Willems, Jurgen, Dury, Sarah. 2017. Reasons for not volunteering: overcoming boundaries to attract volunteers. Service Industries Journal. 37 (11-12), 726-745.
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Abstract
Research on volunteering has mainly focused on the explanatory demographics and functional motives to volunteer, but little is known about the reasons that people might have not to volunteer. However, these reasons need more academic attention, as they form the barriers that organizations have to overcome when attracting new volunteers. We examine a sample of 1248 respondents on whether they volunteer, are interested in volunteering, or have no interest to volunteer. We verify whether demographic differences exist between these groups. By means of an exploratory factor analysis, we analyze the reasons not to volunteer for those who have no interest to volunteer. This complements earlier research by focusing on the barriers that people might have, instead of the benefits of volunteering that have extensively been documented.
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- Volunteer management
Publication's profile
Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | External |
Type of publication | Journal article |
Journal | Service Industries Journal |
Citation Index | SSCI |
WU-Journal-Rating new | STRAT-C |
Language | English |
Title | Reasons for not volunteering: overcoming boundaries to attract volunteers |
Volume | 37 |
Number | 11-12 |
Year | 2017 |
Page from | 726 |
Page to | 745 |
Reviewed? | Y |
URL | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316437546_Reasons_for_not_volunteering_overcoming_boundaries_to_attract_volunteers_1page |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2017.1318381 |
Open Access | N |
Associations
- People
- Willems, Jurgen (Details)
- External
- Dury, Sarah (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
- Research areas (Ă–STAT Classification 'Statistik Austria')
- 5234 Administrative science (Details)
- 5308 Management sciences (Details)
- 5363 Non-profit-sector research (NPO, NPI) (Details)
- 6906 Public research (Details)