Motive und Motivationswandel des bürgerschaftlichen Engagements

Kühnlein, Irene; Böhle, Fritz

doi:10.1007/978-3-663-09464-7_9

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“…Very little empirical data are available regarding the reasons driving people to actively contribute to a scientific research project in their free time [ 3 , 11 ], as well as regarding the organisational aspects that enable and support these volunteering actions. Meanwhile, the use of different survey instruments and methods makes the available findings difficult to integrate [ 12 ].…”

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Volunteering in the Citizen Science Project “Insects of Saxony”—The Larger the Island of Knowledge, the Longer the Bank of Questions

Moczek

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Köhler

2021

Insects

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In a cross-sectional survey study (N = 116), volunteers of the project Insects of Saxony were asked about their current and past volunteering activities, their motivations, their rating of organisational offers, their knowledge, their satisfaction with the project and their personal contribution, and their intended future involvement. Participants in the study were mostly male, well-educated, over 50 years old, and had been volunteering in biodiversity projects for a long time. They were driven by both pro-social (altruistic) and self-serving (egoistic) motivations, but rated the pro-social functions as more important for their engagement. Communication and feedback were rated the most important organisational offers. Participants also reported a knowledge increase during project participation. While the volunteers were satisfied with the overall project, they were significantly less content with their own contribution. Results from the survey were followed up with a group discussion (N = 60). The anecdotes revealed the participants’ regret of not having more time for their hobby, and they emphasised the challenges that arise from the different scientific approaches of the various disciplines. Most participants indicated that they want to continue their volunteering. Implications for measuring motivations in citizen science projects and for volunteer management are discussed.

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“…Furthermore, they mainly measure egoistic motives. The lack of a standard inventory makes the findings of existing studies difficult to compare and integrate [ 12 , 18 ]. Another possible source of variation in the literature on CSs motivations is the high degree of diversity among the projects.…”

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Volunteering in the Citizen Science Project “Insects of Saxony”—The Larger the Island of Knowledge, the Longer the Bank of Questions

Moczek

Nuß

Köhler

2021

Insects

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“…It should be noted that some scholars draw attention to the fact that there are no historically comparable data available to demonstrate that the widely assumed shift from other-to self-orientated motivations has actually taken place Kühnlein and Böhle (2003). suggest that this idea more likely originates from the fact that there recently has been an increased social and academic awareness of the multi-layered nature of motivations to volunteer than from an actual conversion in the attitudes of volunteers.…”

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2003

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

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This paper presents a theory-guided examination of the (changing) nature of volunteering through the lens of sociological modernization theories. Existing accounts of qualitative changes in motivational bases and patterns of volunteering are interpreted against the background of broader, modernization-driven social-structural transformations. It is argued that volunteer involvement should be qualified as a biographically embedded reality, and a new analytical framework of collective and reflexive styles of volunteering is constructed along the lines of the idealtypical biographical models that are delineated by modernization theorists. Styles of volunteering are understood as essentially multidimensional, multiform, and multilevel in nature. Both structural-behavioral and motivational-attitudinal volunteering features are explored along the lines of six different dimensions: the biographical frame of reference, the motivational structure, the course and intensity of commitment, the organizational environment, the choice of (field of) activity, and the relation to paid work.

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“…The different motives behind the decision to volunteer can be roughly divided into two main groups of motivational orientations, intrinsic and extrinsic motives (Finkelstein, 2009;Meier & Stutzer, 2008) or, similarly, altruistic and utilitarian motives (Handy et al, 2010). However, a variety of motives are nearly always responsible for the decision to volunteer, and they are often interconnected (Holdsworth, 2010;Kühnlein & Böhle, 2002).…”

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For the Love of Art? Episodic Volunteering at Cultural Events

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Although episodic volunteering is a popular form of volunteering and has received increasing attention from researchers, the motives and characteristics of episodic volunteers in different industries or types of events remain underresearched, especially in the context of cultural events. This study is based on a sample of more than 2000 episodic volunteers and analyzes demographic characteristics, motives, and volunteer experience of cultural event volunteers by applying between and within analysis. The between analysis compares cultural and social event volunteers and finds that cultural event volunteers show higher time engagement but are more self-serving in their motives. The within analysis emphasizes intrinsic motives over extrinsic motives, leading to the conclusion that saturation of extrinsic motives reduces willingness for future engagements.

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Motive und Motivationswandel des bürgerschaftlichen Engagements

Cited by 11 publications

References 3 publications

Volunteering in the Citizen Science Project “Insects of Saxony”—The Larger the Island of Knowledge, the Longer the Bank of Questions

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