Organizational, motivational, and cultural contexts of volunteering : the European view / Stefan T. Güntert, Theo Wehner, Harald A. Mieg.
2022
HN380.Z9
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Title
Organizational, motivational, and cultural contexts of volunteering : the European view / Stefan T. Güntert, Theo Wehner, Harald A. Mieg.
Author
Güntert, Stefan T. author.
ISBN
9783030928179 (electronic bk.)
3030928179 (electronic bk.)
9783030928162 (print)
3030928179 (electronic bk.)
9783030928162 (print)
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 65 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-92817-9 doi
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HN380.Z9
Dewey Decimal Classification
302/.14
Summary
This open access book offers a comprehensive view of the phenomenon of volunteer work: it examines motivational factors and questions of corporate organization and the social environment. In particular, this is the first book to present volunteer work in detail as a psychosocial resource and a source of well-being that should not be overused or abused. The book is based on the authors' 15 years of research into volunteer work in Europe. It provides clear instructions on designing volunteer work tasks, and on where boundaries must be respected. The findings include insights into cultural and national differences, and offer practical advice on the organization of volunteer work. This book answers questions like: How do we understand voluntary work? How essential is it that this kind of work remains unpaid and carried out by so-called laypersons with special motives? And what follows from this for the interaction between voluntary work and professionalized, paid employment? The analysis draws on perspectives from wellbeing research, organizational and industrial studies, social work, and related social sciences.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Open access.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 6, 2022).
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SpringerBriefs in psychology, 2192-8371
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Definition of volunteer work and a model of volunteer activity
Chapter 2: Volunteer work as a matter of motivation
Chapter 3: Volunteer work as an organizational task
Chapter 4: Volunteering as a psychosocial resource
Chapter 5: Volunteer work from an international perspective
Chapter 6: Practical Implications.
Chapter 2: Volunteer work as a matter of motivation
Chapter 3: Volunteer work as an organizational task
Chapter 4: Volunteering as a psychosocial resource
Chapter 5: Volunteer work from an international perspective
Chapter 6: Practical Implications.