Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make are at a new high. This book
aims to meet this interest by bringing together in one volume what is known about the …

Nonprofit organizations have been known as mission-driven entities, in which people are
attracted by their passion for the mission and remain there to accomplish it. This study tested …

Volunteers are central to sport at all levels, from mega-events to grassroots clubs. Sport
Volunteering is a definitive guide to the issues associated with managing volunteers in sport …

Several myths surround the involvement of volunteers in public and nonprofit organizations
in the delivery of services.'Perhaps the most common are that volunteers are" free" or …

The scholarly exploration of “volunteering” has mainly focused on identifying its antecedents
or consequences, in order to facilitate the management and promotion of volunteering. In …

Goal setting theory predicts that the initial needs, interests, and aspirations that volunteers
bring to organizations are guiding forces in their work behaviors. Other theorists argue that …

Due to the importance of volunteers within the sport industry, there have been increased
efforts to determine the motivation behind these acts of volunteerism. However, most …

This study reviews the goals and achievements of AmeriCorps, the national service program
championed by President Clinton and approved by Congress in 1993. We identify five …

Virtual communities of consumers increasingly engage in voluntary collaborative production
of digital goods and services which became highly successful in recent years. This paper …

High employee turnover rates constitute a major challenge to effective aid provision. This
study examines how features of humanitarian work and aid workers' individual …