نتایج جستجو برای: giving and volunteering

تعداد نتایج: 16830352  

Journal: :Aging clinical and experimental research 2011
Mikaela B von Bonsdorff Taina Rantanen

BACKGROUND AND AIMS A narrative review of quantitative population-based longitudinal studies was conducted to examine the association of formal voluntary work and personal well-being among older people doing the voluntary work and those being served. METHODS To be included, the study had to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, written in English and conducted in Western countries, partici...

2014
Daylian M. Cain Jason Dana George E. Newman DAYLIAN M. CAIN GEORGE E. NEWMAN

Altruism is central to organizational and social life, but its motivations are not well understood. We propose a new theoretical distinction that sorts these motivations into two basic types: “giving” indicates prosocial behaviors in which one willingly engages, while “giving in” indicates prosocial behavior in which one reluctantly engages, often in response to social pressure or obligation. U...

Journal: :European Journal of Ageing 2009
Bianca Suanet Marjolein Broese van Groenou Arjan W. Braam

The positive trend in volunteering among the Dutch young old may in part be due to a relatively favorable disposition to volunteer. Using data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, volunteering rates of 55-64 year olds in 1992 and 2002 were compared and associated with (among others) three types of dispositional factors: religious involvement, age-related engagement norms, and parental s...

2015
Joonmo Son John Wilson

The positive effect of income on volunteering found in many studies is conventionally explained in utilitarian terms: volunteer work is “costly” or demands “resources.” This explanation overlooks important sociopsychological processes. By situating the income-volunteering relationship within the stress process framework, we develop a theory that traces the influence of income on chronic financi...

2014
Peter Slattery Patrick Finnegan Richard T. Vidgen Lesley Pek Wee Land

As technology becomes increasingly pervasive and invasive, it increasingly facilitates and instigates behaviour. Prosocial behaviours, such as volunteering, activism and philanthropy, are activities that are considered to be particularly beneficial to others. Prosocial behaviours are important within IS as: (i) they are encouraged by IS stakeholders including volunteering organisations and char...

Journal: :nursing practice today 0
ann gallagher member nuffield council on bioethics school of health sciences, faculty of health and medical sciences, university of surrey

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2017
Melanie J. Randle Sara Dolnicar Melanie Randle

Growing competition in the third sector has resulted in nonprofit organizations making more sophisticated use of marketing techniques to attract volunteers. Not only are organizations attempting to attract more volunteers but increasingly the focus is shifting to attracting the right type of volunteers, or those who will contribute the most hours. This study segments the volunteering market by ...

Journal: :International journal of aging & human development 1983
M Todd K E Davis T P Cafferty

The present study is an attempt to determine volunteering bias in racial, gender, and age groups in an adult development study. Samples were drawn from three different types of organizations in the Columbia, South Carolina SMSA. Volunteering rates were calculated as a function of the number eligible to participate in three age groups: young adult (aged 20-25); 2) middle adult (aged 40-45); and ...

Journal: :British Dental Journal 2014

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