Motivations and Benefits of Student Volunteering: Comparing Regular, Occasional, and Non-Volunteers in Five Countries

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Motivations and Benefits of Student Volunteering: Comparing Regular, Occasional, and Non-Volunteers in Five Countries

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Programmes targeting student volunteering and service learning are part of encouraging civic behaviour amongst young people. This article reports on a large scale international survey comparing volunteering amongst tertiary students at universities in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. The data revealed high rates of student volunteering and the popularity of occasional or episodic volunteering. There were strong commonalities in student volu...

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2010-01-01

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Karen Smith / Kirsten Holmes / Debbie Haski-Leventhal / Ram A Cnaan / Femida Handy / Jeffrey L Brudney

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Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research

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http://anserj.ca/anser/index.php/cjnser/article/view/2/3

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Volunteering / Voluntary action / University students / Cross-cultural research / Motivations / Bénévolat / Action bénévole / Étudiants universitaires / Recherches interculturelles / Motivations / Social Sciences

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