Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Women and Volunteering: Perceptions, Motivations and Effects

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Volunteer Administration

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Title: Why Do They Do It? A Study of Volunteer Commitment in the Parish Setting

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Title: What They Really Want: Assessing Psychological Contracts of Volunteers

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Title: What makes a frequent volunteer? Predicting volunteer commitment in a community services organsation

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Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.7, No.2, 2002

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Retention & Recognition of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: What Are the Motivational Needs Behind Volunteer Work?

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Title: Volunteers' Motivations: A Functional Strategy for the Recruitment, Placement and Retention of Volunteers

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Nonprofit Management & Leadership, vol. 2, no. 4, Summer 1992

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Title: Volunteers: Their Reasons and Rewards

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Women's Committee of the President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC

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Title: Volunteers Speak Out: Motivations for Volunteering

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Title: Volunteerism: The Rewards and Costs Expected and Experienced

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Title: Volunteering: Continuing Expansion of the Definition and A Practical Application of Altruistic Motivation

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Title: Volunteering: Running Out of Time

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The Wall Street Journal, November 5, 1999

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Retention & Recognition of Volunteers, Trends, Data, & National Campaigns, Volunteer Motivation

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

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Volunteer Motivation, Youth Service / Service Learning / Interns / Children as Volunteers

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Title: Volunteer Work and Its Rewards

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Volunteer Administration

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Retention & Recognition of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Valuing: A Process for Helping Inexperienced Student Volunteers Find Placements

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Title: Values and Volunteers: Axiology of Altruism in a Crisis Center

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Psychological Reports, 1980, 47, 1007-1012

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Recruitment of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Understanding and Managing Volunteer Motivation: Two Regional Tourism Cases (Australia)

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Australian Journal on Volunteering, Volunteering Australia, Vol. 10, #2, 2005

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Title: Thoughts on Motivating Volunteers

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LEADERSHIP magazine, Summer Quarter

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Title: The Willingness of Persons 60 and Over to Volunteer: Implications for the Social Services

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Journal of Gerontological Social Work, Vol. 5(4), Summer 1983

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Recruitment of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: The Volunteer Needs Profile: A Tool for Reducing Turnover

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Retention & Recognition of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: The Relationship Between Volunteer Motivations and Behavior in Non-Profit Organizations

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Title: The Psychological Contract, Part I: What Motives to Anticipate in Your Volunteer Firefighters

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Volunteer Motivation, Volunteer Roles & Management in Specific Settings (health, social services, environment, education, criminal justice, the arts, etc.)

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Title: The Motivation of Volunteers in The Nature Conservancy - Ohio Chapter, A Non-Profit Environmental Organization

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Volunteer Motivation, Volunteer Roles & Management in Specific Settings (health, social services, environment, education, criminal justice, the arts, etc.)

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Title: The Motivation of Men and Women in Volunteering

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Title: The Human Energy Crisis

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Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1978

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Title: The Effects of Volunteering on the Volunteer

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Duke University Journal

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Retention & Recognition of Volunteers, Volunteer Management - General Practices, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: The Disillusioned Volunteer

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SYNERGIST magazine, National School Volunteer Program (part of ACTION)

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Supervision of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation, Youth Service / Service Learning / Interns / Children as Volunteers

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Title: The All-Encompassing Task of Motivating Volunteers

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Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring 1992

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Title: Secrets of Motivation: How to Get & Keep Volunteers & Paid Staff

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Heritage Arts Publishing

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Title: Satisfying Work for Volunteers: The Window of Work Process

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Energize, Inc. Philadelphia, PA

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Staff - Volunteer Relations, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Rewards for Volunteering: in agencies' programs, versus clubs and churches

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Paper given at Annual Meeting of Association of Voluntary Action Scholars (AVAS), October 1988

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Title: Revitalizing Long-Time Volunteers

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The NonProfit Times, May 1997

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Retention & Recognition of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Results of a National Survey of Recruitment and Motivation Techniques

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Volunteer Administration

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Recruitment of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Reasons for and Barriers to Participating in Volunteerism and Service: A Comparison of Ohio Youth in Grades 5-8 and 9-12

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Volunteer Motivation, Youth Service / Service Learning / Interns / Children as Volunteers

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Title: Psychosocial Differences Between Elderly Volunters and Non-Volunteers

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Aging and Human Development, Vol 12(3), 1980-81

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Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Preparing the Volunteer for Work

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Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1978

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Interviewing & Placing Volunteers, Training and Orienting Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: On Satisfying the Volunteer and the Paid Employee: Any Differences?

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Volunteer Administration

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Staff - Volunteer Relations, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Natural Helping Among Older Adults

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The Gerontologist, ,Vol. 24, No. 2, 1984

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Self Help / Neighboring / Mutual Aid, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Motivation

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Vineyard Enterprises

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Title: Motivating Volunteers

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Vancouver Volunteer Centre

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Supervision of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Motivating the Volunteer Worker

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Volunteer Administration

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Title: Marketing and Motivating Today's Volunteers

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International Self-counsel Press Ltd.

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Recruitment of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Linking Motivation and Commitment through Learning Activities in the Volunteer Sector

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Retention & Recognition of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Learning About Volunteer Burnout (It Can Improve Your Retention Rate)

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Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1985

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Retention & Recognition of Volunteers, Supervision of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Job Attitude and Motivation Differences Between Volunteers and Employees from Comparable Organizations

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Journal of Applied Psychology, 1983 Vol. 65, No. 4

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Recruitment of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Is Volunteering A Substitute for Role Loss in Old Age? An Empirical Test of Activity Theory

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The Gerontologist, ,Vol. 24, No. 3, 1984

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Diversity & Inclusion (males, older adults, disabilities, families, ethnicity, race, rural, etc.), Volunteer Motivation

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Title: How to Prevent Volunteer Burnout

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Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1985

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Retention & Recognition of Volunteers, Supervision of Volunteers, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: How to Match Volunteer Motivation with Job Demands

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Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1984

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Volunteer Management - General Practices, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Gaining Health While Giving Back to the Community

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Johns Hopkins Medicine, Office of Communications and Public Affairs, Baltimore Maryland April 6, 2004

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Image and Perceptions of Volunteeriing, Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Ego Development Theory in Volunteer Management

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Journal of Volunteer Administration

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Volunteer Motivation

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Title: Don't Forget the People

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Voluntary Action Leadership, Fall 1991

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