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Shandra, Carrie L. "Disability Segregation in Volunteer Work." Sociological Perspectives 63, no. 1 (June 6, 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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Winser, Shane, Hilary Sewell, and Nigel de N. Winser. "Volunteer Work." Geographical Journal 152, no. 3 (November 1986): 419. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/632842.
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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 (October 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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Kaur, Japleen. "Volunteer to Work (V2W) scheme." Mental Health and Social Inclusion 18, no. 1 (March 5, 2014): 21–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mhsi-03-2014-0008.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the Volunteer to Work scheme running as part of a return to work pathway. Design/methodology/approach – Illustrative account of the origin, structure and processes involved. Findings – Personal narrative accounts by current volunteers evidence the social and emotional benefits of volunteering. Of the 237 people who have engaged as volunteers, 27 are now in paid employment. Originality/value – A case study of one innovative project which has the capacity to grow and to be transferred to other organisations.
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Ruiner, Caroline. "Voluntary Work in Digital Contexts as Gift Exchange." Sustainability 13, no. 21 (November 4, 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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Allowaish, Basheer. "Contributions of Volunteerism On the development of skills among volunteers (Research applied to volunteer teams in Hail)." Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Social Sciences 14, no. 3 (September 5, 2022): 23–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.54940/ss85383309.
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Volunteerism is one of the fields of professional practice of the social worker and a rich field of scientific research for social work. Hence, the author sought to shed light on the Contributions of voluntary work on the skills of the members of the voluntary teams in Hail. The problem of research is determined by the following question: What is the Contributions of volunteer work on the development of skills among volunteers? And the following sub-goals emerge from it: 1. Contributions of volunteer work on the development of communication skills among volunteers. 2. Contributions of volunteer work on the development of the skill of participation of volunteers. 3. Contributions of volunteer work on the development of problem solving skills among volunteers. The author used the method of social survey, in a comprehensive inventory of the embers of the voluntary teams in Hail (male and female) through the use of the questionnaire tool, and the researcher reached the results of the most important: 1. Volunteer work has an contribute on the development of the communication skills of volunteers. This is evident in their contribution to the dissemination and dissemination of information and data on the voluntary work of the community, their efforts to facilitate the provision of services to the volunteer team, and their keenness to maintain strong relations with all members of the voluntary team. 2. Volunteer work has an contribute on the development of the skill of participation of volunteers, and this shows through their efforts when they are assigned to any volunteer work. 3. Volunteer work has an contribute on the development of the problem solving skills of the volunteers through the agreement of the volunteers that their life experiences in solving the problems facing them increased after they joined the voluntary work. In addition, volunteering contributed to strengthening their relationships with others and to permanent participation in problem solving the public.
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Marco Rosini, Alessandro, Silmara Cristiane Gomes, Angelo Palmisano, Alexey Carvalho, and Vitória Catarina Dib. "VOLUNTEER SOCIAL WORK." Journal on Innovation and Sustainability RISUS 12, no. 4 (December 23, 2021): 69–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.23925/2179-3565.2021v12i4p69-76.
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Voluntary work has contributed a lot to social development both locally and globally. Many organizations have benefited from this type of work. Brazil is usually recognized internationally for both Football and Carnival, both with strong ethnic roots. However, little is said about the Social Impact of the so-called Samba Schools that organize the Carnival performances. This work aims to show how a Samba School in Sao Paulo, developed social work in their communities, that are very important and valued so much for by both communities by the institutions themselves and society; and therefore, they represent an important type of Local Social Entrepreneurship. The objective of the research is to identify what drives people to do voluntary work at the samba schools, what motivates them and what is the profile of the volunteer worker at the Unidos de Vila Maria Samba School. The research is qualitative, exploratory and literature about the volunteering theme, and carried out research on the type Focal Group with 8 integrates of samba school study. The research results show that despite prejudices still exist, volunteer work in samba schools improves motivation and helps to understand how the world can be better when projects are put into action that aim to help the marginalized and disadvantaged in society.
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Gomez, Rafael, and Morley Gunderson. "Volunteer Activity and the Demands of Work and Family." Articles 58, no. 4 (March 23, 2004): 573–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/007817ar.
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Abstract The importance of volunteer activity for employees, employers and governmental and non-governmental organizations that are increasingly relying on volunteers is discussed, followed by an econometric analysis relating volunteer activity to a variety of characteristics of work and family as well as to personal and demographic characteristics of the volunteers. The analysis is based on Cycle 9 of the Canadian General Social Survey (GSS) of 1994—an ideal data set since it links volunteer activity to a wide range of characteristics of work and family. The results are interpreted through the lens of a household production function framework, highlighting the importance of time cost and income, but also characteristics of work and family.
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Boukraa, Imene. "Psychological benefits of Voluntary work." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION 16, no. 2 (July 8, 2024): 196–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.48047/intjecse/v16i2.21.
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Participating in volunteer activities is widely acknowledged as a manifestation of humanitarianism, encapsulating numerous social and ethical advantages. The impact of such initiatives goes beyond simply assisting others and improving their situations; volunteers themselves also stand to benefit greatly. Volunteering can play a pivotal role in enhancing individuals' psychological and emotional wellness, thereby adding depth to their lives and outlook. As a result, this article will focus on three key elements through which volunteer work can yield positive impacts: social skills, behavioural deviations, and quality of life.
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Cisneros, Esther, Rosa Martha Meda-Lara, María del Carmen Yeo Ayala, Andrés Palomera Chávez, Héctor Raúl Pérez Gómez, Bernardo Moreno-Jimenez, and Mariela Loreto Lara-Cabrera. "WORK ENGAGEMENT AMONG HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS." International Journal of Person Centered Medicine 9, no. 4 (October 13, 2021): 41–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ijpcm.v9i4.1016.
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Background: Work engagement is defined as a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption. Even though volunteers at hospitals are deeply engaged in their unpaid work, there are no quick tools for measuring work engagement among these volunteers. The Ultra-short UWES-3 is a valuable research tool to measure engagement, indicating the need for its validation among volunteers.
Several recent studies have explored the role of work engagement in volunteer work, mostly focusing on volunteers working in social and nonprofit settings. Little is known about how work engagement contributes to the well-being and quality of life of volunteers working in hospitals. Furthermore, in this context, the relationship between work engagement and burnout, referred to as a psychological syndrome of emotional exhaustion, is poorly understood.
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine the factor structure of the UWES-3, and to undercover possible associations between work engagement, well-being, quality of life, and burnout among volunteers.
Methodology: This cross-sectional study collected self-reported anonymous data from adults connected to volunteer organizations in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Results: Confirmatory factor analysis supported the scale’s unidimensional structure. While well-being and quality of life were positively associated with work engagement, exhaustion showed the strongest negative relationship to work engagement.
Discussion: Our results support the validity of the UWES-3 and suggest that work engagement contributes to well-being and quality of life, while exhaustion is negatively associated with work engagement. From a wider perspective, results from this study provide important insights to guide stakeholders, such as hospital administrators and volunteer organizations.
Conclusions: Our findings support the validity of the UWES-3 among hospital volunteers, suggesting that the scale is an appropriate work engagement measure in this setting. This study provides a new understanding of the relationship between work engagement, burnout, and psychological variables among hospital volunteers.
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Kim, Daehwan, Chanmin Park, Hany Kim, and Jeeyoon Kim. "Determinants and Outcomes of Volunteer Satisfaction in Mega Sports Events." Sustainability 11, no. 7 (March 28, 2019): 1859. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11071859.
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The role of volunteers is an important factor for the sustainability of mega sports events. Key issues in the literature on sports event volunteers are volunteer satisfaction and its determinants and outcomes. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of the fulfillment of volunteers’ psychological needs and Volunteer Management Practices (VMP) on overall volunteer satisfaction, and to test their conditional effects depending on volunteer involvement. Additionally, the present study aimed to examine the effects of volunteer satisfaction on future volunteer activity, word-of-mouth, and host city visitation. For these purposes, a survey was conducted with 2442 volunteers in the context of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea. The results of a Latent Moderated Structural Equation (LMS) revealed that the fulfillment of volunteers’ general needs and volunteer satisfaction with the VMP have positive effects on overall volunteer satisfaction. Interestingly, these effects were differently moderated by the level of volunteer involvement. Overall volunteer satisfaction was found to positively affect future volunteering intention, spreading positive words regarding sports event volunteering, and intention to visit the host city as tourists. In conclusion, sports event managers need to design an optimal work environment that can fulfill volunteers’ psychological needs and improve VMP to enhance the sustainability of mega sports events.
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Vinickytė, Ingrida, Rita Bendaravičienė, and Jolita Vveinhardt. "THE IMPACT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE ON WORK PRODUCTIVITY OF VOLUNTEERS IN RESPECT TO AGE AND LENGTH IN VOLUNTEERING." Business: Theory and Practice 21, no. 1 (June 4, 2020): 379–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/btp.2020.11405.
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of emotional intelligence and intercultural competence on the effectiveness of volunteer work with respect to the age and length of volunteering. 174 volunteers who have volunteered or are volunteering under the Erasmus + European Voluntary Service participated in the survey. The results of the study are presented as answers to the following problematic questions: Does higher emotional intelligence and higher intercultural competence increase the effectiveness of volunteer work? Does intercultural competence increase due to higher emotional intelligence? Do older volunteers have higher intercultural competence and higher emotional intelligence? Do volunteers with greater volunteering experience have higher intercultural competence and emotional intelligence? Do people with longer volunteering experience at the European Voluntary Service (EVS) have a higher level of intercultural competence and emotional intelligence? Based on the results of the study, factors that have a significant impact on the productivity of internationally active volunteers were identified.
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St-Amant, Oona, Catherine Ward-Griffin, Helene Berman, and Arja Vainio-Mattila. "Client or Volunteer? Understanding Neoliberalism and Neocolonialism Within International Volunteer Health Work." Global Qualitative Nursing Research 5 (January 2018): 233339361879295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333393618792956.
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As international volunteer health work increases globally, research pertaining to the social organizations that coordinate the volunteer experience in the Global South has severely lagged. The purpose of this ethnographic study was to critically examine the social organizations within Canadian NGOs in the provision of health work in Tanzania. Multiple, concurrent data collection methods, including text analysis, participant observation and in-depth interviews were utilized. Data collection occurred in Tanzania and Canada. Neoliberalism and neocolonialism were pervasive in international volunteer health work. In this study, the social relations—“volunteer as client,” “experience as commodity,” and “free market evaluation”—coordinated the volunteer experience, whereby the volunteers became “the client” over the local community and resulting in an asymmetrical relationship. These findings illuminate the need to generate additional awareness and response related to social inequities embedded in international volunteer health work.
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Wicaksono, Galih, Samsiah Samsiah, Imron Imron, and Antoni Ludfi Arifin. "The Role Of Leadership Style On Work Achievement Tax Volunteer." Educoretax 2, no. 3 (July 21, 2022): 184–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.54957/educoretax.v2i3.243.
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The tax volunteer program is issued by the Directorate General of Taxes in order to assist the fulfillment of tax obligations, especially when reporting individual and corporate tax returns. The volunteers involved were mostly students and members of the tax center from universities. This study aims to determine the effect of leadership style on the work performance of tax volunteers. The population in this study are tax volunteers from universities, while the population is tax volunteers who have served in the Jakarta and Jember areas. This study resulted in the finding that leadership style has a significant and positive effect on the work performance of tax volunteers. The implication is that interested parties should instill a leadership spirit for tax volunteer members.
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Alsehaimi, Aref. "Impact of Volunteer Work on Improving the Quality of Social Life from the Perspective of Social Work Specialists." International Journal of Social Work 10, no. 1 (April 27, 2023): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijsw.v10i1.20940.
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Quality of social life is a good aim for all components of civil and volunteer work in Saudi society. This study examined the impact of volunteer work on improving the quality of social life from the perspective of social work specialists in Saudi universities. The study used several indicators: The volunteer’s ability to build social relationships, build human capacities, and manage living life, as well as their sense of satisfaction and satisfaction of basic and social needs. Descriptive analysis of variables was performed on data collected from four Saudi universities: King Saud University, um Al-Qura University, Princess Nourah University, and the University of Hail; 180 social work specialists were randomly enrolled, including faculty members and male and female students. The results revealed that the general impact of volunteer work on improving the quality of social life was 2.44 ± 0.68 (mean ± standard deviation) and that the overall average of the role of social work in supporting volunteer work and improving the quality of social life was 2.35 ± 0.71. Civil society institutions should implement volunteer work programs that improve the quality of social, economic, health, and environmental life in Saudi society.
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Constantinescu, Mihai, Alina Danciu, and Dana Haimana. "Volunteering in libraries: survey on Romanian public libraries." Revista Română de Biblioteconomie și Știința Informării = Romanian Journal of Library and Information Science 16, no. 2 (March 12, 2021): 12–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.26660/rrbsi.2020.16.2.12.
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Libraries are a natural hotspot for volunteer work, they can act as both beneficiaries and organizers of volunteers and their work. Volunteer programs in the libraries cover an important range of possibilities, from basic library work (moving books, assisting users that need help) to specialized activities (language courses, computer courses, specialized activities with persons with disabilities) and everything in between. This study aims to offer an overview of the situation regarding volunteer work in Romanian public libraries. It seeks to find out whether and how the county libraries and the two national libraries use volunteers.
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Cranmer, Hilarie H. "Volunteer Work — Logistics First." New England Journal of Medicine 353, no. 15 (October 13, 2005): 1541–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/nejmp058234.
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Reese, Laura Ann. "Perception versus Policy: Which Is More Important to Animal Welfare Volunteer Satisfaction?" Animals 14, no. 1 (December 27, 2023): 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani14010095.
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There is a large body of work spanning decades examining the factors that lead to volunteer satisfaction. Much of this work has employed self-administered surveys to gather volunteers’ opinions or perceptions of factors important for satisfaction which inherently lie within the individual volunteer. Yet scholars have raised concerns about the validity of studies based on perceptions. This research builds on past work by the author by pairing a survey of animal welfare volunteers with one conducted with the executive directors of the shelters they volunteer with, addressing concerns about the validity of self-administered surveys. It concludes that perceptions appear to conform well to actual policies as described by shelter directors but that volunteer perceptions are most important for satisfaction. Volunteers whose perceptions of shelter policies differ from shelter director reports of policies are more likely to be dissatisfied with their experiences. The findings are critical to animal sheltering because they point to the importance of volunteer perceptions of shelter policies for satisfaction. To retain volunteers, animal welfare organizations need to be concerned about actual policies but also about volunteer perceptions of them.
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Won, Doyeon, Yoonha Chun, Minsuh Savina Kim, Ian Song Kim, Amber Hyunjin Cheun, Alice Hyoeun Lee, and Sean Youngjae Choi. "Can contactless volunteer activities be an alternative during the COVID-19 pandemic?" Technium Social Sciences Journal 23 (September 9, 2021): 710–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.47577/tssj.v23i1.4362.
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The purpose of this study is to provide a viable alternative for volunteer services which became inactive due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, cases of contactless volunteer work involving children using the M Social Welfare Center located in the city of Paju in Gyeonggi-do Province were studied using reputational case selection. The aforementioned children are children whose parents have hearing disabilities (CODAs: child of deaf adults). In all of the examined cases, six sessions of online volunteer work have been carried out with these children. In-depth interviews were conducted with four participants, two non-participants, two of the twelve youth volunteers, and one social worker. The results of the study were as follows: firstly, there are several advantages to online volunteer work such as providing an alternative to the conventional volunteering method during the COVID-19 pandemic, no restrictions of location or place, recipients having their own private space, and the volunteers and recipients being able to open up to each other and being able to grow together through this process. Secondly, issues to be noted during the process are the characteristics of the recipients, the role of social workers, the education of volunteers and the attitude of the volunteers. Finally, aspects that need to be improved are the recognition of online volunteer hours and paralleling online volunteer work with other volunteer methods when the COVID-19 situation improves in the future. Through these findings, this study suggested practical and policy implications.
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Lavenburg, Philip, and Frank M. Bernt. "Training and Supporting Hospice Volunteers." American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® 29, no. 5 (October 13, 2011): 355–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049909111423527.
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We surveyed volunteers from 8 hospices in the Delaware Valley regarding training, perceived needs, and role satisfaction. Results were consistent with previous studies: satisfaction with preservice training and with volunteering was very high; respondents reported feeling very prepared and confident about doing hospice work as a result of their volunteer training. In addition, longer volunteer preservice training was associated with higher levels of overall satisfaction with training; levels of volunteer satisfaction and fulfillment tended to be lower during the first year of volunteering; and participation in volunteer support teams was associated with finding volunteer work rewarding and with feeling a part of the hospice team. Implications for preservice training and ongoing support and education of hospice volunteers are discussed.
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Krasilnikova, E. S., and V. N. Artemov. "Medical volunteering is a calling to help." Transport Technician: Education and Practice 2, no. 1 (March 27, 2021): 116–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.46684/2687-1033.2021.1.116-120.
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With the aim of reviving the traditions of mercy and providing assistance to practical health care, a volunteer movement “Volunteers-doctors” was created in 2013, which in 2016 received the official status of an All-Russian public organization.The volunteer movement of students of the St. Petersburg Medical College — structural unit of Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University (PGUPS) is considered. The activity of medical volunteers is analyzed, their active participation in charitable actions and events is shown. The results of a survey of medical students to identify attitudes towards volunteering are given: what motivates volunteers in their desire to work for free; to what extent young people are informed about the activities of volunteer organizations and are they ready to volunteer themselves. The importance of the volunteer movement in the training of future specialists in the field of medicine is determined.The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that it made it possible to identify potential volunteers wishing to engage in volunteer work among students studying at the medical college of PGUPS. In the course of the questionnaire survey, it became clear that students in general perceive volunteering positively, therefore it is necessary to develop systematic work with young people in this direction, primarily informational.
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Matviichuk, Andrii. "VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS WORK AS A DETERMINING MARKER OF CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE." Politology bulletin, no. 84 (2020): 157–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721//2415-881x.2020.84.157-169.
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It analyses essential indicators of volunteering, volunteer work and the features of work conducted by volunteer organizations as an index of civic society development in Ukraine. The features of volunteer movements in Ukraine have been analyzed. It has been recognized that Ukrainian volunteer movement in 2014 become an unprecedented manifestation of public self-organization in its scale. The increasing of volunteer movement had been due to two chief factors: internal political crisis, that has led to the disbalance of the public administration systems, lack of quality management decisions, lack of resources, and external aggression which deepened the disbalance between the state’s ability to perform its functions effectively and ensuring the basic needs of the citizens. The crisis in the country and external influences had endangered the existence of Ukraine as a state, which has been received by its citizens as a personal challenge, as danger to their self-identification. It has been demonstrated that volunteer organizations are an influential social institute that acts on a voluntary basis and brings the country income and also solves a number of socially important issues instead of the state administration. In conclusion, volunteering is steadily becoming a foundation for civil society development. Without the work conducted by the volunteers it is hard to imagine NGOs and charities at all, the quality control over government and business becomes virtually impossible. Without volunteers there is not enough energy to fuel societal development, there’s not enough effort and time to help people in need, not enough creative potential for solving social problems.
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Matviichuk, Andrii. "VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS WORK AS A DETERMINING MARKER OF CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE." Politology bulletin, no. 84 (2020): 157–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2415-881x.2020.84.157-169.
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It analyses essential indicators of volunteering, volunteer work and the features of work conducted by volunteer organizations as an index of civic society development in Ukraine. The features of volunteer movements in Ukraine have been analyzed. It has been recognized that Ukrainian volunteer movement in 2014 become an unprecedented manifestation of public self-organization in its scale. The increasing of volunteer movement had been due to two chief factors: internal political crisis, that has led to the disbalance of the public administration systems, lack of quality management decisions, lack of resources, and external aggression which deepened the disbalance between the state’s ability to perform its functions effectively and ensuring the basic needs of the citizens. The crisis in the country and external influences had endangered the existence of Ukraine as a state, which has been received by its citizens as a personal challenge, as danger to their self-identification. It has been demonstrated that volunteer organizations are an influential social institute that acts on a voluntary basis and brings the country income and also solves a number of socially important issues instead of the state administration. In conclusion, volunteering is steadily becoming a foundation for civil society development. Without the work conducted by the volunteers it is hard to imagine NGOs and charities at all, the quality control over government and business becomes virtually impossible. Without volunteers there is not enough energy to fuel societal development, there’s not enough effort and time to help people in need, not enough creative potential for solving social problems.
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Grimm, Kerry E., and Mark D. Needham. "Moving Beyond the “I” in Motivation." Journal of Travel Research 51, no. 4 (November 7, 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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Mironova, A. A., P. O. Savchuk, A. N. Narkevich, and S. A. Evminenko. "RESULTS OF MEDICAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM IN THE KRASNOYARSK REGION (2014-2019)." Social Aspects of Population Health 66, no. 6 (2020): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.21045/2071-5021-2020-66-6-5.
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Significance. In 2013, the President of the Russian Federation proposed to create a volunteer movement to provide all possible assistance in health. In 2014, the Krasnoyarsk region launched "School of medical volunteers" project, which subsequently formed basis for "Medical volunteer program", implemented in the Krasnoyarsk region. The purpose of this article is to systematize experience in organizing medical volunteer work in the Krasnoyarsk region, analyze its effectiveness and identify organizational problems that hinder development of the system of medical volunteers. Results. The study analyzes dynamics in participants’ enrollment into Medical volunteer program in the Krasnoyarsk region, age and gender structure, and generalized characteristics of the program participants. In addition, dynamics in the volume of voluntary work for the period from 2014 to 2019 was analyzed. Conclusions. A significant increase in the number of registered volunteers and the amount of voluntary work for the period from 2014 to 2019 indicates a high interest among pupils, students and other population groups in the implementation of voluntary work, while a wide geographical distribution of volunteers, a significant increase in the number of volunteers and amount of volunteering demonstrates effectiveness of organizing medical volunteers at the regional level, making it possible to scale up best practices of the Krasnoyarsk region throughout other regions of the Russian Federation. Scope of application. The results presented in this article can be used for scaling up and developing medical volunteer programs in other regions of the Russian Federation.
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Mu'ammal, Immanuel, and Arief Nur Rahman. "The Effect of Covid-19 Volunteer Motivation on Affective Commitment Through Volunteer Satisfaction." Peradaban Journal of Economic and Business 2, no. 2 (September 28, 2023): 174–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.59001/pjeb.v2i2.105.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a huge wave of compassion. In particular, volunteering platforms established channelling help for high-risk groups. Volunteers have become a valuable set of human resources in many sectors of society. This study focuses on the research on the effect of volunteer motivation involved on affective commitment of members mediated volunteer satisfaction in work. This research was conducted at the Muhammadiyah University Maharesigana organization. The subjects in this study were 114 volunteers from Maharesigana. Data analysis was carried out using SEM-PLS with WARP PLS 5 software. In this study it was found that volunteer motivation was not in line with their affective commitment. volunteer satisfaction at work also has a unidirectional relationship in mediating the influence of volunteer motivation on affective commitment
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El Kharouf, Amal, and Rula Abul Rous. "The Reality of Volunteer Work among the Students of the University of Jordan." Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences 51, no. 3 (June 30, 2024): 45–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.35516/hum.v51i3.4211.
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Objectives: The study aimed to identify the reality of volunteer work among the students of the University of Jordan. Methods: A total of 1714 undergraduates (551 male and 1164 female) were surveyed using a questionnaire designed to elicit information using the descriptive analytical approach. There were multiple-choice questions covering topics like how often college students volunteer, what kinds of service projects students want to take on, what they hope to gain from getting involved, what holds them back, and what resources would help get more college students involved in service projects. Results: The findings revealed that both male and female students were eager to participate in volunteer activities. Most students (75.3%), both male and female, already engage in volunteer work, and the areas in which they hope to gain experience are primarily related to aiding charitable organizations that serve the underprivileged. Regarding implementation extent, there was a statistically significant correlation involving gender and college in students' views about volunteer work, with humanities students topping other students in this respect. By engaging in voluntary labor, students aspired to acquire new skills, boost their self-esteem, and develop their social skills. The primary obstacle to participation in volunteer labor programs was the lack of adequate promotion for volunteer work, while society's unfavorable view of volunteers had a minimal effect. Conclusions The students at the University of Jordan recognize the value of volunteer work in building self-confidence and acquiring new skills.
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Ford, Jacob Stuart. "(Dis)identification as resilience in dirty volunteer work." Corporate Communications: An International Journal 23, no. 2 (April 3, 2018): 242–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ccij-04-2017-0035.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of identification and disidentification processes of individuals who perform dirty work. Specifically, this study seeks to understand how identification creates resilience for volunteer workers to endure dirty work. Design/methodology/approach The present study examines the resilience of volunteers in dirty work roles by interviewing 37 volunteers at an animal shelter and observing volunteers for 72 hours. The transcripts and field notes were analyzed using a grounded theory analysis. Findings Volunteers construct multiple identifications and disidentifications as part of the resilience process to engage dirty and dangerous work. Volunteers switched between different (dis)identifications and communicatively reinforced (dis)identifications to overcome the physical and social stigma associated with their work. Originality/value The present study extends research on resilience into a new context: dirty work. The findings bring into question assumptions regarding resilience and how a disruption is defined in the resilience literature. Disruptions are communicatively constructed and future studies should continue to research alternative contexts to study resilience labor.
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Hamarat, Miray, and Ozge Merzali Celikoglu. "“How Come This Man Is Homeless?” An Ethnographic Exploration of Identity Work among Volunteers in a Diner Serving to the Homeless." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 49, no. 6 (July 22, 2020): 777–805. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891241620931917.
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In this study, we explore the identity work among volunteers in a local restaurant in one of the metropolitan cities of Turkey, which serves to paying customers by daytime, and free food to the homeless in the evening. Our setting, which we call The Diner, is a local attempt to help homeless people whose number increases day by day. Through ethnographic fieldwork, we found that the volunteers at The Diner act as teams based on their selective association with a particular volunteer group. To gain an in-depth understanding of these volunteer teams, we examined the volunteers’ identification process with volunteer work; structures and motivations of the teams; and collaborations and competitions between the teams. Our approach relies on Snow and Anderson’s conception of identity work, and we utilized Goffman’s terms of performance, teams, and definitional disruptions.
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Li, Hanlin, Brent Hecht, and Stevie Chancellor. "Measuring the Monetary Value of Online Volunteer Work." Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media 16 (May 31, 2022): 596–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v16i1.19318.
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Online volunteers are a crucial labor force that keeps many for-profit systems afloat (e.g. social media platforms and online review sites). Despite their substantial role in upholding highly valuable technological systems, online volunteers have no way of knowing the value of their work. This paper uses content moderation as a case study and measures its monetary value to make apparent volunteer labor’s value. Using a novel dataset of private logs generated by moderators, we use linear mixed-effect regression and estimate that Reddit moderators worked a minimum of 466 hours per day in 2020. These hours are worth 3.4 million USD based on the median hourly wage for comparable content moderation services in the U.S. We discuss how this information may inform pathways to alleviate the one-sided relationship between technology companies and online volunteers.
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Горлова, Н. И., and А. Г. Демидов. "A Study of Volunteer Management on the Basis of Russian Museum-Reserves." Nasledie Vekov, no. 2(30) (June 30, 2022): 101–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.36343/sb.2022.30.2.008.
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Статья посвящена анализу специфики организации музеями-заповедниками процесса управления деятельностью волонтеров на различных этапах (привлечение, отбор, обучение, сопровождение во время волонтерских смен, поддержка и мотивация) в оценках сотрудников культурных институций. Анализ производился с опорой на данные социологического исследования, проведенного Всероссийским обществом охраны памятников истории и культуры в 2020 г. Использовались методы анкетного опроса и экспертного интервью. В опросе приняли участие 35 музеев-заповедников из более чем 20 регионов России. Уделено внимание портрету современного волонтера музея-заповедника, описаны демографические характеристики волонтерского сообщества, мотивация и установки добровольных помощников. Выявлено, что доля музеев, в которых созданы волонтерские объединения, невелика; работу с волонтерами в настоящее время невозможно охарактеризовать как сложившееся и устойчивое направление деятельности российских музейных учреждений. The article analyzes the specifics of organizing the management of the activities of volunteers at various stages (attraction, selection, training, assistance during volunteer shifts, support, and motivation) by museum-reserves in the assessments of employees of cultural institutions. The analysis was based on the data of a sociological survey conducted by the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Monuments of History and Culture in 2020. The respondents were employees of 35 museum-reserves from more than 20 regions of Russia. The methodological basis of the study was the methods of questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews. The questionnaire was aimed at assessing the work of the museum institution with volunteers when implementing various projects. The authors give the results of the survey in a number of areas of work of Russian museums-reserves with volunteers; raise questions about the regularity of museums for volunteer help, their readiness to work with volunteers, and the presence of permanent volunteer associations at museums. The authors identify the key socio-demographic characteristics of the representatives of the volunteer community; trace and specify all the main stages of volunteer management when managing volunteer resources; characterize the channels for attracting volunteers to museums, the prevalence of various methods of their selection (questionnaires, interviews), preparation for work in the museum, and the range of skills and abilities (including professional ones) that a volunteer involved in activities in the museum should have; list the mechanisms for stimulating volunteers’ interest in cooperation with the museum; determine the forms of museums’ work aimed at motivating volunteers; analyze the main reasons for volunteers’ leaving the organization; learn the terms of volunteers’ cooperation with museums and determine the characteristics of the rotation of the volunteer contingent. The authors state that the share of Russian museums in which volunteer associations have been created is small and that working with volunteers cannot currently be characterized as an established and sustainable activity for Russian museums. The authors conclude that the largest proportion of museum-reserve assistants are women aged 16 to 25. They also note the conservatism and isolationism of some of the survey participants, who avoid attracting voluntary assistants.
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Stiernstedt, Fredrik, and Irina Golovko. "Volunteering as Media Work: The Case of the Eurovision Song Contest." Culture Unbound 11, no. 2 (September 17, 2019): 231–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.19112231.
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This article explores volunteering in relation to the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), which took place in Stockholm in 2016 and in Kyiv in 2017, with the aim of shedding light on volunteering as a form of “media work”. Following from this, the article aims to problematize the theoretical concept of free labour and analyse the symbolic exchanges and currencies involved in employing a “free” labour force. Through interviews with volunteers, this article explores what volunteers at huge media events do, how their work is organized, and what motivates them. The empirical basis for this article is an interview study with volunteers and volunteer organizers of the ESC in Stockholm (May 2016) and in Kyiv (May 2017), complemented with a document analysis of volunteer guidebooks and organizational reports. The article shows that eventfulness is an essential part of what volunteer labour brings to an event such as the ESC. It is also a key element in the production of economic value: eventfulness is a currency that expresses the value of the event itself and is a key feature of place branding. Furthermore, eventfulness – along with the feeling of being a part of an event, of something bigger, as it unfolds in time – is a key feature of the motivation for the volunteers who contribute with unpaid labour. As such, eventfulness can also be understood as a form of currency or symbolic capital that forms the main remuneration or “wage” earned by volunteers at an event such as the ESC.
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Elsayed, Walaa. "An analytical View from the Perspective of Method Community Organization of the Reality of Women's Volunteer Work in the Emirate of Ajman in the U.A.E." Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences 49, no. 1 (August 2, 2022): 395–418. http://dx.doi.org/10.35516/hum.v49i1.1667.
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The study aims to identify the reality of women's volunteer work in the Emirate of Ajman in the UAE from the perspective of the way the society is organized by identifying the characteristics of volunteers, the nature of volunteer services, the reasons that drive Emirati women to volunteer, conditions, forms of volunteering, and the obstacles for women to practice volunteer and exit with recommendations that contribute to raising the level of a female volunteer in the Emirate of Ajman. The study used the descriptive survey method using the case study for 90 volunteers in charitable societies in the Emirate of Ajman. The important results of the study are that the largest age group of volunteers was between the ages of 30-40, and they obtained Highly qualified and most of their volunteer services were in the local area, and the most motivating reasons for their volunteer was their high confidence in their abilities to help, and the most important conditions for their volunteering is the availability of sufficient time with a measure of good health to do the required effort, and the most their favorite forms of volunteer are online volunteering. The important difficulty from their point of view is the lack of awareness of the importance of volunteering for a large number of girls of the current generation. The important recommendations of the study are the need to work on establishing a center for voluntary rehabilitation. It specializes in raizing their level of performance to solve the problems their societies
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Skulan, Naomi. "Staffing with students." Digital Library Perspectives 34, no. 1 (February 12, 2018): 32–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dlp-07-2017-0024.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages and disadvantages to primarily utilizing undergraduate student volunteers for a long-term digitization project and to discuss methods to mitigate the disadvantages of student volunteer work. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a case study of the use of student volunteers for the Historical Campus Newspaper Digitization Project at the University of Minnesota, Morris. Findings This paper describes the process of recruiting, training and managing student volunteers for a digitization project. Both advantages and disadvantages to student volunteer work are discussed, including possible steps to mitigate the disadvantages of student volunteers. Research limitations/implications This paper is limited to one institution’s experience utilizing student volunteers on one digitization project. Practical implications Librarians and archivists interested in new staffing methods for digitization projects can utilize this paper to better understand the benefits and costs to student volunteer labor before putting volunteer projects into practice. Originality/value This paper presents a unique case study of a digitization project staffed primarily with undergraduate student volunteers in an American academic library and archive.
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FRASER, JOHN, SUSAN CLAYTON, JESSICA SICKLER, and ANTHONY TAYLOR. "Belonging at the zoo: retired volunteers, conservation activism and collective identity." Ageing and Society 29, no. 3 (March 5, 2009): 351–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x08007915.
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ABSTRACTThe present study affirms previous research findings that volunteering satisfies personal needs but goes further by considering the factor of collective identity for volunteers and its consequences for them. The study specifically focused on older volunteers working at zoos. In the initial phase at Central Park Zoo 30 volunteers completed a short self-completion questionnaire. The second phase involved one-on-one interviews with 21 Bronx Zoo volunteers with a collective self-esteem scale. The responses indicated that the volunteers considered the collective identity of zoo volunteer to be important to their self-concept and believed that this identity is held in high public esteem. The results also suggested that identity as a zoo volunteer not only satisfies personal needs, as found by other volunteer studies, but that the collective identity supports external activism based on shared values. It was concluded that the collective environmental identity facilitated by volunteer work at the zoos provides affirmational social support for the volunteers' work as environmental conservation advocates, and enhances their sense of purpose and self-efficacy.
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Tůmová, Ludmila. "Volunteer program of the National Museum in 2015–2017." Muzeum Muzejní a vlastivedná práce 56, no. 1 (2018): 50–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mmvp-2018-0015.
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It has been more than three years since the National Museum launched the volunteer program. Every year more than 100 people have been involved in the museum work and its projects. Altogether they volunteered for almost 15 000 hours. Looking back on the past years of program we have the opportunity to analyze who the volunteers are and in what ways they are helping to the museum – focusing also on “side” benefits apart the actual work. The analysis of the past years and current situation offers us the possibility of further future development of program.
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Vveinhardt, Jolita, Rita Bendaraviciene, and Ingrida Vinickyte. "Mediating Factor of Emotional Intelligence in Intercultural Competence and Work Productivity of Volunteers." Sustainability 11, no. 9 (May 7, 2019): 2625. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11092625.
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Volunteering, the volunteer’s intercultural competence and emotional intelligence contribute to intercultural education and sustainability in various societies of today. The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of emotional intelligence and intercultural competence on work productivity of volunteers. The first part of the article substantiates theoretical associations between emotional intelligence, intercultural competence and work productivity. Based on theoretical insights, empirical research methodology was prepared, which consisted of four categories divided into sub-categories that provided the structure of the question groups. The empirical research involved seven informants working in Lithuania, who welcomed volunteers from abroad. The research was conducted using the method of semi-structured interviews. The conclusions present a systematic perspective towards the role of emotional intelligence in the intercultural competence and work productivity of volunteers. In this context, emotional intelligence works as a mediating factor. The contributing role of volunteer-receiving organisations in the development of the volunteers’ emotional intelligence is also highlighted.
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Denysenko, K. V., D. V. Kyseliov, and I. S. Borko. "SOME ASPECTS OF VOLUNTEERS’ ACTIVITIES UNDER CONDITIONS OF MARTIAL LAW." Scientific Herald of Sivershchyna. Series: Law 2023, no. 2 (July 7, 2023): 18–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.32755/sjlaw.2023.02.018.
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The article is devoted to the analysis of some aspects of volunteers’ activities under conditions of martial law. It is noted that volunterrs were the first who solved the negative challenges associated with the full-scale invasion of Russian Federation, protected and defended our country’s humanitarian sector. They risked their own lives daily saving the lives of others by evacuating from the hottest places in Ukraine, delivering life support items to the territory where hostilities were taking place. There are different formats of the forms of volunteer activity: from individual to collective ones, from direct participation to remote mode of assistance. It is noted that the war in Ukraine forced society to reconsider volunteers’ practical value and volunteer activities in particular. In modern conditions, taking into account numerous risks to life and health while volunteering, volunteers are one of the most vulnerable and unprotected categories. A clear confirmation of the above is a number of cases that, on the one hand, emphasize the role of volunteers in bringing Ukraine’s victory over the occupiers closer, and on the other hand, demonstrate the riskiness of volunteering. Analyzing the Law of Ukraine “On Volunteering”, attention is focused on contradictions that complicate volunteers’ work and lead to the concealment of the fact of assistance. In fact and legally, the activity of those volunteers who provide individual assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a full-scale invasion is illegal, although practice shows that a lot of assistance to the army comes precisely from volunteers who are not the members of any volunteer organizations. The presence of such a prohibition does not meet the requirements of martial law. It is emphasized that the military aggression of Russian Federation forced the legislator to revise the legal norms regulating volunteers’ legal status, social and legal protection. According to the authors, the legislative provisions regarding the impossibility of volunteering individually need to be revised and clarified. Key words: volunteer, volunteer activity, volunteer movement, risks, martial law, military aggression, hostilities, Armed Forces of Ukraine, social guarantees.
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Martins, Cátia, Saúl Neves de Jesus, José Tomás da Silva, Conceição Ribeiro, Cristina Nunes, Francisca Ferreira Cunha, and Beatriz Marcelo. "The Volunteer Satisfaction Survey (VSS): Adaptation and Psychometric Properties among Portuguese Volunteers." European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 13, no. 1 (December 30, 2022): 23–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13010002.
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(1) Background: Volunteering satisfaction is one significant construct that nourishes the sustaining of volunteer work, and it is present in reference models such as the three-stage volunteer process model (VPM). The volunteer satisfaction survey (VSS), created by Vecina, Chacón and Sueiro, evaluates three different domains of volunteer satisfaction: specific motivations, organization management and volunteering tasks. The aim of this study was to adapt the instrument and explore the psychometric properties of the 17 items of the VSS in a sample of Portuguese volunteers. (2) Methods: The sample was composed of 335 Portuguese volunteers (aged between 14 and 81 years), mainly women (76.4%). Measures included volunteer satisfaction, work engagement and organizational commitment. (3) Results: The original three-factor model was tested with a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the model fitted the data. Satisfactory levels of internal consistency, discriminant and convergent validity were found. (4) Conclusions: The VSS reveals good psychometric properties and can be considered a useful tool for professionals and future research for volunteers’ satisfaction assessment.
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Thoits, Peggy A., and Lyndi N. Hewitt. "Volunteer Work and Well-Being." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 42, no. 2 (June 2001): 115. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3090173.
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Compton, Anne. "The Volunteer in Bereavement Work." Hospice Journal, The 5, no. 1 (August 1, 1989): 119–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j011v05n01_07.
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Ulrich Exner, G., Christian Reize, and Henri Bensahel. "Volunteer work and developing activities." Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B 15, no. 4 (July 2006): 307–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01202412-200607000-00015.
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Rotolo, Thomas, and John Wilson. "Sex Segregation in Volunteer Work." Sociological Quarterly 48, no. 3 (August 1, 2007): 559–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-8525.2007.00089.x.
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Printz, Carrie. "Physician finds volunteer work rewarding." Cancer 117, no. 17 (August 19, 2011): 3870. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.26464.
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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 (March 8, 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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Agusti, Rosalita Rachma, and Hanifa Maulani Ramadhan. "Determinants of Tax Volunteer Performance." Manajemen Bisnis 12, no. 02 (October 23, 2022): 186–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.22219/mb.v12i02.22762.
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Taxes have a vital role in Indonesian revenues. The contribution of tax revenues in the 2019 State Budget structure was 82.5 percent of Indonesia's total revenue. The tax authorities in Indonesia strive to support the achievement of tax revenue targets, among others, through the tax volunteer program. Based on the individual performance theory applied to the tax sector, this study measured adaptive performance, contextual performance, task performance, and counterproductive work behavior. A quantitative method was used in this research. It was conducted on tax volunteers who assisted in tax reporting by individual income taxpayers which were analysed by using PLS. The result was that task performance has become the dominant factor of tax volunteer’s performance. By using tax performance, it can evaluate tax volunteer performance and make designs to upgrade their quality.
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Still, Douglas, and Henry Gerhold. "Motivations and Task Preferences of Urban Forestry Volunteers." Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 23, no. 3 (May 1, 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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Gaymard, Sandrine, and Alexandra Chauvet. "Volunteer Work and Disability: Impact on Social Representations and Health." International Journal of Psychological Studies 8, no. 3 (June 28, 2016): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijps.v8n3p72.
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<p>Even if it is linked to the idea of giving, volunteer work constitutes an important productive resource but it also has a number of interests which are rarely examined in their concomitant actions. The aim of this study is to investigate social representation of disability and brain lesion and to check the impact of commitment to voluntary work on this representation. Firstly a group of 30 retired people interested in voluntary work who had no experience of brain damaged people, filled out a characterization questionnaire. Secondly after a period of voluntary work, a sample of 8 of these retired people redid the questionnaire. The results show an evolution with experience alongside this population. A few months later the volunteers filled out another questionnaire on the impact of volunteer work. The findings show they think that experience of volunteer work can change the way people see disability and that it has beneficial effects on their well-being.</p>
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van Bochove, Marianne, and Lieke Oldenhof. "Institutional Work in Changing Public Service Organizations: The Interplay Between Professionalization Strategies of Non-Elite Actors." Administration & Society 52, no. 1 (July 19, 2018): 111–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095399718786880.
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It is often argued that increased volunteer participation in public service organizations will lead to de-professionalization of established professionals. Adopting a relational approach, this article shows that professionalization of new actors can actually initiate and reinforce the professionalization of others. This article focuses on the interplay between nonelite actors in social care that carry out institutional work aimed at pursuing three strategies: classic professionalization of volunteer coordinators, proto-professionalization of volunteers, and advanced professionalization of social care practitioners. Potential negative implications of these professionalization strategies are the hollowing out of paid social care work and the exclusion of vulnerable volunteers.
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Bryukhanova, A. Yu, K. A. Manuilova, A. S. Garkovenko, and V. L. Arkhipova. "SPECIAL FEATURES OF EVENT VOLUNTEERING AT INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS: ON THE EXAMPLE FREESTYLE WORLD CUP." Bulletin of Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafiev 53, no. 3 (October 30, 2020): 116–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.25146/1995-0861-2020-53-3-226.
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Statement of the problem. Today, promotion and development of volunteers’ activities is considered one of the priority areas for the youth and social state policy. The importance of studying volunteer activities is explained by the fact that soon a number of large-scale events will take place on the territory of our country and the city; experienced and qualified volunteers will definitely come in handy to organize and carry out them successfully. The purpose of the study is to identify the features of the work of volunteers at a major sporting event. The research methodology is based on the analysis of literary sources; questionnaires; methods of mathematical data processing. Research results. The categories of people who are engaged in volunteer activities were identified; functional areas that are most in demand were established; the experience and competence of volunteers at this event was assessed; the factors that induce volunteers to participate in the organization of a major sporting event were identified. Conclusion. In the course of the study, the features of the work of volunteers at major sporting events were identified. The reasons for the emerging difficulties associated with the communication of the volunteer staff with athletes and spectators are identified, and the problems of organizing volunteer support at the venue are analyzed. The factors of motivation for youth participation in volunteer activities are considered.