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Motivation/Values and Charitable Behavior

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[INDEPENDENT SECTOR titles appear in bold.]

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Can a Governmental Volunteer Policy Influence Individual Volunteer Motivation and Behavior?
This paper addresses the question of how governmental policies seeking to influence, stimulate and/or support volunteerism and volunteering affect volunteer organizations and the motivations of individual volunteers.
Source: Lucas Meijs, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS, 2002

Civil Society, Social Capital And Volunteering In Finland: Contemporary Trends In The Finnish Volunteering 
This paper explores the contemporary trends in the Finnish voluntary work on two societal levels: 1) attitudes of all the Finns toward volunteering, and 2) motives, experiences and commitment of volunteers engaged in voluntary work of religious organizations.
Source: Anne Birgitta Yeung, FINLAND, 2002

 
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Contemporary Trends In Volunteering: Emerging Scene From India 
This survey aims to estimate the extent of volunteering and gain insights into the social and motivational causes of volunteering. 
Source: Society of Participatory Research in Asia, INDIA, 2002

D

Deducting Generosity: The Effect of Charitable Tax Incentives on Giving 
This report looks at how tax policy motivates giving at different income levels.
Source: INDEPENDENT SECTOR, 2003

E

Extended Report of the Wealth with Responsibility Study
This report focuses on the relation between the material resources and moral purposes of wealth holders.
Source: Social Welfare Research Institute, Boston College, 2001

G

Giving and Volunteering Among Filipinos
This study looks at the altruistic behavior of Filipinos and the motivation behind that behavior.
Source: The Philipine Nonprofit Sector Project, PHILIPPINES

H

Hispanic American Volunteering
This study examines the attitudes, motivations, and barriers of Hispanic Americans toward participating in volunteer programs in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 
Source: Josué López, Pennsylvania State University and R. Dale. Safrit, Ohio State University, 2001

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Motivational Differences Between Black and White Volunteers
Source: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 19, Summer 1990 

Motives and Incentives of Older Volunteers
This report examines the motives and incentives of older volunteers.
Source: Journal of Extension, Fall 1992

Motives of Individual Charitable Giving: Reflections on Giving Habits of High Salaried Class in India 
The primary objective of this empirical study is to specifically estimate the motives of giving across a section of the rich individuals, who constitute the major segment of individual donors in India.
Source: University of Mysore, Post Graduate Center, Post Shanthigrama Hassan, INDIA, 2002

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On the Possibility of Rewarding A-Z in the Pursuit of V: Toward a Theory of Sustainable Volunteerism
This paper uses sociological framing theory to examine volunteer motivation within an organizational context.
Source: Linda Karr and Jessica M. Steur, University of Groningen, Netherlands, 2002

The Other Side of the Coin: Who are the People Who Neither Volunteer Nor Make Charitable Donations?
This paper identifies a set of factors which strongly predict who will be a non-contributor and reveals two particular types of non-contributors: low-income, low occupation individuals, and high-income, high status professionals.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2002

R

Researching Disabled Volunteers: Issues of Method and Practice
This paper focuses on methodological and practical issues surrounding research into disabled volunteers.
Source: Jane Andrews, Aston University, 2003

S

The Social Logic of Contributory Behaviour: Subcultures and Styles of Volunteering and Giving
This study examines the language and meanings that francophones and anglophones across Canada used to describe the reasoning associated with decisions concerning volunteering and giving.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2002

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To Give or Not to Give: The Crisis of Confidence in Charities
This report examines public confidence in the weeks and months following September 11 and two years later.
Source: The Brookings Institution, 2003

Transitions: Retirement and Volunteering 
This study provides in-depth interviews and data/behavior analysis to assess motivation for volunteering among older workers and retirees. 
Source: Academy for Educational Development 

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Volunteering, Values, and Civic Engagement
Using data from the most recent World Values Survey wave (1999-2000), this paper explores the relationship between values, volunteering, and civic engagement in North American societies.
Source: Virginia Hodgkinson, Alex Goldmark, Kaycee Misiewicz, and Ejonta Pashah, Georgetown University, 2003

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Wealth and Values Survey 2003
This survey examines the changing attitudes and values of the affluent in most areas of their lives; including career, family, religion, economy, and shifting patterns of charitable giving.
Source: Community Foundations of America, 2003

What California Donors Want: In Their Own Voices
This study examines the goals, motivations, and challenges of leading California donors. 
Source: National Center for Family Philanthropy, 2004


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