Assessing the Motives of Active Volunteers: A Turkish Perspective
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Doç. Dr. Harun ASLAN Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Tarık Tuncay Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Voluntas (Q2) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 0957-8765 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SSCI | ||
| Makale Dili | Türkçe | Basım Tarihi | 06-2024 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 35 / 3 / 556–569 | DOI | 10.1007/s11266-023-00619-2 |
| Makale Linki | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-023-00619-2 | ||
| Özet |
| This study aimed to measure the sociodemographic, economic, physical, psychological, and social characteristics of volunteers and the salient factors of their motivations for voluntary participation. The study employed a cross-sectional design and convenience sampling. Data were collected from 1046 volunteers working in eight non-governmental organizations in the field of child welfare. Specifically, a scale with ten factors of volunteer motivation was used to predict volunteer motivation within structural equation modeling. Questions were also asked to understand the relationship between volunteers' sociodemographic, economic, physical, psychological, and social characteristics and volunteering. The results show that the primary factors of recognition, reactivity, and understanding have the most significant positive effects on volunteer motivation, while social interaction has the least significant effect. Additionally … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Determinants of volunteering | Volunteer | Volunteer participation | Volunteering | Volunteers' motivation |
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| Web of Science | 3 |
| Scopus | 3 |
| Google Scholar | 10 |