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CSR: a case for employee skills‐based volunteering
McCallum, Shelly; Schmid, Melissa Ann; Price, Lawrence - In: Social Responsibility Journal 9 (2013) 3, pp. 479-495
. This paper aims to examine one key CSR initiative, that of employee skill‐based volunteerism. Design …/methodology/approach – Researchers consider three current applications of employee skill‐based volunteerism and the potential to generate company … economic value. Findings – This concept paper suggests employee skill‐based volunteerism aligns with the four components of the …
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Community service and white-collar offenders
Supernor, Hannah - In: Journal of Financial Crime 24 (2017) 1, pp. 148-156
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out who in the white-collar offender field, specifically health-care professionals, is getting community service as a punishment and to lead the way for further research on community service as a legal sanction. Design/methodology/approach This study...
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Microsoft Teams and team performance in the COVID-19 pandemic within an NHS Trust Community Service in North-West England
Hargreaves, Christopher; Clarke, Andrew Paul; Lester, … - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 28 (2022) 1/2, pp. 79-94
Purpose This study aims to evaluate the impact the introduction of Microsoft Teams has had on team performance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic within a National Health Service (NHS) Community Service. Design/methodology/approach Microsoft Teams was rolled out across the NHS over a period of...
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The canned food drive: What do students learn?
White, Elizabeth S. - In: Social Studies Research and Practice 16 (2021) 1, pp. 75-86
Purpose Numerous studies have shown that community service during adolescence is associated with positive youth outcomes and future civic engagement (Reinders and Youniss, 2006; Yates and Youniss, 1996). However, less is known about the ways in which students participate in and perceive...
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Analysis of the current development of community centers in Jeddah city
Naji, Ammar A.; Almaimani, Ayad; Rahaman, Khan Rubayet - In: Open House International 45 (2020) 3, pp. 249-268
Purpose The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has been experiencing extensive development in the fields of architecture and planning in recent decades, which has included developing community centers in neighborhoods. These community centers have significant impacts on the social, cultural,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014965148
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Our Common Commons: Policies for Sustaining Volunteer Energy
Brudney, Jeffrey L.; Meijs, Lucas C.P.M. - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 4 (2013) 1, pp. 29-45
Abstract Brudney and Meijs (2009) conceive of volunteer energy as a social resource that constitutes the basis for (organizationally based) volunteering. They show that volunteer energy can be compared to a human-made, renewable resource that can be grown and recycled – but likewise one that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014616647
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EEO/AA and “doing good”: an exploratory study
Gillespie Finney, Treena; Zachary Finney, R.; O. Parry, … - In: International Journal of Law and Management 56 (2014) 6, pp. 443-458
to their community mindedness and attitudes toward volunteerism. Design/methodology/approach – The paper obtained data by …” individually (volunteerism). This study provides the basis for additional research to better understand these relationships.  …
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A modeling approach to sport volunteer satisfaction
Giannoulakis, Chrysostomos; Wang, Chien-Hsin; Felver, Nathan - In: International Journal of Event and Festival Management 6 (2015) 3, pp. 182-199
expand the knowledge of how eastern cultures perceive the concept of volunteerism. Practical implications – Volunteers at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014771031
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The willingness of undergraduate students to volunteer for NGO work: a Ghanaian case study
Okorley, Ernest L.; Owusu, Alberta A.; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 44 (2017) 6, pp. 751-759
Purpose Despite the increasing awareness on students’ volunteerism globally, and its potential benefit to national … is a great potential for students’ volunteerism in Ghana, and recommends that Ghanaian universities should integrate … volunteerism into their curricula to prepare and link students to volunteer opportunities in NGO and the service sectors …
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Freelancing eagles: interpretation as a transient career strategy for skilled migrants
Akan Ellis, Burcu - In: Journal of Management Development 32 (2013) 2, pp. 152-165
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the role that transient interpretation jobs play in the career development of skilled migrants. Design/methodology/approach – Based on interviews and correspondence with ethnic Albanian interpreters in the USA and Britain, this study analyzes...
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