Participation in Voluntary Associations: Relations with Resources, Personality, and Political Values

Abstract

Participation in voluntary associations is explained by different theories in sociology

Beyond educational attainment: The importance of skills and lifelong learning for social outcomes. Evidence for Europe from PIAAC

“…However, they may also have a greater opportunity cost of time (Wilson, 2000). Whilst, empirically, the literature has found a positive relationship (Freeman, 1997;Bekkers, 2005;Huang, Van Der Brink, & Groot, 2009), studies analysing the causal relationship have reported no significant relationship and, in some cases, have found a negative one (Gibson, 2001;Dee, 2004;Denny, 2003). Previous literature focusing on skills suggests that highly-skilled individuals in most countries are more likely to participate in voluntary activities, even when controlling for education.…”

Unpacking the relation between extraversion and volunteering in later life: The role of social capital

“…Because formal volunteering often requires extensive social interactions, scholars have posited that it is associated with being extraverted (Burke & Hall, 1986). Several studies have observed a significant association between extraversion and volunteering (Bekkers, 2005;Burke & Hall, 1986;Carlo et al, 2005;Herzog & Morgan, 1993), but see Trudeau and Devlin (1996) for an exception.…”

“…Although Francis and Bolger (1997) failed to find an association between extraversion and church-related involvement, we reasoned that extraverted older adults may be more likely than introverted older adults to manifest their religiosity by attending church and participating in church-sponsored activities whereas introverted older adults may be more likely than extraverted older adults to manifest their religiosity privately (e.g., by praying at home and watching and listening to religious-based television and radio programs). Involvement in church-related activities, in turn, is a strong predictor of volunteering (Bekkers, 2005;Okun, 1993;Wilson & Musick, 1997, 1999. Two factors contribute to the strong association between involvement in church-related activities and volunteering.…”

“…Because formal volunteering often requires extensive social interactions, scholars have posited that it is associated with being extraverted (Burke & Hall, 1986). Several studies have observed a significant association between extraversion and volunteering (Bekkers, 2005;Burke & Hall, 1986;Carlo et al, 2005;Herzog & Morgan, 1993), but see Trudeau and Devlin (1996) for an exception.Because extraversion is viewed as a product of genetics and early childhood experiences, differences in extraversion are likely to precede differences in our mediating variables and in volunteering (Swickert, Hittner, Kitos, & Cox-Fuenzalida, 2004). This mediational model is based upon the premises that (a) extraversion is significantly related to the mediators as well as to volunteering and (b) the mediators are significantly related to volunteering.…”

Motivation for helping behavior after the floods in 2014: The role of personality and national identity

“…Ово је случај и када су у питању истраживања корелације између особина личности и волонтерског понашања (Elshaug & Metzer, 2001;Spangler & Reynolds, 1991;Bekkers, 2005;Jabari, Boroujerdi, Ghaeini, Abdollahi & Karimi, 2012). Једно могуће објашњење за такве налазе јесте да особине у узајам-ној интеракцији удружено утичу на мотиве, који су, у каузалном смислу, бли-скији исходима у социјалном понашању (Carlo et al, 2005).…”