To better understand the sustainability of a virtual professional community, the authors develop and test a research model of user intention to recommend the community to others. Specifically, intention to spread positive word of mouth is proposed to be determined by satisfaction, commitment, and group norm, with satisfaction and group norm positively impacting commitment. Using data obtained f...

In this descriptive study, former and current volunteer ombudsmen (n = 65) completed an online survey and Chi-square analyses were used to determine group differences in order to examine the impact of internet-based communication on the recruitment and retention of volunteer long-term care ombudsmen. The results showed that the program's shift to internet-based recruitment and communication met...

Guam is a Pacific Island in Micronesia with complex colonial history. Strategically located, an unincorporated territory of the United States and critical military asset. Policing on influenced by external stakeholders budgetary limitations. Recently, community policing model was introduced to better meet needs expectations. This study explored relevance predictors satisfaction police service p...

Social workers in diverse community practice settings recruit and work with volunteers from religious congregations. This article reports findings from two surveys: 7,405 congregants in 35 Protestant congregations, including 2,570 who were actively volunteering, and a follow-up survey of 946 volunteers. It compares characteristics of congregation volunteers and nonvolunteers.Volunteers tended t...

BACKGROUND Neonatal mortality remains high in rural Nepal. Previous work suggests that local women's groups can effect significant improvement through community mobilisation. The possibility of identification and management of newborn infections by community-based workers has also arisen. METHODS/DESIGN The objective of this trial is to evaluate the effects on newborn health of two community-...

Problem Demand for long-term care services for older people is increasing rapidly in low- and middle-income countries. Countries need to establish national long-term care systems that are sustainable and equitable. Approach The Governments of Costa Rica and Thailand have implemented broadly comparable interventions to deploy volunteers in long-term home care. Both countries trained older volu...

The main intent of this research is to test the effectiveness expressive writing in processing and dealing with inhibited emotions university students. use targets subjective well-being subjects, specifically their happiness life satisfaction. Employing a between-subjects design, thorough rigorous psychological experiment was performed on 23 student volunteers where designated as independent va...