Informal Volunteering and Socialization Effects: Examining Modelling and Encouragement by Parents and PartnerVoluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - Tập 33 - Trang 347-361 - 2021
Marlou J. M. Ramaekers, Ellen Verbakel, Gerbert Kraaykamp
Informal volunteering is seen as an important indicator of social relations and
community life. We therefore investigate the impact of various socialization
practices on informal volunteering, being small helping behaviours outside of
organizations for people outside the household. From theoretical notions on
socialization, we hypothesize that experiencing extensive prosocial
socialization practic... hiện toàn bộ
The Relationship Between Food Banks and Food Insecurity: Insights from CanadaVoluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - Tập 31 - Trang 841-852 - 2019
Valerie Tarasuk, Andrée-Anne Fafard St-Germain, Rachel Loopstra
Food banks have become the first line of response to problems of hunger and food
insecurity in affluent nations. Although originating in the USA, food banks are
now well established in Canada, Australia, and some Nordic countries, and they
have rapidly expanded in the UK and other parts of Europe in the past two
decades. Defined by the mobilization of food donations and volunteer labor
within comm... hiện toàn bộ
Who are Volunteers in Urban China?Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - - 2021
Fengqin Liu, Xiulan Zhang
AbstractAlthough government-organized volunteering is common in China, the
Chinese government has also sought to encourage the development of grassroots
volunteer service organizations (VSOs) given the tremendous social service
burden and the complexity of social governance. Motivated by the lack of
systematic studies on volunteering in China, this study explores predictors of
volunteering in urba... hiện toàn bộ
Intermediary Perceptions of Investment Readiness in the UK Social Investment MarketVoluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - Tập 26 - Trang 846-871 - 2014
Richard Hazenberg, Fred Seddon, Simon Denny
The ‘social investment market’ in the United Kingdom is a growth area due to the
governments’ focus upon building up the supply-side element of the market over
the last decade, often through the direct financing of ‘Social and Investment
Finance Intermediaries’ (SIFIs). However, this ignores problems that can occur
on the demand-side of the social investment market, such as a lack of
‘investment r... hiện toàn bộ
The Role of the Nonprofit Sector in Hong Kong's DevelopmentVoluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - Tập 11 - Trang 355-373
James L. Perry, Wai-Fung Lam
The recent handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China (PRC) brought
Hong Kong worldwide attention and scrutiny. In the run up to the handover, the
international media prominently featured stories about Hong Kong's freewheeling
capitalism and the stability created by its administrative institutions. Lost in
the media attention was the role of nonprofit organizations and the voluntary
s... hiện toàn bộ