Essays about: "Volunteering"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 86 essays containing the word Volunteering.

  1. 36. Self-identification and sense of belonging among Kosovo Albanian descendants in Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Mirela Shamo; [2018]
    Keywords : Kosovo Albanian descendats; Sweden; Self-identification; Collective identity; Ethnic identity; Personal identity; Sense of belonging;

    Abstract : This paper investigates on the self-identification and feeling of belonging among the “Kosovo Albanian” “descendants” in Sweden. This is a study performed through semi-structured interviews of six volunteering participants, born and/or raised in Sweden, whose parents migrated after the 1990 which was the period of Bosnian and Croatian war that caused tensions in the Balkans. READ MORE

  3. 37. Youth participation in NGOs in post-soviet country Lithuania

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Goda Kvedaraite; [2018]
    Keywords : NGOs; Communication; Development; Youth;

    Abstract : This paper focuses on youth volunteering in the post – communist societies, more specifically, in the post- soviet country Lithuania. Volunteering as a formal action performed by organizations is well known in Western Europe for ages, but in Eastern European countries, especially in Baltics it has been a new phenomenon after the collapse of the former Soviet Union. READ MORE

  4. 38. The antecedents of volunteering What drives volunteers and their will to help others?

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : AKSEL BIØRN-HANSEN; [2017-09-27]
    Keywords : volunteering; prosocial behaviour; civil society; the volunteer function inventory; the five-factor model of personality;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was three-fold. First, the goal was to investigate the psychological sources to volunteering behaviour and why people choose to volunteer in a broad sense by comparing and evaluating current theories, frameworks and hypotheses. READ MORE

  5. 39. Hur motiverar och behåller ideella organisationer sina funktionärer? : en fallstudie av Friskis & Svettis Uppsala

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Madeleine Alexopoulos Fleur; Joakim Berglund; [2017]
    Keywords : funktionärer; motivation; rekrytering; ideella organisationer; bibehållande av funktionärer; volontär;

    Abstract : Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur ideella föreningar arbetar för att motivera och behålla sina funktionärer samt hur funktionärerna upplever detta. Sverige är framstående inom sitt ideella engagemang medan större delen av världen funnit en problematik att engagera sina invånare. READ MORE

  6. 40. Understanding sense-making in volunteer units : a multiple case study of two environmental NGOs

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Rebecka Berg; [2017]
    Keywords : volunteering; volunteer units; environmental NGOs; practice theory; sense-making;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to provide a deeper understanding of how volunteer units work, in order to find out ways of how to successfully recruit and retain volunteers for a longer period. Guided by practice theory, the study explains the sense-making of coordinators and volunteers. READ MORE