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Sustained helping without obligation: Motivation, longevity of service, and perceived attitude change among AIDS volunteers.

Omoto, Allen M., Snyder, Mark·1995·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.68.4.671
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A conceptual framework that identifies psychological and behavioral features associated with antecedents, experiences, and consequences of volunteerism is presented, and an inventory that measures 5 specific motivations for AIDS volunteerism is developed and cross-validated. Then a field study of 116 AIDS volunteers is presented in which a helping disposition, volunteer motivations, and social support (as antecedents), and personal satisfaction and organizational integration (as experiences) are used to predict duration of service over 2 1/2 years. Structural equation analyses indicate that dispositional helping influences satisfaction and integration but not duration of service, whereas greater motivation and less social support predict longer active volunteer service. The model is generalized to the prediction of perceived attitude change. Implications for conceptualizations of motivation, theoretical issues in helping, and practical concerns of volunteer organizations are discussed.

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  • Biographical and volunteer-process approaches treat volunteering as embedded in the life course, in role continuity, and, in some cases, in a sustained calling, rather than merely as a momentary self-description.

    “Similarly, biographical and volunteer-process approaches treat volunteering as embedded in the life course, in role continuity, and, in some cases, in a sustained calling, rather than merely as a momentary self-description (10, 17).”

    From Volunteerism as a multidimensional form of human prosocial engagement (2026) · cites this paper as [10]

  • Volunteer identities may emerge through repeated participation, role learning, organizational socialization, and transitions across stages of involvement.

    “Volunteer identities may emerge through repeated participation, role learning, organizational socialization, and transitions across stages of involvement.”

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Authors
Omoto, A. M., & Snyder, M.
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
1995
Volume
68
Issue
4
Pages
671-686
ISSN
  • 1939-1315
  • 0022-3514
DOI
10.1037/0022-3514.68.4.671
Cited by
675
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Language
en

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