Learning and Knowledge Transfer in Volunteering

Akingbola, Kunle; Duguid, Fiona; Viveros, Martha

doi:10.1007/978-94-6209-233-4_4

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“…Volunteers also get the opportunity to learn and acquire new knowledge as well as skills. Hence some people volunteer because they believe that such work is inherently worthwhile, while others feel that volunteering is a good life experience for self and family (Akingbola et al, 2013)…”

Section: Why Volunteer?mentioning

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Why Youths Choose to Become Volunteers: From the Perspective of Belief

Shah¹,

Suandi²,

Hamzah³

et al. 2014

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The purpose of the paper is to examine the engagement of youth in volunteerism and looks at the belief factor underlying youth participation in volunteering activities. Data were collected from the respondents using personally administered questionnaires. A survey was carried out from May to September 2013 involving 342 randomly selected respondents. The respondents ages between 15-40 years (M age = 24.8, SD = 4.7). The results indicated 69.9% (M=2.6930, SD=.47446) of the respondents attributed their participation in volunteerism to the belief factor. The level of belief in volunteering was high among youths. However, it should be noted that the factor may vary according to the needs of each individual. Only 0.6% of the youths had low belief in volunteering activities. The findings of the present study might be useful to volunteer organizations in helping them design interventions to boost volunteerism.

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Section: Why Volunteer?mentioning

confidence: 99%