Community Determinates of Volunteer Participation and the Promotion of Civic Health: The Case of Japan

Haddad, Mary Alice

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“…We must consider, therefore, the different possible levels of acceptance, identification and development (Rodrigo and Arenas, 2008). We start from the fact that lack of government practices that legitimize, finance, and facilitate volunteer organization can undermine the level of volunteer involvement in the community (Haddad, 2004). In the same way, it should be noted how periods of economic crisis have not left much time for people to volunteer.…”

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Brakes and barriers of Corporate Volunteering

Santos

Fernández²

2017

Ciriec-España

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The objective of this research is to study which are the determinants for the participation of employees in Corporate Volunteer actions -hereafter CV-that can become barriers and brakes, and which ones can mean negative consequences for the company. Ignorance of managers for these programs, about which are those brakes and its relevance, may be behind the low participation fees that companies have in their Corporate Volunteering Programs.For this purpose, we conducted a qualitative empirical study to define a model, based on the motivations and determinants of employee participation in corporate volunteer programs. The methodology that we use in order to advance the understanding of this field is common in the dynamics of so-called Discussion Groups or Focus Group (FG). We believe that this methodological approach fits well with the research question and objectives that guide us in this work, since it will allow the reconstruction of real social situations and to capture the interaction between different discourses.We trust the fact the model proposed really allows advance in knowledge of Corporate Volunteer field, as literature suggested, and we offer a conceptual framework to managers in order to develop CV programs that allows mitigating potential risks and increasing employee participation effectively.KEYWORDS RESUMEN Barreras y Frenos al Voluntariado CorporativoObjetivos El Voluntariado Corporativo (VC) es un fenómeno en desarrollo con el que pueden ganar la empresa, los empleados y la sociedad. Esta circunstancia choca con que las cuotas de participación de los empleados en este tipo de programas son realmente bajas. Esto se debe a que los motivos de la corporate philanthropy no han sido comprendidos completamente. Sobre todo, falta investigación en lo referido a los determinantes del VC. Sin aclarar este extremo, no resultará fácil conseguir que aumente la ratio de voluntarios. En definitiva, se aprecia que, si bien los programas de VC crecen en importancia, la investigación empírica es todavía muy escasa y poco conocida.Así, nuestra investigación persigue conocer cómo opera la voluntad de cooperar en el VC con ánimo de incrementarlo, o lo que es lo mismo, cómo podemos incrementar la participación de los empleados en los programas de VC. Para esto necesitamos conocer: cuáles son los factores determinantes y las motivaciones de los empleados para participar en el VC, y cuáles son las barreras y frenos que impiden o dificultan dicha participación. Nuestra investigación pone el foco en el segundo punto -frenos y barreras-lo que menos se conoce, y para lo que necesitamos estudiar tanto a los participantes en VC como a aquellos otros que no participan en actividades de VC. Diseño, metodología y aproximaciónEsta investigación persigue obtener la comprensión holística del problema desde un abordaje cualitativo empleando el método de Grupos de Discusión (GD), ampliamente utilizado en ciencias sociales, porque genera diversidad y diferencia; porque permite estudiar actitudes, opiniones y prácticas de lo...

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Section: Motivations Arising From Job Satisfaction Autonomy and Selfmentioning

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Brakes and barriers of Corporate Volunteering

Santos

Fernández²

2017

Ciriec-España

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“…The welfare commissioners are arguably the most formal and visible component of "Japanese-style welfare policy" in which, according to Yamashige (2002), the government delivers welfare to individuals not directly but via families and communities. 150 In 2004, Japan had about 22 600 staff in welfare offices but about 230 000 volunteer welfare commissioners (Japan Statistical Yearbook, Table 20-43;and Haddad, 2004). The welfare commissioners are responsible for an average of 200 households in the neighborhood where they reside, and have during most of the postwar period taken care of issues such as means testing and monitoring abuse of public services (Estévez-Abe, 2003).…”

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“…However, it allowed various exemptions, such as preferential hiring of workers in a certain age bracket otherwise underrepresented in the company's workforce (Sakuraba, 2009). A survey by MHLW found that 36% of job announcements by firms still set age limits in July 2007, but this was a large decrease from 65% in September 2004(OECD, 2009a. The PES "Report on Employment Service" for October 2007 still listed active job openings by age group (MHLW, 2008c).…”

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Activation Policies in Japan

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Singh

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OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers

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“…html (Japanese, 1/14/09). 22 See Haddad (2004Haddad ( , 2007bHaddad ( , 2010 for explanations for shifting trends in volunteer participation.…”

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A State-in-Society Approach to the Nonprofit Sector: Welfare Services in Japan

Haddad

2010

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This article uses the case of Japan to advocate for a new theoretical approach to the study of the nonprofit sector. In particular, it examines how theoretical models based on the European and North American experiences have difficulty explaining the relationship between the nonprofit sector and the state in Japan, and argues that a state-in-society approach is better suited to explaining complex state-society relations in diverse cultural contexts. It does this by examining the evolution of social welfare service provision in Japan. This article is motivated to explain an apparent paradox: Japan's recent efforts toward greater government decentralization and privatization of services have empowered and enlarged the nonprofit sector even as they have also expanded the scope of state authority and enhanced its legitimacy.Résumé le présent article prend l'exemple du Japon pour préconiser une nouvelle approche théorique dans l'étude du secteur sans but lucratif. Il examine, notamment, comment les modèles théoriques qui reposent sur les expériences en Europe et en Amérique du Nord ont des difficultés à expliquer le lien entre le secteur non lucratif et l'É tat du Japon; en outre, il fait valoir que l'approche de l' «É tat dans la société» est mieux adaptée pour expliquer les relations complexes entre l'É tat et la société dans des contextes culturels différents. Son argumentation repose sur l'étude de l'évolution des services sociaux au Japon. Cet article s'efforce d'expliquer un paradoxe apparent: les efforts récents du Japon en faveur d'une décentralisation plus poussée de l'É tat, ainsi que la privatisation des services, ont développé et accru l'influence du secteur non lucratif, comme ils ont également étendu les limites de l'autorité de l'É tat et renforcé sa légitimité.

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Community Determinates of Volunteer Participation and the Promotion of Civic Health: The Case of Japan

Cited by 32 publications

References 11 publications

Brakes and barriers of Corporate Volunteering

Brakes and barriers of Corporate Volunteering

Activation Policies in Japan

A State-in-Society Approach to the Nonprofit Sector: Welfare Services in Japan

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