Sara Compion
Biographic Data
| ID | 6564838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Compion |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Compion |
| SIGNATURE | COMPION S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4122-8469 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Age Is But a Number? An Exploration of Age Differences in Episodic Volunteering
Age has long been understood as a strong demographic determinant of volunteering. However, to date, limited literature exists on the episodic volunteer experience of different age groups, the impact of such episodic volunteer experiences, and why some individuals are motivated to volunteer episodically. Given this scarcity of research on age and episodic volunteering, the paper presents research examining age and episodic volunteering. Specifical…
Repeat and Non-returning Volunteers
In this article, we are concerned with the recruitment potential of one-off episodic events for attracting and retaining volunteers. Our specific focus is on the neglected pool of non-returning volunteers. These are one-off event participants who are unwilling to volunteer again in future. Many studies generally document an overwhelming willingness of people to repeat volunteering after participating in a one-off event, either due to reasons of s…
Young, Fun, and Free
As scholarship on episodic volunteering expands, researchers question if episodic volunteering is similar to, and/or different from, long-term, membership-based volunteering. This article examines the motivations of Ghanaians, South Africans, and Tanzanians to engage in event-based, episodic volunteering. Based on surveys collected from over 1000 participants in 2018, we use logistic regression models to distinguish differences in motivations bet…
The Gift of Volunteering
Foreign aid to southern Africa has triggered the growth of a nonprofit sector that increasingly provides welfare and social support for needy populations. However, largely absent from research on this sector are substantive analyses of the contribution of voluntarism and interpersonal exchange to broader welfare development and social cohesion. This paper employs theories of gift exchange to analyze volunteer practices and localized interpretatio…
The Joiners
To what extent do sub-Saharan Africans actively participate in voluntary groups, and how does development aid influence this involvement? This paper presents a baseline assessment of membership predictors for secular and religious voluntary groups across 20 sub-Saharan African countries. Using Afrobarometer survey data, I adopt an asset-based resources approach in which development aid is seen to mobilize local resources and increase incentives t…
Citizenship, Sociological Aspects of
The Collaboration Networks of Economic Development Organizations in Eastern Kentucky
This study describes the patterns of collaboration among economic development organizations (EDOs) in eastern Kentucky. Economic development organizations work to improve the economic conditions of their respective locales. They operate in a region facing many historical barriers to economic sustainability, and where resource scarcity is the norm. Given this distressed context, a deeper understanding of how these organizations work together provi…
Young ‘women of Phokeng’
This study of young women in the Royal Bafokeng Nation in North West Province tries to understand why many girls focus their energies on developing specialised social networks during and after secondary school, rather than pursuing university degrees. It shows how young women appraise their prospects in the job market, and then develop life strategies to shield themselves against the oppression, poverty, unemployment and disease that affect many …
The Joiners
To what extent do sub-Saharan Africans actively participate in voluntary groups, and how does development aid influence this involvement? This paper presents a baseline assessment of membership predictors for secular and religious voluntary groups across 20 sub-Saharan African countries. Using Afrobarometer survey data, I adopt an asset-based resources approach in which development aid is seen to mobilize local resources and increase incentives t…
Young, Fun, and Free
As scholarship on episodic volunteering expands, researchers question if episodic volunteering is similar to, and/or different from, long-term, membership-based volunteering. This article examines the motivations of Ghanaians, South Africans, and Tanzanians to engage in event-based, episodic volunteering. Based on surveys collected from over 1000 participants in 2018, we use logistic regression models to distinguish differences in motivations bet…
Age Is But a Number? An Exploration of Age Differences in Episodic Volunteering
Age has long been understood as a strong demographic determinant of volunteering. However, to date, limited literature exists on the episodic volunteer experience of different age groups, the impact of such episodic volunteer experiences, and why some individuals are motivated to volunteer episodically. Given this scarcity of research on age and episodic volunteering, the paper presents research examining age and episodic volunteering. Specifical…
Young ‘women of Phokeng’
This study of young women in the Royal Bafokeng Nation in North West Province tries to understand why many girls focus their energies on developing specialised social networks during and after secondary school, rather than pursuing university degrees. It shows how young women appraise their prospects in the job market, and then develop life strategies to shield themselves against the oppression, poverty, unemployment and disease that affect many …
Young ‘women of Phokeng’
This study of young women in the Royal Bafokeng Nation in North West Province tries to understand why many girls focus their energies on developing specialised social networks during and after secondary school, rather than pursuing university degrees. It shows how young women appraise their prospects in the job market, and then develop life strategies to shield themselves against the oppression, poverty, unemployment and disease that affect many …
Citizenship, Sociological Aspects of
The Collaboration Networks of Economic Development Organizations in Eastern Kentucky
This study describes the patterns of collaboration among economic development organizations (EDOs) in eastern Kentucky. Economic development organizations work to improve the economic conditions of their respective locales. They operate in a region facing many historical barriers to economic sustainability, and where resource scarcity is the norm. Given this distressed context, a deeper understanding of how these organizations work together provi…
The Joiners
To what extent do sub-Saharan Africans actively participate in voluntary groups, and how does development aid influence this involvement? This paper presents a baseline assessment of membership predictors for secular and religious voluntary groups across 20 sub-Saharan African countries. Using Afrobarometer survey data, I adopt an asset-based resources approach in which development aid is seen to mobilize local resources and increase incentives t…
The Gift of Volunteering
Foreign aid to southern Africa has triggered the growth of a nonprofit sector that increasingly provides welfare and social support for needy populations. However, largely absent from research on this sector are substantive analyses of the contribution of voluntarism and interpersonal exchange to broader welfare development and social cohesion. This paper employs theories of gift exchange to analyze volunteer practices and localized interpretatio…
Young, Fun, and Free
As scholarship on episodic volunteering expands, researchers question if episodic volunteering is similar to, and/or different from, long-term, membership-based volunteering. This article examines the motivations of Ghanaians, South Africans, and Tanzanians to engage in event-based, episodic volunteering. Based on surveys collected from over 1000 participants in 2018, we use logistic regression models to distinguish differences in motivations bet…
Age Is But a Number? An Exploration of Age Differences in Episodic Volunteering
Age has long been understood as a strong demographic determinant of volunteering. However, to date, limited literature exists on the episodic volunteer experience of different age groups, the impact of such episodic volunteer experiences, and why some individuals are motivated to volunteer episodically. Given this scarcity of research on age and episodic volunteering, the paper presents research examining age and episodic volunteering. Specifical…
Repeat and Non-returning Volunteers
In this article, we are concerned with the recruitment potential of one-off episodic events for attracting and retaining volunteers. Our specific focus is on the neglected pool of non-returning volunteers. These are one-off event participants who are unwilling to volunteer again in future. Many studies generally document an overwhelming willingness of people to repeat volunteering after participating in a one-off event, either due to reasons of s…
Political science (7 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (3 works) · Social Capital and Networks (3 works)