Motivations and Benefits of Student Volunteering: Comparing Regular, Occasional, and Non-Volunteers in Five Countries

Karen A. Smith; Kirsten Holmes; Debbie Haski-Leventhal; Ram A. Cnaan; Femida Handy; Jeffrey L. Brudney

doi:10.22230/cjnser.2010v1n1a2

Motivations and Benefits of Student Volunteering: Comparing Regular, Occasional, and Non-Volunteers in Five Countries

Karen A. Smith, Kirsten Holmes, Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Ram A. Cnaan, Femida Handy, Jeffrey L. Brudney

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Abstract

Programs targeting student volunteering and service learning are aimed at encouraging civic behaviour among young people. This article reports on a large-scale international survey comparing volunteering among university students in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The data revealed high rates of student volunteering and the popularity of occasional volunteering. It also revealed that other young people were the main beneficiaries of students’ voluntary activities. Student volunteers were influenced by a mix of motivations and benefits, with differences on a continuum of volunteer involvement between those volunteering regularly, those volunteering occasionally, and those not volunteering.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	65-81
Number of pages	17
Journal	Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22230/cjnser.2010v1n1a2
State	Published - 5 Dec 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Cross-cultural research
Motivations
Mots clés Volunteering
University students
Voluntary action

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science

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