Research

This is the master database of all items in the Archive, including the books, journal articles and Timeline items referenced elsewhere on this website. This database is searchable by title, author, type, and topic. Special tags also exist for Research, Non-US/International items, and documents specifically related to the history of the Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA). All PDF documents may be downloaded for free. If you identify errors, please contact us immediately so we can make the necessary corrections.

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Where Does the Time Go? Volunteering During Leisure Time

United Media Enterprises survey
1983 Reports / Studies

What young people want from volunteering (United Kingdom)

The National Centre for Volunteering, London UK
1998 Katharine Gaskin Reports / Studies

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

Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.7, No.2, 2002
2002 Gianni Zappala Tracy Burrell Articles

Volunteers Look at Corrections

Joint Commission on Correctional Manpower and Training, Washington, DC, February 1969
1969 Reports / Studies

Volunteers in Criminal Justice (Status Report 1976) -- PART 2 of 2

ACTION: The Agency for Volunteer Service, Washington, DC 1976
1976 Reports / Studies

Volunteers in Criminal Justice (Status Report 1976) -- PART 1 of 2

ACTION: The Agency for Volunteer Service, Washington, DC 1976
1976 Reports / Studies

Volunteerism: Pushing Past the Platitudes

Graduate Seminar, Loyola University Institute of Industrial Relations, April 1980
1980 Lorinda Annis Schrager Reports / Studies

Volunteerism: A Directory of Special Collections

Working Group on Special Collections in Volunteerism, Energize Associates, Philadelphia, PA
1988 Reports / Studies

Volunteerism in Alberta: Provincial Survey Highlights (Canada)

Volunteer Alberta, Calgary, AB, Canada
1997 Reports / Studies

Volunteerism in a Rural Community

American Association of University Women - Calavaras Chapter, and the Volunteer Bureau of Calaveras County. CA
1984 Reports / Studies

VOLUNTEERING: A Traditional Canadian Value (Canada)

Voluntary Action Directorate, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada, Ottawa, ON Canada
1992 Janet Lautenschlager Reports / Studies

Volunteering, 1979-1980: A Status Report on America's Volunteer Community

The National Center for Citizen Involvement, April 1980
1980 Reports / Studies

Volunteering in Germany: Results of the 1999 Survey on Volunteering and Civic Engagement

Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Bonn, Germany 2001
2001 Reports / Studies

Volunteering in Europe: Opportunities and Challenges for the 90's

The Volunteer Centre, United Kingdom
1993 Justin Davis Smith Reports / Studies

Volunteering by States (data)

RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas at Austin
2005 Reports / Studies

Volunteering as Leisure / Leisure as Volunteering: An International Assessment

CABI Publishing, Cambridge, MA
2004 Robert A. Stebbins Margaret Graham Reports / Studies

Volunteering and Monetary Giving in Texas

RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas at Austin
2005 Marc A. Musick Reports / Studies

Volunteering "Bad for the Health' (United Kingdom)

BBC News website, May 14, 2004
2004 Articles

Volunteer Workers: a labour economy perspective

Labour and Society, Vol. 5, No. 4, October 1980
1980 Benjamin Gidron Articles

Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers

The Urban Institute, June 2004
2004 Mark A. Hager Jeffrey L. Brudney Reports / Studies

Volunteer Management Capacity in America's Charities and Congregations

Urban Institute, Washington, DC
2004 Reports / Studies

Volunteer and Professional Staff: 1962 Models

A series of papers presented at the 89th Annual Forum National Conference on Social Welfare, May 31, 1962
1962 Reports / Studies

Volunteer Administration as an Occupational Practice : Report of a National Survey

VA Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
1985 Harold W. Stubblefield Reports / Studies

Valuing Volunteers in Europe: a comparative study of the Volunteer Investment and Value Audit

Voluntary Action, The Journal of the Institute for Volunteering Research, Vol. 2, 1, 1999 London, UK
1999 Katherine Gaskin Articles

Values and Volunteers: Axiology of Altruism in a Crisis Center

Psychological Reports, 1980, 47, 1007-1012
1980 John Mahoney Constance M. Pechura Articles

Training in Volunteer Administration: Assessing the Needs of the Field

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1990 Jeffrey L. Brudney Mary M. Brown Articles

Time is Money: The Costs of Volunteering in Britain Today (United Kingdom)

The Volunteer Centre UK
1990 Martin Knapp Reports / Studies

The World of Volunteer Administrators: Two Case Studies of Role Functions and Organizational Environment

College of Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA January 1985
1985 Harold W. Stubblefield Leroy Miles Reports / Studies

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

Journal of Gerontological Social Work, Vol. 5(4), Summer 1983
1983 William H. Perry Reports / Studies

The Volunteer Life Cycle: A Marketing Model for Volunteering (United Kingdom)

Voluntary Action, The Journal of the Institute for Volunteering Research, Vol. 5, #3 2003 London, UK
2003 Helen Bussell Deborah Forbes Articles

The Volunteer Couple: Sex Differences, Couple Commitment, and Participation in Research on Interpersonal Relationships

Social Psychology Quarterly, 1979, Vol. 42, No.4
1979 Charles T. Hill Zick Rubin Letitia Anne Peplau Susan G. Willard Articles

The Value of Volunteer Services in the United States

ACTION: The Agency for Volunteer Service, Washington, DC October 1975
1975 Reports / Studies

The State of Service-Related Research: Opportunities to Build the Field

Grantmaker Forum on Community & National Service
2000 Reports / Studies

The Role of Stress in Church Volunteerism

Term Paper submitted for course at Northern Illinois University, May 1983
1983 Martha Windelborn Reports / Studies

The Right Stuff: New Ways of Thinking About Managing Volunteers (United Kingdom)

Institute for Volunteering Research, London, UK
Late 1990's Meta Zimmeck Reports / Studies

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

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1996 Dwight W. Mihalicz Swee C. Goh Articles

The Payment of Volunteers (United Kingdom)

Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, UK
1994 Reports / Studies

The Mutual Benefit Life Report: Corporate Commitment to Volunteerism

Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
1990's? Reports / Studies

The Impact of Volunteerism in the Peace Corps on Career Development and Skill Transferability

International Sociological Association IX World Congress, Special Session on Voluntary Groups in Modern Society, 1978
1978 Mary DeCarlo Reports / Studies

The Impact of Volunteer Coordinators On Volunteer Programs: An Evaluation of Volunteer Maryland!

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1996 James X. Bembry Articles

The Impact of Professional Volunteer Management on the Volunteer Experience (United Kingdom)

Voluntary Action, The Journal of the Institute for Volunteering Research, Vol. 6, #2, 2004 London, UK
2004 Kirsten Holmes Articles

The Emerging Role of Volunteer Bureaus As Seen Through the Opinions and Attitudes of Community Welfare Executives

Health and Welfare Council, Inc., Philadelphia, PA July 1960
1960 Reports / Studies

The Economic Equation of Volunteering

Social Policy Research 110, February 1997
1997 Katharine Gaskin Barbara Dobson Articles

The Current Status of Volunteer Activities and Volunteer Coordination in Japan

Journal of Volunteer Administration
2001 Articles

The 1992 AVA Membership Survey: Summary of Results

Association for Volunteer Administration
1993 Jeffrey L. Brudney Teresa G Love Chilik Yu Reports / Studies

Teenage Girls Who Work as Volunteers Are Less Likely to Get Pregnant, Study Finds

The Washington Post, August 28, 1997
1997 Jay Mathews Articles

Surviving the Reagan Cutbacks: The Resurrection of VISTA

Course paper
1987 Gay Strickler Reports / Studies

Summary of a January 1988 Gallup Study on Voluntarism and the Liability Crisis

National Coalition for Volunteer Protection
1988 Reports / Studies