Predisposed to volunteer?: Personality traits and different forms of volunteering
In this article, we evaluate the psychological basis of different forms of volunteering. To date, our knowledge about the relationship between personality and volunteering as an important facet of the social fabric is limited. Applying the Five-Factor Model of Personality (Big Five), we scrutinize t...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) Book/Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, Californien
Sage
27 Jul. 2020
Heidelberg Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg 27 Jul. 2020 |
| DOI: | 10.11588/heidok.00028677 |
| Online Access: | Resolving-System, kostenfrei: https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-286776 Resolving-System, kostenfrei: http://dx.doi.org/10.11588/heidok.00028677 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/28677 
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| Author Notes: | Kathrin Ackermann |
| Summary: | In this article, we evaluate the psychological basis of different forms of volunteering. To date, our knowledge about the relationship between personality and volunteering as an important facet of the social fabric is limited. Applying the Five-Factor Model of Personality (Big Five), we scrutinize this relationship in a comprehensive manner. We consider formal and informal volunteering as well as online volunteering as a new form of social participation. Empirically, we analyze a representative population sample of Switzerland using logistic regression models. We find that extraversion is the most consistent driver of volunteering. The effects of the remaining traits differ across the forms of volunteering. additional analyses indicate that situational factors may moderate these relationships. |
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| Item Description: | In: Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly, 48 (2019), Nr. 6. pp. 1119-1142. ISSN 0899-7640 (Druck-Ausg.); 1552-7395 (Online-Ausg.) |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| DOI: | 10.11588/heidok.00028677 |