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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Should Volunteers Be Fired? A Policy Options Paper for Organizations

Penn State Cooperative Extension, Lancaster, PA
1991 H. Bruce Hellerick Reports / Studies

Senior Volunteerism Policies at the Local Level: Adaptation and Leadership in the 21st Century

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1993 Laura B. Wilson Sharon Simson Articles

Salary Survey Results: Society of Directors of Volunteer Services - Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Society of Directors of Volunteer Services
1985 Reports / Studies

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

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

Research on Volunteerism: Researchers' Interests and Practitioners' Needs

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1990 Jane Asche Jane Janey Articles

Report: First National Conference, Education for Voluntary Action

National Center for Voluntary Action, Department of Education and Training, and the University of Michigan Extension Service, October 21-24, 1973
1973 Reports / Studies

Recruiting Male Volunteers: A Guide Based on Exploratory Research

Corporation for National Service, Washington, DC
1998-99 Stephanie T. Blackman Reports / Studies

Quality of Work Life of Volunteers

Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol..2, No. 2, August 1997
1997 Jacques Metzer Maureen Dollard Louise Rogers Sha Cordingley Articles

Psychosocial Differences Between Elderly Volunters and Non-Volunteers

Aging and Human Development, Vol 12(3), 1980-81
1981 K.I. Hunter Margaret W. Linn Reports / Studies

Potential of a Lifetime: Study of Third Age Volunteering with the Support of Employers (United Kingdom)

The Caregie United Kingdom Trust, February 1998
1998 Jane Forster Reports / Studies

Patterns of Volunteering Activities in Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas

Center for Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, PA June 1976
1976 Jiri Nehnevajsa Ann P. Karelitz Reports / Studies

Organizational Commitment Among Women Volunteers: Meaning and Measurement

Psychological Reports, 1984
1984 Jessica Reynolds Jenner Articles

One Size Does Not Fit All: four models of involving volunteers in small voluntary organisations (United Kingdom)

Voluntary Action, The Journal of the Institute for Volunteering Research, Vol. 1, #5, 1999 London, UK
1999 Colin Rochester Articles

NSVP Survey Profiles a Growing Student Volunteer Movement

Synergist magazine, ACTION and National School Volunteer Program
1974 Gene Kates Articles

NCVA Survey Of State Policies Affecting Volunteers

Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1977
1977 Articles

Natural Helping Among Older Adults

The Gerontologist, ,Vol. 24, No. 2, 1984
1984 Catherine Chase Goodman Articles

Mentoring: A Synthesis of Public/Private Ventures' Research, 1988-1995

P/PV NEWS, Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Reports / Studies

Me? I'm not a volunteer!: Attitudes of Queens University students (Northern Ireland)

Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2000 Pamphlets / Booklets

Marriott Seniors Volunteerism Study

Commissioned by Marriott Senior Living Services and U.S. Administration on Aging
1991 Reports / Studies

Managers of Governmental Offices of Volunteerism: A Political Analysis

American Volunteer Association, October 21, 1998
1998 George Frederick Goerl Reports / Studies

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

Journal of Applied Psychology, 1983 Vol. 65, No. 4
1983 Jone L. Pearce Articles

Investing in Volunteerism: The Impact of Service Initiatives in Selected Texas State Agencies

RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas at Austin
2002 Sarah Jane Rehnborg Catherine K. Fallon Benjamin J. Hinerfeld Reports / Studies

Influences on Married Women's Volunteer Work Participation

Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 7, March 1981
1981 Vicki R. Schram Marilyn M. Dunsiing Articles

IMPACT: A discussion paper on the impact of the absence of an administrator of volunteers (Canada)

Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources - Ontario (PAVR-O), Canada
1998 Reports / Studies

How to Survey the Level of Giving and Volunteering in Your Community

Independent Sector
1980's? Pamphlets / Booklets

How Public Schools View Selected Components of Volunteer Management

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1996 James B. Harshfield Gary L. Peltier George C. Hill Richard F. Daugherty Articles

Generation V: Young people speak out on volunteering (United Kingdom)

Institute for Volunteering Research, National Centre for volunteering, London UK
2001 Reports / Studies

From Research to Action

National Human Services Assembly
2004 Katherine H. [Noyes] Campbell Reports / Studies

Family Volunteering: A Report on a Survey

Points of Light Foundation, June 1994
1994 Reports / Studies

Factors Related to Volunteer Commitment in Church-Related Services

A Dissertation submitted to National Catholic School of Social Service of The Catholic University of America, 1997
1997 Marilyn Christian Nelson Reports / Studies

Evaluation of Accountants for the Public Interest - New Jersey

Savant Associates, Inc., Princeton, NJ, September 1984
1985 Reports / Studies

Encouraging Signs? A Report on a Survey of Black Participation in Voluntary Organisations (United Kingdom)

The National Coalition for Black Volunteering and The Volunteer Centre UK
1990 Reports / Studies

Employment Credit for Volunteer Experience: Special Project Summary

Governor's Office of Volunteer Services, St. Paul, MN
1977 Reports / Studies

DVS (Directors of Volunteer Services) Profile: Survey Results

American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services
1983 Reports / Studies

Dominant Class Culture and Legitimation: Female Volunteer Directors

Journal of Voluntary Action Research
1980's? Lucille Covelli Articles

Defining Who Is a Volunteer: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 3, September 1996
1996 Ram A. Cnaan Femida Handy Margaret Wadsworth Reports / Studies

Data Sets on Volunteerism: A Research Primer

RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas at Austin
2004 Handouts / Fact Sheets

Criminal Justice Volunteerism: A Comparison of Adult and Juvenile Agency Volunteers

Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, Vol. 7(2), Winter 1982
1982 Peter C. Kratcoski Sue Crittenden Articles

Continuing Professional Education for Volunteer Administrators

United Way of Chicago
1983 Reports / Studies
Book covers show historic photos of volunteers

By the People: A History of Americans as Volunteers, New Century Edition

Energize
2005 Susan J. Ellis Katherine H. [Noyes] Campbell Books

Brief Survey of Practitioner's Observations and Attitudes about Volunteerism in America Today

Extension Service, The University of Michigan
1973 Robert R. Wilson Reports / Studies

Blacks and Voluntary Action: A Review of the Literature

Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1977
1977 King E. Davis Articles

Big Brothers/Big Sisters: A Study of Volunteer Recruitment and Screening

Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA
1994 Phoebe A. Roaf Joseph P. Tierney Danista E. I. Hunte Reports / Studies

Averting a disaster within a disaster: the management of spontaneous volunteers following the 11 September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York

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