Motives for young people to volunteer abroad: A case study of AIESEC interns from the perspective of volunteer tourism.
This study focuses on volunteering in the context of tourism and its main objective is to reveal the motives of students and recent graduates in voluntary projects. Qualitative research methods were used to get deeper insight and better understanding of the studied topic. This research evaluated dat...
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| description | This study focuses on volunteering in the context of tourism and its main objective is to reveal the motives of students and recent graduates in voluntary projects. Qualitative research methods were used to get deeper insight and better understanding of the studied topic. This research evaluated data from semi-structured and unstructured interviews with ongoing and former interns of Global Citizen internship mediated by the AIESEC organization (students’ non-profit organization). The analytical software Atlas.ti was utilized to analyse and process gained data when content analysis and open coding were applied. Results of the research show five noteworthy volunteers’ motivations: travelling and leisure, experiencing new culture and people, acquiring advantage at the labour market, gaining experience from abroad, and altruism. Mentioned motivations encompass thirteen single motives. Significant prevalence of the volunteers’ self-motivation over their altruistic motives was revealed. The findings of this study provide insight into volunteers’ motives and a deeper understanding of volunteer tourism. Provided information can be useful for both sending and receiving/hosting organizations in
terms of aiming on and selecting appropriate volunteers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-572f1e9ac484450284b32c5cc7b10b012022-12-21T19:55:22ZengAfricaJournalsAfrican Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure2223-814X2017-05-0163Motives for young people to volunteer abroad: A case study of AIESEC interns from the perspective of volunteer tourism.Pavel Šuba0Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech RepublicThis study focuses on volunteering in the context of tourism and its main objective is to reveal the motives of students and recent graduates in voluntary projects. Qualitative research methods were used to get deeper insight and better understanding of the studied topic. This research evaluated data from semi-structured and unstructured interviews with ongoing and former interns of Global Citizen internship mediated by the AIESEC organization (students’ non-profit organization). The analytical software Atlas.ti was utilized to analyse and process gained data when content analysis and open coding were applied. Results of the research show five noteworthy volunteers’ motivations: travelling and leisure, experiencing new culture and people, acquiring advantage at the labour market, gaining experience from abroad, and altruism. Mentioned motivations encompass thirteen single motives. Significant prevalence of the volunteers’ self-motivation over their altruistic motives was revealed. The findings of this study provide insight into volunteers’ motives and a deeper understanding of volunteer tourism. Provided information can be useful for both sending and receiving/hosting organizations in terms of aiming on and selecting appropriate volunteers.http://www.ajhtl.com/uploads/7/1/6/3/7163688/article_4_vol_6__3__2017.pdfvolunteer tourismmotivationAIESECvolunteeringtourism |
| spellingShingle | Pavel Šuba Motives for young people to volunteer abroad: A case study of AIESEC interns from the perspective of volunteer tourism. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure volunteer tourism motivation AIESEC volunteering tourism |
| title | Motives for young people to volunteer abroad: A case study of AIESEC interns from the perspective of volunteer tourism. |
| title_full | Motives for young people to volunteer abroad: A case study of AIESEC interns from the perspective of volunteer tourism. |
| title_fullStr | Motives for young people to volunteer abroad: A case study of AIESEC interns from the perspective of volunteer tourism. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Motives for young people to volunteer abroad: A case study of AIESEC interns from the perspective of volunteer tourism. |
| title_short | Motives for young people to volunteer abroad: A case study of AIESEC interns from the perspective of volunteer tourism. |
| title_sort | motives for young people to volunteer abroad a case study of aiesec interns from the perspective of volunteer tourism |
| topic | volunteer tourism motivation AIESEC volunteering tourism |
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