Capacity Building Contributions of Short-Term International Volunteers

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ID6076563
AutoresBenjamin J Lough (0000-0002-8106-9207, a School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois, USA), Amanda Moore Mcbride (b George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri, USA), Margaret S Sherraden (c School of Social Work, University of Missouri-St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri, USA), Kathleen O''Hara, Kathleen O’hara (Columbia University), Kathleen O'Hara (Columbia University)
Ano2011
Volume19
Fascículo2
Páginas120-137
Data de publicação2011-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Community Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10705422.2011.568921
OpenAlexW2111735449
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas23

Previous research suggests that international volunteer service may have both positive and negative effects on host organizations. Applying a capacity-building perspective, this study uses semistructured interviews to ask staff in hosting organizations to identify the main outcomes of short-term volunteer service. These views were compared with perspectives of staff from matched organizations that do not host international volunteers. Findings suggest that international volunteers may increase organizational capacity by supplying extra hands, providing technical and professional skills, contributing tangible resources, and enhancing intercultural understanding. Volunteers may also challenge organizations as they absorb staff time and resources. Staff members from both types of organizations identify individual and institutional variables that may affect the quality of these outcomes, including volunteers' language capacity and the intensity of the service placement

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