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Volunteers : a social profile
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- ISBN: 9780253116864 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0253116864 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (vi, 663 pages) : illustrations. - Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [581]-632) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The importance of studying volunteering -- What is volunteering? -- Personality -- Motives -- Values, norms, and attitudes -- Socio-economic resources -- Time and health -- Gender -- Race -- The life course: the early stages -- The life course: the later stages -- Social resources -- Volunteer recruitment -- Schools and congregations -- Community, neighborhood, city, and region -- Cross-national differences -- Trends in volunteering -- Volunteer tasks -- The volunteer role -- Citizenship and prosocial behavior -- Occupation, income, and health -- Conclusion. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Voluntarism Volunteers Voluntary Workers SELF-HELP Personal Growth Success |
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