Volunteering and Volunteers: Benefit-Cost Analyses

Handy, Femida; Mook, Laurie

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“…This would allow not only to understand what kind of recruiting tools exist, but also one could test, which tools are most efficient (Reich et al 2006). Often such cost-benefit evaluations are neglected when it comes to donor or volunteer recruitment, but the received voluntary contribution is not completely for free and the costs should be taken into consideration (Handy and Mook 2011). Especially interesting would be research on the actual implementation of a recruitment strategy over a longer period of time to allow an analysis of actual donation and retention rates of minorities.…”

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Missing Minorities: Explaining Low Migrant Blood Donation Participation and Developing Recruitment Tactics

2014

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Missing Minorities (MIMI) is a research project initiated by the European Blood Alliance that aims to develop new strategies to recruit blood donors from minority groups. This paper contributes to this larger project by analyzing data of the German Socio-Economic Panel study 2011 that questioned over 20,000 respondents about their blood donation behavior. Within this sample, the authors identify 1,726 potential blood donors from various migrant groups. Applying logistic regression analysis, the authors analyze differences between blood donors and non-donors with migration background. The results show that non-donors trust other people significantly less, use the internet less often, and have a significantly lower reading ability in German. Based on these findings, the authors discuss the current practices in minority blood donor recruitment as found in the MIMI project. Furthermore, promising recruitment tactics for blood donation managers and areas for further research are derived.Résumé Le projet Missing Minorities (MIMI, que l'on pourrait traduire par « minorités non représentées ») de l'Alliance européenne du sang vise à développer de nouvelles stratégies pour recruter des donneurs de sang appartenant à des groupes minoritaires. Cet article contribue à ce projet d'envergure en analysant les données

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Section: Conclusion and Further Research Areasmentioning

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Missing Minorities: Explaining Low Migrant Blood Donation Participation and Developing Recruitment Tactics

2014

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“…While there is evidence that in some countries the effect of education in volunteering is decreasing (Van Ingen and Dekker 2011), as explained by Handy et al (2010) university applicants can benefit substantially from the signalling value of volunteering in university recruitment processes, and university students are significantly more likely to volunteer than other individuals in the same age group, which suggests that volunteering may have greater benefits for them.…”

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“…Its wider benefits to the families of volunteers, organisations and the wider community have also been explored (Handy and Mook 2010;Morrow-Howell, Hong and Tang 2009;Handy and Srinivasan 2004). By contrast, the literature has paid much less attention to the labour-market outcomes of volunteering or the specific mechanisms through which these may derive: such as increases in labour market relevant connections (Wilson and Musick 1999), empowerment (Cohen 2009) or the acquisition of competences and knowledge through the volunteering experience (Souto-Otero et al 2005;Callow 2004).…”

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“…It should be noted that the focus on the investment model does not aim to deny the importance of factors other than employability for volunteers, for instance those related to altruism, social and personal development (Handy et al 2010;Holdsworth 2010). It does not deny that volunteering can have negative effects either (Eliasoph 1998), and does not suggest that all types of volunteering activities and engagement could be expected to have the same returns on competence development and employability.…”

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The investment model of volunteering in the EU-27 countries: volunteering, skills development and employability. A multi-level analysis

Souto-Otero

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2016

European Societies

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This article contributes to a better understanding of the social acceptance of the investment model of volunteering, that is, the view that volunteering can enhance employability through the development of professionally relevant knowledge and competences. Based on the analysis of Eurobarometer data, the article explores: (1) the prevalence of the investment model of volunteering in the EU-27 countries and the extent to which this varies between individuals with the potential to make hiring decisions (IHP) and the general population, (2) the demographic factors associated with the acceptance of this model, (3) whether national differences in the acceptance of the model are better explained by variation between countries or cross-national demographic factors and (4) whether national institutional characteristics related to the competitiveness of the national labour market, the specificity of the education system, the strength of the continuing vocational training system and cultural factors influence acceptance. The results show that the acceptance of the investment model of volunteering is relatively widespread in Europe and that variation in the acceptance of the investment model amongst the general population is driven by both individual (age and class) and between-country differences (related to the strength of training for unemployed people), but variation is more attributable to differences between countries than cross-national demographic groups. IHP, on the other hand, tend to be more homogenous in their acceptance of the investment model than the general population.

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“…Challenges arise when attempting to determine volunteer benefit from the individual perspective. As outlined by Handy and Mook (2011), the "private" benefits model derived from economics assumes amongst other benefits the intangible "warm glow" resulting from the act of giving (p. 412). They acknowledge the difficulties inherent in measuring this "warm glow", but offer a delineation of how this may be actualised through positional advantage, in relation to determining intangible, subjective benefits.…”

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Measuring and assessing the impact of using volunteers in UK libraries: issues and methods

Broady-Preston

2014

Performance Measurement and Metrics

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Broady-Preston, J. (2014). Measuring and assessing the impact of using volunteers in UK libraries: issues and methods. Performance Measurement and Metrics, 15(3), 112-121.Purpose ? The purpose of this paper is to examine a range of issues and methods in relation to measuring the impact of volunteer labour on the design and delivery of all types of library services. With the increasing use of volunteers to deliver library and information services in all sectors, managers need to assess their effectiveness and evaluate the impact of their use in relation to operational service design and delivery, and on the development of the profession and professional practice as a whole. Presented here is an initial scoping study, outlining a range of issues, methods and challenges for more detailed future investigation. Design/methodology/approach ? A number of methodological challenges and perspectives are identifiable. Contemporary libraries exhibit increasing similarities with Third Sector organisations, namely a complex stakeholder community, and increasing use of volunteers to supplement or replace services delivered by professional staff. Therefore, a starting point for the research is a systematic review and analysis of the methodologies developed by the Third Sector Research Centre, and those studies in the ESRC contemporary Developing Impact Evaluation strand. As a rich picture is required, both quantitative and qualitative approaches are necessary, with the overall study adopting a mixed methods approach. Findings ? This paper reports the findings of the preliminary documentary analysis, literature review and scoping aspects of a large-scale study. Originality/value ? Research undertaken to date (June 2014) has failed to identify any published systematic review and examination of these issues.preprintPeer reviewe

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Volunteering and Volunteers: Benefit-Cost Analyses

Cited by 85 publications

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Missing Minorities: Explaining Low Migrant Blood Donation Participation and Developing Recruitment Tactics

Missing Minorities: Explaining Low Migrant Blood Donation Participation and Developing Recruitment Tactics

The investment model of volunteering in the EU-27 countries: volunteering, skills development and employability. A multi-level analysis

Measuring and assessing the impact of using volunteers in UK libraries: issues and methods

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