Volunteers
Subtitle: a social profile
By: Marc A. Musick and John Wilson.
Contributors: Wilson, John, 1942-
Series: Philanthropic and nonprofit studies
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253349293
Subjects: Voluntarism; Volunteers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The importance of studying volunteering; title: What is volunteering?; title: Personality; title: Motives; title: Values, norms, and attitudes; title: Socio-economic resources; title: Time and health; title: Gender; title: Race; title: The life course: the early stages; title: The life course: the later stages; title: Social resources; title: Volunteer recruitment; title: Schools and congregations; title: Community, neighborhood, city, and region; title: Cross-national differences; title: Trends in volunteering; title: Volunteer tasks; title: The volunteer role; title: Citizenship and prosocial behavior; title: Occupation, income, and health; title: Conclusion.