Musick, Marc A.
Volunteers a social profile / [electronic resource] : Marc A. Musick and John Wilson. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008. - vi, 663 p. : ill. - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies . - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [581]-632) and index.
The importance of studying volunteering -- What is volunteering? -- Personality -- Motives -- Values, norms, and attitudes -- Socio-economic resources -- Time and health -- Gender -- Race -- The life course: the early stages -- The life course: the later stages -- Social resources -- Volunteer recruitment -- Schools and congregations -- Community, neighborhood, city, and region -- Cross-national differences -- Trends in volunteering -- Volunteer tasks -- The volunteer role -- Citizenship and prosocial behavior -- Occupation, income, and health -- Conclusion.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Voluntarism.
Volunteers.
Electronic books.
HN49.V64 / M87 2008eb
302/.14
Volunteers a social profile / [electronic resource] : Marc A. Musick and John Wilson. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008. - vi, 663 p. : ill. - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies . - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [581]-632) and index.
The importance of studying volunteering -- What is volunteering? -- Personality -- Motives -- Values, norms, and attitudes -- Socio-economic resources -- Time and health -- Gender -- Race -- The life course: the early stages -- The life course: the later stages -- Social resources -- Volunteer recruitment -- Schools and congregations -- Community, neighborhood, city, and region -- Cross-national differences -- Trends in volunteering -- Volunteer tasks -- The volunteer role -- Citizenship and prosocial behavior -- Occupation, income, and health -- Conclusion.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Voluntarism.
Volunteers.
Electronic books.
HN49.V64 / M87 2008eb
302/.14