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This open access book offers a comprehensive view of the phenomenon of volunteer work: it examines motivational factors and questions of corporate organization and the social environment. In particular, this is the first book to present volunteer work in detail as a psychosocial resource and a source of well-being that should not be overused or abused. The book is based on the authors' 15 years of research into volunteer work in Europe. It provides clear instructions on designing volunteer work tasks, and on where boundaries must be respected. The findings include insights into cultural and national differences, and offer practical advice on the organization of volunteer work. This book answers questions like: How do we understand voluntary work? How essential is it that this kind of work remains unpaid and carried out by so-called laypersons with special motives? And what follows from this for the interaction between voluntary work and professionalized, paid employment? The analysis draws on perspectives from wellbeing research, organizational and industrial studies, social work, and related social sciences.
Contents
Chapter 1activity1.1 Introduction: A clarification of terms1.2 Volunteering in Europe: statistics1.3 Volunteer work as a meaningful activityChapter 2: Volunteer work as a matter of motivation2.1 The functional approach2.2 Extensions of the functional approach2.3 Differences in sustainable engagement, self-determination theoryChapter 3: Volunteer work as an organizational task3.1 Volunteering as a process3.2 Three basic needs as orientation3.3 Neglected importance of tasks and organization3.4 The successful design of volunteer work: an empirical studyChapter 4: Volunteering as a psychosocial resource4.1 Reasons for the compatibility of gainful employment and volunteer work4.2 Volunteer work keeps you healthy?4.4 Work-Life-BalanceChapter 5: Volunteer work from an international perspective5.1 Structural approaches5.2 Cultural approaches5.3 Cultural and structural differences: volunteer work at the Red Cross in Germany, France and SwitzerlandChapter 6: Practical Implications6.1 Which design features influence sustainable engagement?6.2 Summary and recommendations for action6.3 Volunteer research has more to offer than is perceived in practice: a conclusion on refugee aid
