Participation in formal and informal volunteering
Implications for volunteer recruitment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23357151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Young-Joo Lee (0000-0001-8154-9879, corresponding author), Young‐joo Lee (0000-0001-7835-1546), Jeffrey L Brudney (0000-0003-1367-0866, University of North Carolina Wilmington) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-180 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nonprofit Management and Leadership (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1048-6682 • E-ISSN: 1542-7854 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/nml.21060 |
| OpenAlex | W2031424759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 67 |
| References cited | 51 |
This study examines factors influencing “formal” volunteering (that is, to an organization) and “informal” volunteering (that is, volunteering carried out individually outside of an organizational context) and the relationship between these two activities. We hypothesize that formal and informal volunteering activities are positively interrelated but that they are shaped by different types of personal resources: involvement in social networks increases the likelihood of both types of volunteering, but human capital increases the likelihood of formal volunteering rather than informal. The bivariate probit regression results emanating from the Independent Sector's “Giving and Volunteering in the United States, 2001” survey are generally supportive of the hypotheses. The findings suggest that nonprofit and public organizations that involve volunteers consider the pool of informal volunteers as a fertile ground for recruitment and find ways to better utilize older Americans in formal volunteering. The results also suggest that volunteer recruitment through organizational membership may be an effective strategy.
Bivariate analysis · Context (archaeology) · Political science · Public relations · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
Physical and Social Perceptions of the Neighbourhood and Youth Volunteerism
Impact of Socio-Demographic Characteristics on Productive Aging
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Volunteering Behaviors of People of Color in the US Communities
Ethnic/Immigrant Associations and Minorities'/Immigrants' Voluntary Participation
Reciprocal Relationship Between Lifelong Learning and Volunteering Among Older Adults
Online Versus In-Person Associational Involvement and Informal Volunteering
Informal Volunteering and Immigrant Generations
Comparative Study on Volunteering among Older Korean Immigrants in the United States and Older Koreans in South Korea
Informal Volunteering and Socialization Effects
An Empirical Examination of Formal and Informal Volunteering in Canada
Gender Differences in Formal and Informal Volunteering in Germany
Charity Begins at Home”
Volunteering in Retirement and Its Impact on Seniors Subjective Quality of Life Through Personal Outlook
Nothing About Us Without Us” in Volunteerism Too
Influences of (Non)Engagement in Volunteering
Neighborhood Association Participation and Formal Volunteering in Japan
Spontaneous volunteer coordination during disasters and emergencies
Whose disaster? Disaster response as a conflicted field between cooperation and competition
Assessing the influence of self and collective efficacy on volunteering following a natural disaster
The everyday reality of nature volunteering
Consideration of Future Consequences, Moral Foundations, and Corporate Volunteering Intentions
The perception of volunteering in Türkiye
Volunteering Under Crisis
Dynamics of Volunteering and Life Satisfaction in Midlife and Old Age
Theorizing inequalities in volunteering
Intangible activities—the prevalence of informal helping in Denmark
Challenging the Eurocentrism in volunteering
Decline in informal helping during the first Covid-19 lockdown
More or less help? A longitudinal investigation of positive and negative consequences of divorce for informal helping
Social capital mediates the effect of socio‐economic status on prosocial practices
Restrictive Institutions and Critical Resources
Associations between volunteering and cognitive impairment
Discretion and Obligation Across Volunteering and Caring
Revenue Structure and Spending Behavior in Nonprofit Organizations
Active Engagement in Retirement
Partners Mirror Each Other's Informal Helping Behavior
Uneven geographies of youth volunteering in Uganda
Resource Disparities in Formal and Informal Volunteering
Volunteerism as an alternative early warning system in supporting election supervision
Comparing the psychological impacts of formal and informal volunteering
(In)visible young volunteers
A Couple's Religious Affiliation Status and Charitable Giving
What drives formal and informal cash and in-kind giving, and volunteering, and is the relationship substitutable or complementary? Evidence from Ghana
Living Up to Your Own Standards? Patterns of Civic Norms and Volunteering in Germany
Corporate volunteering in the large enterprises’ social mission – the case of a post-Soviet Russian industrial region
Meaning in life, attitude towards death, and general self-efficacy in hospice volunteers and non-volunteers
A Rapid Review of Barriers to Volunteering for Potentially Disadvantaged Groups and Implications for Health Inequalities
Understanding volunteering intensity in older volunteers
The importance of meaningful participation
Measuring Volunteerability and the Capacity to Volunteer among Non‐volunteers
Skills-Based International Volunteering Among Older Adults From the United States
Volunteer Use as a Service Delivery Alternative
Facilitating community connections among people with mental illnesses
Unpacking the mediating role of subjective age in the relationship between volunteering and older adults’ depressive symptoms
Organizational Appeals and Civic Voluntarism
Volunteering trajectories across crises
Volunteers are incompetent
Local Government Volunteer Use
Prosocial Behaviors
Disability and social participation
Does the standard voluntary association question capture informal associations
Immigrant Integration Through Volunteering
Organized Cooperation
How can I help you? Multiple resource availability promotes generosity with low-value (but not high-value) resources
Caring and doing for others
The Effects of Race, Gender, and Marital Status on Giving and Volunteering in Indiana
Determinants of Voluntary Association Participation and Volunteering
Formal and Informal Volunteer Activity and Spousal Caregiving Among Older Adults
Participation in Philanthropic Activities
Public–private sector wage differentials in Canada
Social Capital and Value Creation
Two Perspectives
Bowling alone
Handbook of theory and research for the sociology of education
Human Capital
Building a Network Theory of Social Capital
Inequality in Social Capital
The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Working for Nothing
Volunteer labor supply
The Effects of Volunteering on the Volunteer
Toward an Appropriate Typology for the Study of the Participation of Older Persons in Voluntary Associations
Applying Theories of Institutional Helping to Informal Volunteering
Volunteer Behavior among Asian American Groups in the United States
Charitable Giving and Government Policy
Rational volunteering
Inequality in Social Capital
Social capital, income inequality, and mortality
Investment in Human Capital
Wage Premiums for College Graduates
Impure Altruism and Donations to Public Goods
On the Empirics of Social Capital
Tuning In, Tuning Out
Who Cares? Toward an Integrated Theory of Volunteer Work
Testing a Dynamic Model of Social Composition
Social Capital and Democracy
Some Trends in the Community Participation of Women in Their Neighborhoods
Doing Their Share
Volunteer Work and Well-Being
Race and Formal Volunteering
Parental Involvement as Social Capital
Family Life Course Status and Volunteer Behavior
Volunteering
Beyond Gender Difference to a Theory of Care
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
| Unique citing works | 67 |
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| Citations per year | 5,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 64 |