Volunteering: A Comparison of the Motivations of Collegiate Students Attending Different Types of Institutions

Authors

David J. Burns, Xavier UniversityFollow
Mark Toncar, Youngstown State UniversityFollow
Cynthia Anderson, Youngstown State UniversityFollow
Cassandra Wells, Morehouse College
Jeffrey Fawcett, Cedarville University
Kathleen H. Gruben, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2005

Publication Title

The Journal of Volunteer Administration

Abstract

Volunteerism represents a major source of labor in the United States (Dutta-Bergman, 2004). It involves a considerable number of activities and endeavors with the goal of improving communities and the lives of individuals (van Emmerik, Jawahar & Stone, 2004). Findings from the Current Population Survey, composed of 60,000 households, estimate, for instance, that between September 2001 and September 2002, more than one of every four individuals over the age of 16 in the United States engaged in volunteer activities (Boraas, 2003). An activity pursued to such an extent appears to warrant research attention.

Recommended Citation

Burns, David J., Mark Toncar, Cynthia Anderson, Cassandra Wells, Jeffrey Fawcett, Kathleen H. Gruben. 2005. "Volunteering: A Comparison of the Motivations of Collegiate Students Attending Different Types of Institutions." The Journal of Volunteer Administration, 23 (4): 31-39. source: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.612.2167
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