An “Army of Volunteers”? Engagement, Motivation, and Barriers to Volunteering among the Baby Boomers
dc.contributor.author | Hansen, Thomas | |
dc.contributor.author | Slagsvold, Britt | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-06T11:26:09Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-07T09:11:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-06T11:26:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-07T09:11:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-05-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hansen T, Slagsvold B. An “Army of Volunteers”? Engagement, Motivation, and Barriers to Volunteering among the Baby Boomers . Journal of gerontological social work. 2020 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0163-4372 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0163-4372 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1540-4048 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/8518 | |
dc.description.abstract | Aging baby boomers are expected to provide a large reservoir for the nonprofit sector. We find evidence which while broadly supportive of this idea also suggest limitations as to what can realistically be expected. Using data from the third (2017) wave of the Norwegian life-course, aging, and generation study (n = 2,993, age 53–71), we find that a sizable proportion is already engaged (65–68% in the past year) and around half of non-volunteers (from 58% among the youngest to 43% among the oldest) express interest in volunteering. However, most volunteering is sporadic and less than half of volunteers participate on a weekly basis. Furthermore, most of the non-volunteers who express interest seem unlikely to realize their interest as they simultaneously report important motivational and ability-related barriers to volunteering. A further challenge is that few boomers are willing to make a major commitment to volunteering. Findings suggest that to mobilize boomers, nonprofit organizations need to accommodate more self-interested and flexible forms of involvement. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported by the Norwegian Research Council through the research project «Active ageing – pathways and outcomes” (grant no. 236997). | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of Gerontological Social Work; | |
dc.rights | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Voluntary works | en |
dc.subject | Barriers | en |
dc.subject | Active ageing | en |
dc.subject | Baby boomers | en |
dc.subject | Reflexivity | en |
dc.title | An “Army of Volunteers”? Engagement, Motivation, and Barriers to Volunteering among the Baby Boomers | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2020-05-06T11:26:09Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2020.1758269 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1809664 | |
dc.source.journal | Journal of gerontological social work | |
dc.relation.projectID | Norges forskningsråd: 236997 |
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