Volunteers [electronic resource] : a social profile / Marc A. Musick and John Wilson.

By: Musick, Marc AContributor(s): Wilson, John, 1942- | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Philanthropic and nonprofit studiesPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008Description: vi, 663 p. : illSubject(s): Voluntarism | VolunteersGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 302/.14 LOC classification: HN49.V64 | M87 2008Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The importance of studying volunteering -- What is volunteering? -- Personality -- Motives -- Values, norms, and attitudes -- Socio-economic resources -- Time and health -- Gender -- Race -- The life course: the early stages -- The life course: the later stages -- Social resources -- Volunteer recruitment -- Schools and congregations -- Community, neighborhood, city, and region -- Cross-national differences -- Trends in volunteering -- Volunteer tasks -- The volunteer role -- Citizenship and prosocial behavior -- Occupation, income, and health -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [581]-632) and index.

The importance of studying volunteering -- What is volunteering? -- Personality -- Motives -- Values, norms, and attitudes -- Socio-economic resources -- Time and health -- Gender -- Race -- The life course: the early stages -- The life course: the later stages -- Social resources -- Volunteer recruitment -- Schools and congregations -- Community, neighborhood, city, and region -- Cross-national differences -- Trends in volunteering -- Volunteer tasks -- The volunteer role -- Citizenship and prosocial behavior -- Occupation, income, and health -- Conclusion.

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