Understanding volunteer markets: The case of senior volunteers

Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 1-23

  Wymer, Walter W ^a  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Recruitment; Segmentation; Senior; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979033597     PISSN: 10495142     EISSN: 15406997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J054v06n02_01     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Allen, NatalieJ. NatalieJ. and Philippe Rushton, J. 1983. “Personality Characteristics of Community Mental Health Volunteers: A Review”. Journal of Voluntary Action Research, 12 1: 36 – 49.
2. Bryman, Alan and Cramer, Duncan. 1990. Quantitative Data Analysis for Social Scientists. London: Routledge.
3. Clary, E.Gil E.Gil and Snyder, Mark. 1991. “A Functional Analysis of Altruism and Prosocial Behavior: The Case of Volunteerism” In ”. In Review of Personality and Social Psychology, vol Edited by: Clark, M.S. M.S. Vol. 12, 119 – 148. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
4. Cnaan, RamA. RamA. and Cwikel, J. 1992. “Elderly Volunteers: Assessing Their Potential as an Unmapped Resource”. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 4 1–2: 125 – 147.
5. Cnaan, RamA. RamA. and Goldberg-Glen, RobenS. RobenS. 1991. “Measuring Motivation to Volunteer in Human Services”. Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences, 27 3: 269 – 284.
6. Cnaan, Ram, Amy Kasternakis, A. and Wineburg, RobertJ. RobertJ. 1993. “Religious People, Religious Congregations, and Volunteerism in Human Services: Is There a Link?”. Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 22 1: 33 – 51.
7. Fahey, Maureen. 1986. Lay Volunteers Within an American Catholic Parish: Personality and Social Factors University of San Francisco. Doctoral diss.
8. Fischer, Lucy Rose and Banister Schaffer, Kay. 1993. Older Volunteers: A Guide to Research and Practice. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
9. Gillespie, DavidF. DavidF., Anthony, E.O. E.O. and King, I. 1985. “Demographic Understanding of Volunteerism”. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 12 4: 798 – 816.
10. Herzog, A.R. A.R. and House, J.S. J.S. 1991. “Productive Activities and Aging Well”. Generations, 15: 49 – 54.
11. Independent Sector. 1996. Volunteering and Giving in the United States: Findings From a National Survey. Washington, D.C.: Author.
12. Kouri, M.K. M.K. 1990. Volunteerism and Older Adults; Choices and Challenges. Sania Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
13. Marriott Senior Living Services. 1991. Marriott's Seniors Volunteerism Study. Washington, D.C.: Author.
14. Mehrabian, Albert and Epstein, Norman. 1972. “A Measure of Emotional Empathy”. Journal of Personality, 40: 525 – 543.
15. Moody, H.R. H.R. 1988. Abundance of Life: Human Development Policies for an Aging Society. New York: Columbia University Press.
16. Okun, MorrisA. MorrisA. 1994. “The Relation Between Motives for Organizational Volunteering and the Frequency of Volunteering by Elders”. The Journal of Applied Gerontology, 13 2: 115 – 126.
17. Okun, MorrisA. MorrisA. and Eisenberg, Nancy. 1992. “Motives and Intent to Continue Organizational Volunteering Among Residents of a Retirement Community Area”. Journal' of Community Psychology, 20 3: 183 – 187.
18. Rokeach, Milton. 1973. The Nature of Human Values. New York: The Free Press.
19. Rokeach, Milton. 1968. Beliefs, Altitudes, and Values: A Theory of Organization and Change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
20. Schwartz, ShalomH. ShalomH. and Howard, JudithA. JudithA. 1984. “Internalized Values as Motivators of Altruism” in ”. In Development and Maintenance of Prosocial Behavior Edited by: Staub, E., Bar-Tal, D. and Karylowski, J. 229 – 255. New York: Plenum.
21. Smith, David Horton. 1994. “Determinants of Voluntary Association Participation and Volunteering: A Literature Review”. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 23 3: 243 – 264.
22. Wood, JamesR. JamesR. and Hougland, JamesG. JamesG. Jr. 1990. “The Role of Religion in Philanthropy” in ”. In Critical Issues in American Philanthropy Edited by: Jon, Van Til. 29 – 33. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
23. Wright, Newell, Val Larson, D. and Higgs, Roger. 1995. “Marketing of Volunteerism: The Case of Appalachian Mountain Housing”. Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction, and Complaining Behavior, 8: 188 – 197.
24. Wymer, WalterW. WalterW. Jr. 1997. “Formal Volunteering as a Function of Values, Self-Esteem, Empathy, and Facilitation”. Journal of Nonprofit Public Sector Marketing, 5 2 in press.
25. Wymer, WalterW. WalterW. Jr., Reicken, Glen and Yavas, Ugur. 1996. “Determinants of Volunteerism: A Cross-Disciplinary Review and Research Agenda”. Journal of Nonprofit Public Sector Marketing, 4 4: 3 – 26.