TY - CHAP
T1 - Volunteering in three life stages
AU - Haski-Leventhal, Debbie
AU - Metz, Edward
AU - Hogg, Edward
AU - Ibrahim, Barbara
AU - Smith, David H.
AU - Wang, Lili
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© David Horton Smith, Robert A. Stebbins, and Jurgen Grotz 2016 and Respective authors 2016. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - As a person goes through the various stages of life, many things change, including the ways one volunteers and for what reasons (Musick and Wilson 2008). This chapter reviews research on formal volunteering at three different life stages: youth, elderly, and parental volunteering. In each stage, we discuss the definitions, unique characteristics, and scope of volunteering. We further analyze the existing knowledge on motivations, benefits, challenges, and impact for each age group. Furthermore, we discuss the cultural differences of volunteering in each stage in various regions around the world. We conclude with a comparison between the three groups and discuss future trends. The three life stages examined are more distinct and meaningful in industrial and post-industrial societies than in less complex societies, owing to mass education and longer lifespans. Given wide cultural differences in how individuals progress through these stages, the intersection of life-cycle stage and cultural setting are major variables in understanding patterns of volunteering.
AB - As a person goes through the various stages of life, many things change, including the ways one volunteers and for what reasons (Musick and Wilson 2008). This chapter reviews research on formal volunteering at three different life stages: youth, elderly, and parental volunteering. In each stage, we discuss the definitions, unique characteristics, and scope of volunteering. We further analyze the existing knowledge on motivations, benefits, challenges, and impact for each age group. Furthermore, we discuss the cultural differences of volunteering in each stage in various regions around the world. We conclude with a comparison between the three groups and discuss future trends. The three life stages examined are more distinct and meaningful in industrial and post-industrial societies than in less complex societies, owing to mass education and longer lifespans. Given wide cultural differences in how individuals progress through these stages, the intersection of life-cycle stage and cultural setting are major variables in understanding patterns of volunteering.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-137-26317-9_30
DO - 10.1007/978-1-137-26317-9_30
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85045960612
SN - 9781137263162
VL - 1
SP - 682
EP - 701
BT - The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
ER -