Why youths choose to become volunteers: from the perspective of belief
The purpose of the paper is to examine the engagement of youth in volunteerism and looks at the belief factor underlying youth participation in volunteering activities. Data were collected from the respondents using personally administered questionnaires. A survey was carried out from May to Septemb...
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| author | Arif Shah, Jasmin Suandi, Turiman Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah Ismail, Ismi Arif |
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| description | The purpose of the paper is to examine the engagement of youth in volunteerism and looks at the belief factor underlying youth participation in volunteering activities. Data were collected from the respondents using personally administered questionnaires. A survey was carried out from May to September 2013 involving 342 randomly selected respondents. The respondents ages between 15 – 40 years (M age = 24.8, SD = 4.7). The results indicated 69.9% (M=2.6930, SD=.47446) of the respondents attributed their participation in volunteerism to the belief factor. The level of belief in volunteering was high among youths. However, it should be noted that the factor may vary according to the needs of each individual. Only 0.6% of the youths had low belief in volunteering activities. The findings of the present study might be useful to volunteer organizations in helping them design interventions to boost volunteerism. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-586242018-01-24T04:54:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58624/ Why youths choose to become volunteers: from the perspective of belief Arif Shah, Jasmin Suandi, Turiman Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah Ismail, Ismi Arif The purpose of the paper is to examine the engagement of youth in volunteerism and looks at the belief factor underlying youth participation in volunteering activities. Data were collected from the respondents using personally administered questionnaires. A survey was carried out from May to September 2013 involving 342 randomly selected respondents. The respondents ages between 15 – 40 years (M age = 24.8, SD = 4.7). The results indicated 69.9% (M=2.6930, SD=.47446) of the respondents attributed their participation in volunteerism to the belief factor. The level of belief in volunteering was high among youths. However, it should be noted that the factor may vary according to the needs of each individual. Only 0.6% of the youths had low belief in volunteering activities. The findings of the present study might be useful to volunteer organizations in helping them design interventions to boost volunteerism. Social Sciences Division of the Athens Institute for Education and Research 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58624/1/Why%20youths%20choose%20to%20become%20volunteers%20from%20the%20perspective%20of%20belief.pdf Arif Shah, Jasmin and Suandi, Turiman and Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah and Ismail, Ismi Arif (2015) Why youths choose to become volunteers: from the perspective of belief. Athens Journal of Social Sciences, 2 (1). pp. 51-64. ISSN 2241-7737 http://www.athensjournals.gr/ajss/past/v2i1 |
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| title_short | Why youths choose to become volunteers: from the perspective of belief |
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| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58624/1/Why%20youths%20choose%20to%20become%20volunteers%20from%20the%20perspective%20of%20belief.pdf |
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