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Wie frei-gemeinnützig tätige Personen unterschiedliche Arbeitsformen erleben und bewerten: Eine narrative Grid- Studie als Beitrag zur erweiterten Arbeitsforschung / How volunteers...

Mösken, Gina; Dick, Michael; Wehner, Theo - In: Arbeit 19 (2010) 1, pp. 37-52

Abstract Erwerbsarbeit verändert sich derzeit organisatorisch wie inhaltlich in starkem Maße. Kriterien dafür, was heute „gute“ Arbeit ist, können nicht einfach aus der traditionellen industriellen Arbeit in neue Formen von Dienstleistungs-, Wissens- und freiberuflicher Arbeit...

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Volunteer Participation and the Development of Civil Society in China: A Case Study of Jinan

Xu, Ying - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 5 (2013) 1, pp. 139-168

volunteers differ in their voluntary service experiences and what their attitudes are toward volunteering and the future … volunteer through grassroots, issue-based VSOs are most likely to have a positive attitude toward volunteering and believe that … volunteering can make contributions to the development of civil society. Second, participants in grassroots and community …

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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

(organizationally based) volunteering. They show that volunteer energy can be compared to a human-made, renewable resource that can be …

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Law and the Volunteer: The Uncertain Employment and Tort Law Implications of the Altruistic Worker

Mead, Joseph - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 7 (2016) 1, pp. 23-27

Abstract An individual who donates service to a nonprofit organization raises unsettled questions of that volunteer’s status under tort and labor law. Cryptic legislative language and inconsistent judicial precedent undermine predictability for volunteers and nonprofit managers alike, and the...

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The Civic Engagement and Social Integration of Refugees in Germany

Barreto, César; Berbée, Paul; Gallegos Torres, Katia; … - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 13 (2022) 2, pp. 161-174

Abstract Civil society has played an important role in meeting the challenges of refugee migration in recent years. This commentary documents the importance of civic engagement for the integration of refugees by linking individual survey data on refugees to a regional measure of civic engagement...

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Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?

Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - 2004

Volunteering constitutes one of the most important pro-social activities. Following Adam Smith, helping others is the … its infrastructure of volunteering. People who accidentally lost their opportunities for volunteering are compared to …

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On time and money donations

Cappellari, Lorenzo; Ghinetti, Paolo; Turati, Gilberto - 2007

This paper investigates the determinants of time and money gifts. We first develop a behavioural model which accounts for both types of donations, as well as for decisions about domestic and market hours of work. We then investigate the issue empirically, using survey data for Italy. Results...

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Volunteering and the state

Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2009

This paper explores the capability of the state to affect the individual's decision to work for free. For this purpose we combine individual-level data from the European and World Values Survey with macroeconomic and political variables for OECD member countries. Empirically we identify three...

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Volunteering and the strategic value of ignorance

Morath, Florian - 2011

individuals are uncertain about their cost of provision, but can find out about this cost ahead of the volunteering game, a … of the volunteering game. …

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Private donations for international development

Micklewright, John; Wright, Anna - 2003

Charitable donations by private individuals and firms can help fund the Millennium Development Goals. What are the prospects for increasing donations for international development, whether from small-scale donors, the super-rich (as in the recent gifts by Bill Gates and Ted Turner), or the...

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