Search Results - "Volunteer labor"

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by Uzma Khan Ravi Dhar Published in Journal of marketing research (01.05.2006)

“...Most choices in the real world follow other choices or judgments. The authors show that a prior choice, which activates and boosts a positive self-concept,...”

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When Does Recognition Increase Charitable Behavior? Toward a Moral Identity-Based Model

by Karen Page Winterich Vikas Mittal Karl Aquino Published in Journal of marketing (01.05.2013)

“...Each year, people in the United States donate more than $200 billion to charitable causes. Despite the lack of understanding of whether and how recognition...”

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The Optimum Level of Well-Being: Can People Be Too Happy?

by Shigehiro Oishi Ed Diener Richard E. Lucas Published in Perspectives on psychological science (01.12.2007)

“...Psychologists, self-help gurus, and parents all work to make their clients, friends, and children happier. Recent research indicates that happiness is...”

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A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Service-Learning on the Social, Personal, and Cognitive Outcomes of Learning

by PATRICK L. YORIO FEIFEI YE Published in Academy of Management learning & education (01.03.2012)

“...Service-learning is an experience-based approach to education and learning that has a set of diverse learning outcomes. Because of the uniqueness of its...”

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Civic Engagement and the Transition to Adulthood

by Constance Flanagan Peter Levine Published in The Future of children (01.04.2010)

“...Constance Flanagan and Peter Levine survey research on civic engagement among U.S. adolescents and young adults. Civic engagement, they say, is important both...”

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National Context, Religiosity and Volunteering: Results from 53 Countries

by Stijn Ruiter Nan Dirk De Graaf Published in American sociological review (01.04.2006)

“...To what extent does the national religious context affect volunteering? Does a religious environment affect the relation between religiosity and volunteering?...”

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Beyond Nonprofits: Re-conceptualizing the Third Sector

by Lester M. Salamon S. Wojciech Sokolowski Published in Voluntas (Manchester, England) (01.08.2016)

“...The idea of a "third sector" beyond the arenas of the state and the market is probably one of the most perplexing concepts in modern political and social...”

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From Voluntarism to Regulation: A Study on Ownership, Economic Performance and Corporate Environmental Information Disclosure in China

by X. H. Meng S. X. Zeng C. M. Tam Published in Journal of business ethics (01.08.2013)

“...This article examines whether economic performance could affect EID and how the relationship is determined by the form of ownership from voluntarism to...”

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Volunteering over the Life Course

by Lancee, Bram Radl, Jonas Published in Social forces (2014)

“...This paper examines how volunteering varies over the life course. Based on three theoretical explanations (resources, interests, and role substitution), we...”

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Organizational Factors Affecting Volunteers: A Literature Review on Volunteer Coordination

by Sibylle Studer Georg von Schnurbein Published in Voluntas (Manchester, England) (01.06.2013)

“...While volunteer literature presents diverse insights into the motives, personal dispositions, and sociodemographic characteristics of volunteers, researches...”

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What Drives Morally Committed Citizens? A Study of the Antecedents of Public Service Motivation

by James L. Perry Jeffrey L. Brudney David Coursey Laura Littlepage Published in Public administration review (01.05.2008)

“...This study examines the relationship between public service motivation and antecedents believed to be important determinants of moral commitment. Research...”

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High School Community Service as a Predictor of Adult Voting and Volunteering

by Daniel Hart Thomas M. Donnelly James Youniss Robert Atkins Published in American educational research journal (01.03.2007)

“...The influences of high school community service participation, extracurricular involvement, and civic knowledge on voting and volunteering in early adulthood...”

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The Effect of Paternal Incarceration on Children's Risk of Foster Care Placement

by Signe Hald Andersen Christopher Wildeman Published in Social forces (01.09.2014)

“...Research on the relationship between parental incarceration and foster care placement is limited in three ways: (1) it focuses solely on maternal imprisonment...”

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Grounding practical normativity: going hybrid

by Ruth Chang
edited by Markosian, Ned Harman, Elizabeth Buchak, Lara
Published in Philosophical studies (01.05.2013)

“...In virtue of what is something a reason for an agent to perform some action? In other words, what makes a consideration a reason for an agent to act? This is a...”

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Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?

by Stephan Meier Alois Stutzer Published in Economica (London) (01.02.2008)

“...Volunteering constitutes one of the most important pro-social activities. Following Aristotle, helping others is the way to higher individual wellbeing. This...”

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Role-Identity Salience, Purpose and Meaning in Life, and Well-Being among Volunteers

by Peggy A. Thoits Published in Social psychology quarterly (01.12.2012)

“...Theoretically, the more important a role-identity is to a person, the more it should provide a sense of purpose and meaning in life. Believing one's life to be...”

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Limited Engagements? Women's and Men's Work/Volunteer Time in the Encore Life Course Stage

by Phyllis Moen Sarah Flood Published in Social problems (Berkeley, Calif.) (01.05.2013)

“...Americans are living healthier and longer lives, but the shifting age distribution is straining existing and projected social welfare protections for older...”

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