Cultural values and volunteering: a cross-cultural comparison of students' motivation to volunteer in 13 countries
Voluntary participation is connected to cultural, political, religious and social contexts. Social and societal factors can provide opportunities, expectations and requirements for voluntary activity, as well as influence the values and norms promoting this. These contexts are especially central in...
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| author | Gronlund, H. Holmes, Kirsten Kang, C. Cnaan, R. Brudney, J. Haski-Leventhal, D. Hustinx, L. Kassam, M. Meijs, L. Pessi, A. Ranade, B. Smith, K. Yamauchi, N. Zrinscak, S. |
| author_facet | Gronlund, H. Holmes, Kirsten Kang, C. Cnaan, R. Brudney, J. Haski-Leventhal, D. Hustinx, L. Kassam, M. Meijs, L. Pessi, A. Ranade, B. Smith, K. Yamauchi, N. Zrinscak, S. |
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| description | Voluntary participation is connected to cultural, political, religious and social contexts. Social and societal factors can provide opportunities, expectations and requirements for voluntary activity, as well as influence the values and norms promoting this. These contexts are especially central in the case of voluntary participation among students as they are often responding to the societal demands for building a career and qualifying for future assignments and/or government requirements for completing community service. This article questions how cultural values affect attitudes towards volunteerism, using data from an empirical research project on student volunteering activity in 13 countries in NorthAmerica, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region. The findings indicate that there are differences in motivation between countries which represent different cultural values. This article sets these findings in context by comparing structural and cultural factors which may influence volunteerism within each country. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-227012017-09-13T15:57:06Z Cultural values and volunteering: a cross-cultural comparison of students' motivation to volunteer in 13 countries Gronlund, H. Holmes, Kirsten Kang, C. Cnaan, R. Brudney, J. Haski-Leventhal, D. Hustinx, L. Kassam, M. Meijs, L. Pessi, A. Ranade, B. Smith, K. Yamauchi, N. Zrinscak, S. students Volunteer motivation cross-cultural comparisons cultural values Voluntary participation is connected to cultural, political, religious and social contexts. Social and societal factors can provide opportunities, expectations and requirements for voluntary activity, as well as influence the values and norms promoting this. These contexts are especially central in the case of voluntary participation among students as they are often responding to the societal demands for building a career and qualifying for future assignments and/or government requirements for completing community service. This article questions how cultural values affect attitudes towards volunteerism, using data from an empirical research project on student volunteering activity in 13 countries in NorthAmerica, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region. The findings indicate that there are differences in motivation between countries which represent different cultural values. This article sets these findings in context by comparing structural and cultural factors which may influence volunteerism within each country. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22701 10.1007/s10805-011-9131-6 Springer Netherlands restricted |
| spellingShingle | students Volunteer motivation cross-cultural comparisons cultural values Gronlund, H. Holmes, Kirsten Kang, C. Cnaan, R. Brudney, J. Haski-Leventhal, D. Hustinx, L. Kassam, M. Meijs, L. Pessi, A. Ranade, B. Smith, K. Yamauchi, N. Zrinscak, S. Cultural values and volunteering: a cross-cultural comparison of students' motivation to volunteer in 13 countries |
| title | Cultural values and volunteering: a cross-cultural comparison of students' motivation to volunteer in 13 countries |
| title_full | Cultural values and volunteering: a cross-cultural comparison of students' motivation to volunteer in 13 countries |
| title_fullStr | Cultural values and volunteering: a cross-cultural comparison of students' motivation to volunteer in 13 countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultural values and volunteering: a cross-cultural comparison of students' motivation to volunteer in 13 countries |
| title_short | Cultural values and volunteering: a cross-cultural comparison of students' motivation to volunteer in 13 countries |
| title_sort | cultural values and volunteering: a cross-cultural comparison of students' motivation to volunteer in 13 countries |
| topic | students Volunteer motivation cross-cultural comparisons cultural values |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22701 |