Volunteers [electronic resource] : a social profile / Marc A. Musick and John Wilson.
By: Musick, Marc A.
Contributor(s): Wilson, John | ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Philanthropic and nonprofit studies: Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008Description: vi, 663 p. : ill.Subject(s): Voluntarism | VolunteersGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 302/.14 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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.
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