The Influence of Past Experiences on the Motivation of Adult Volunteers
From its’ conception, 4-H has encouraged volunteerism and utilized volunteers to accomplish its’ mission - to assist youth in acquiring knowledge, developing life skills, and forming attitudes that will enable them to become self-directing, productive and contributing members of society. The purpose...
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doaj-aae3e480b5654cf4a67a4cd5f2f7cf412020-11-25T01:19:17ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghJournal of Youth Development2325-40172011-03-0161556810.5195/jyd.2011.198176The Influence of Past Experiences on the Motivation of Adult VolunteersMarcus Eason0A. Christian Morgan1Dennis W. Duncan2John C. Ricketts3University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaTennessee State UniversityFrom its’ conception, 4-H has encouraged volunteerism and utilized volunteers to accomplish its’ mission - to assist youth in acquiring knowledge, developing life skills, and forming attitudes that will enable them to become self-directing, productive and contributing members of society. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the factors that motivated [state] 4-H camp volunteers to volunteer with 4-H youth. The Volunteer Functions Inventory was used as the theoretical base for this study. The Values construct (M=3.68) of the VFI was the highest motivating factor of adult 4-H volunteers. The Understanding construct (M=3.39) ranked the second highest motivational factor in volunteerism followed by Social construct (M=3.28), the Enhancement construct (M = 3.05) and the Protective construct (M=2.78). The Career construct (M=2.61) was the least motivating factor to adult volunteers. It was also found that participants that were not involved with 4-H as a youth volunteered more days per year than did participants who were former 4-H members.http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/198 |
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The Influence of Past Experiences on the Motivation of Adult Volunteers |
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The Influence of Past Experiences on the Motivation of Adult Volunteers |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh |
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Journal of Youth Development |
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2011-03-01 |
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From its’ conception, 4-H has encouraged volunteerism and utilized volunteers to accomplish its’ mission - to assist youth in acquiring knowledge, developing life skills, and forming attitudes that will enable them to become self-directing, productive and contributing members of society. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the factors that motivated [state] 4-H camp volunteers to volunteer with 4-H youth. The Volunteer Functions Inventory was used as the theoretical base for this study. The Values construct (M=3.68) of the VFI was the highest motivating factor of adult 4-H volunteers. The Understanding construct (M=3.39) ranked the second highest motivational factor in volunteerism followed by Social construct (M=3.28), the Enhancement construct (M = 3.05) and the Protective construct (M=2.78). The Career construct (M=2.61) was the least motivating factor to adult volunteers. It was also found that participants that were not involved with 4-H as a youth volunteered more days per year than did participants who were former 4-H members. |
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