of College Volunteers in Short-term Voluntary Teaching Projects." Journal of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences 24 (December 31, 2023): 471–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.54097/0d527690.
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In recent years, with the continuous pursuit of self-worth by the public, more and more voluntary projects of non-governmental organizations and non-profit organizations have emerged and developed. While these voluntary projects bring some positive effects, there are also some negative problems. This article will take short-term volunteer teaching of college students as an example to analyze the problems and moral dilemmas of volunteers in short-term volunteer projects. Through research, it can be found that volunteers in short-term volunteer teaching projects lack professionalism and vocational training, a lack of sustainable teaching mechanisms, and the moral dilemma faced by volunteers themselves. The research content of this paper will enhance the understanding of short-term voluntary teaching, and lead to practical implications for developing volunteer teaching programs in China. Meanwhile, it will provide theoretical support for the subsequent design and management of voluntary projects of Chinese non-profit organizations and also put forward feasible suggestions for the selection and training of volunteers, as well as the publicity and supervision of voluntary projects.
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Englert, Benedikt, Julia Thaler, and Bernd Helmig. "Fit Themes in Volunteering: How Do Volunteers Perceive Person–Environment Fit?" Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 49, no. 2 (2019): 336–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764019872005.
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Worldwide, millions of people volunteer for nonprofit organizations. These organizations heavily depend on volunteers, such that successfully retaining them represents an indispensable task, as well as one that might benefit from the application of fit theory. The complex mechanisms that shape volunteers’ fit throughout their volunteering experiences in the nonprofit environment have been scarcely analyzed though, and fit research has only selectively assessed volunteer experiences. Therefore, the current study investigates how volunteers perceive person–environment fit using a qualitative research design that relies on narrative interviews. Eight service-related and daily-life–related fit themes emerge at the organizational, collaborational, individual, and external levels. These identified fit themes help clarify how volunteers relate distinctly to the environments established by the organizations for which they volunteer. In addition to extending research on volunteering experience, this qualitative analysis of perceived fit among volunteers enriches fit theory, by contextualizing the concept of fit for volunteers.
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Vecina, María L., Fernando Chacón, Daniela Marzana, and Elena Marta. "VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: WHAT MAKES VOLUNTEERS REMAIN WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS AND FEEL HAPPY?" Journal of Community Psychology 41, no. 3 (2013): 291–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21530.
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