Enhancing volunteerism in community healthcare: mediating effect of social network
Volunteerism refers to intangible contributions of time and effort spent to help those people in straitened circumstances in a community. Volunteerism is a type of philanthropic behavior. This study explored how social network acts as a mediator in the relationships between coping strategies and soc...
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Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2017
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| author | Alias, Siti Noormi Ismail, Maimunah Suandi, Turiman Omar, Zoharah |
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| description | Volunteerism refers to intangible contributions of time and effort spent to help those people in straitened circumstances in a community. Volunteerism is a type of philanthropic behavior. This study explored how social network acts as a mediator in the relationships between coping strategies and social trust with volunteerism in community healthcare in Malaysia. This study used a correlational research design involving 300 community health workers (CHWs) under MERCY Malaysia, a non-government organization (NGO) in the health sector. Data were analysed using a two-step approach in structural equation modeling (SEM). Results showed that social network mediated the relationship between taskoriented coping and volunteerism in community healthcare. This study gives insights to managers and NGOs in hiring and retaining CHWs in community development work based on a developing country context. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-589892018-02-19T08:03:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58989/ Enhancing volunteerism in community healthcare: mediating effect of social network Alias, Siti Noormi Ismail, Maimunah Suandi, Turiman Omar, Zoharah Volunteerism refers to intangible contributions of time and effort spent to help those people in straitened circumstances in a community. Volunteerism is a type of philanthropic behavior. This study explored how social network acts as a mediator in the relationships between coping strategies and social trust with volunteerism in community healthcare in Malaysia. This study used a correlational research design involving 300 community health workers (CHWs) under MERCY Malaysia, a non-government organization (NGO) in the health sector. Data were analysed using a two-step approach in structural equation modeling (SEM). Results showed that social network mediated the relationship between taskoriented coping and volunteerism in community healthcare. This study gives insights to managers and NGOs in hiring and retaining CHWs in community development work based on a developing country context. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58989/1/37-16.pdf Alias, Siti Noormi and Ismail, Maimunah and Suandi, Turiman and Omar, Zoharah (2017) Enhancing volunteerism in community healthcare: mediating effect of social network. In: 4th International Conference on Educational Research and Practice (ICERP) 2017, 26-27 July 2017, The Everly Hotel, Putrajaya. (pp. 220-236). |
| spellingShingle | Alias, Siti Noormi Ismail, Maimunah Suandi, Turiman Omar, Zoharah Enhancing volunteerism in community healthcare: mediating effect of social network |
| title | Enhancing volunteerism in community healthcare: mediating effect of social network |
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| title_short | Enhancing volunteerism in community healthcare: mediating effect of social network |
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