Psychological and social-structural influences on commitment to volunteering

Matsuba, M. Kyle; Hart, Daniel; Atkins, Robert

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2006.11.001

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“…For instance, sociological approaches emphasize different forms of capital or resources, such as human, social and cultural capital in explaining volunteering (Wilson and Musick 1997a;Wilson 2000). Psychologists focus on key traits of personality such as extraversion, agreeableness and resilience that impact on individuals' predisposition to volunteer (Bekkers 2005;Matsuba et al 2007). For political scientists, volunteering acts as a critical form of civic engagement and an expression of democratic values (Theiss-Morse and Hibbing 2005), underlying the critical impact of citizens' political engagement on volunteering (Bekkers 2005).…”

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Volunteering for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Greece

Kalogeraki

2018

Solidarity in Europe

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Section: Theoretical Background and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Volunteering for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Greece

Kalogeraki

2018

Solidarity in Europe

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“…The possible motives for volunteering, therefore, are many (Clary and Snyder, 1999), but because of insufficient structure or order, the literature throws little light on the relative importance of these different motivations and how they interact (Matsuba, 2007). We detail them here only because the stronger any of these factors is, the less likely individuals are to react to negative life and financial shocks.…”

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Volunteering and life or financial shocks: does income and wealth matter?

Beatton

Torgler

2017

Applied Economics

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Volunteering is a dominant social force that signals a healthy state. However, although the literature on volunteering is extensive, knowledge on how life's discontinuities (life event shocks) affect volunteering is limited because most studies work with static (cross-sectional) data. To reduce this shortcoming, we use longitudinal data from Australia (HILDA) that tracks the same individuals over time to assess how individuals from different income and wealth groups respond to life and financial shocks with respect to volunteering. Although both income and wealth can act as buffers against life shocks by providing stability and reducing vulnerability-which decreases the need to actually change behaviour patternswe observe more heterogeneity than expected and also stickiness at the lowest income levels. Response delays in post-shock volunteering also suggest that volunteering habits may be driven and influenced by strong commitment and motivation that are not shattered by life or financial shocks. In fact, the amount of time spent volunteering tends to increase after negative income shocks and decrease after positive income shocks.

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“…Is there an important method for resolving this extremely severe situation and increasing volunteer rates? A crucial suggestion by Matsuba et al (2007) might help maintain volunteer motivation. Two major theoretical models have been proposed to outline the factors that assist sustained volunteering over an extended period of time (Matsuba, Hart, & Atkins, 2007): the volunteer process Vol.…”

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The Role of Motivation and Creativity in Sustaining Volunteerism of Citizenship for Positive Youth Development after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Oie¹

2017

HES

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This paper examined how the interdisciplinary field of volunteer motivation and creativity research helps improve our understanding of social issues. This research focused on the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake, which occurred on March 11, 2011, and discussed how volunteer motivations support volunteer activities, positive youth development and citizenship from the perspective of sociocultural and self-determination theories Next, volunteerism based on prosocial behaviors was explored, such as improvement of victims' lives after the disaster. Despite the positive effect of volunteer activities on lifespan youth development, volunteer assistance within the stricken area has gradually declined during the past year compared to the period immediately after the disaster, when there were a substantial number of volunteers. To sustain volunteer motivation for longer periods, interdisciplinary studies within the areas of psychology and leisure are necessary. This research outlined three important interdisciplinary concepts, which are necessary to recover from the disaster: identity formation, collaborative creativity, and community citizenship. Volunteering as extracurricular activities for undergraduate and prospective teachers can strengthen their own and students' rich and deep life course in future.

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Psychological and social-structural influences on commitment to volunteering

Cited by 101 publications

References 30 publications

Volunteering for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Greece

Volunteering for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Greece

Volunteering and life or financial shocks: does income and wealth matter?

The Role of Motivation and Creativity in Sustaining Volunteerism of Citizenship for Positive Youth Development after the Great East Japan Earthquake

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