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Volunteerism Research: A Review Essay
Abstract
I use a volunteer process model to organize a review of recent research on volunteerism, focusing mainly on journal articles reporting survey research results. Scholars from several different disciplines and countries have contributed to a body of work that is becoming more theoretically sophisticated and methodologically rigorous. The first stage of the process model—antecedents of volunteering—continues to attract the most attention but more and more scholars are paying attention to the third stage, the consequences of volunteering, particularly with respect to health benefits. The middle stage—the experience of volunteering—remains somewhat neglected, particularly the influence of the social context of volunteer work on the volunteer’s satisfaction and commitment.
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Weinstein, N., & Ryan, R. M. (2010) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0016984 · Cited by 1,484
Civic Engagement and the Transition to Adulthood
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The volunteer stages and transitions model: Organizational socialization of volunteers
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Motives for volunteering are associated with mortality risk in older adults.
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Recovering From Spousal Bereavement in Later Life: Does Volunteer Participation Play a Role?
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Daily recovery experiences: The role of volunteer work during leisure time.
Mojza, E. J., Lorenz, C., Sonnentag, S., & Binnewies, C. (2010) · Journal of Occupational Health Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0017983 · Cited by 86
Impact of Participating in Volunteer Activities for Residents Living in Long-Term-Care Facilities
Yuen, H. K., Huang, P., Burik, J. K., & Smith, T. G. (2008) · American Journal of Occupational Therapy · doi:10.5014/ajot.62.1.71 · Cited by 63 · cited 1×
““Before and after” studies in the United Kingdom (O’Brien, Townsend, & Ebden, 2010) and the United States (Yuen et al., 2008) confirm that a spell of doing volunteer work can improve mental health although careful longitudinal analysis is needed to see if volunteering has any really long-term…”
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- Authors
- Wilson, J.
- Venue
- Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-02-13
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 176-212
- ISSN
- 0094-0607 (ISSN-L)
- 0899-7640
- 1552-7395
- OpenAlex
- W2007305514
- Cited by
- 840
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 152.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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