Antecedents and Outcomes of Older Adults’ Motivations to Volunteer With Experience Corps®
| Autor: | Huajuan Chen, Nancy Morrow-Howell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Research in Human Development. 12:118-132 |
| ISSN: | 1542-7617 1542-7609 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15427609.2015.1010352 |
| Popis: | This study examined factors associated with motivations to volunteer among older adults and how these motivations related to the subsequent volunteer experience. Focusing on one large national program, Experience Corps (EC), the authors interviewed 510 volunteers at the time they first volunteered for EC and again after one year of service. Eighty-seven percent were females, with ages ranging from 50 to 93 years. Volunteers were asked why they volunteered for this program; open-ended responses were coded into four types of motivations. Results showed that 33% reported altruistic motives; another 36% reported a mixture of altruistic and self-oriented motives, followed by self-oriented motives (16%) and practical features of the program (15%). Motivational type was regressed on demographic antecedents as well as volunteer history and receiving a stipend. Findings showed that African Americans and males were more likely to be motivated by altruism, whereas non-African Americans were more likely to report vol... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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