| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 663 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
| Description |
data file |
| Series |
Philanthropic and nonprofit studies
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Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-632) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
A detailed portrait of the volunteer in contemporary society. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Voluntarism.
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Voluntarism. |
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Volunteers.
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Volunteers. |
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SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Success. |
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Ehrenamtliche Tätigkeit. |
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Freiwilligkeit. |
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Ehrenamtlicher Mitarbeiter. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Wilson, John, 1942-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Musick, Marc A. Volunteers. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008 9780253349293 025334929X (DLC) 2007005798 (OCoLC)85018221 |
| ISBN |
9780253116864 (electronic book) |
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0253116864 (electronic book) |
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1282078321 |
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9781282078321 |
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9786612078323 |
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6612078324 |
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9780253349293 (cloth) |
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025334929X (cloth) |
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