Volunteers : a social profile /
Marc A. Musick and John Wilson.
- vi, 663 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Philanthropic and nonprofit studies .
- Philanthropic and nonprofit studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-632) and index.
The importance of studying volunteering -- What is volunteering? -- Personality -- Motives -- Values, norms, and attitudes -- Socio-economic resources -- Time and health -- Gender -- Race -- The life course: the early stages -- The life course: the later stages -- Social resources -- Volunteer recruitment -- Schools and congregations -- Community, neighborhood, city, and region -- Cross-national differences -- Trends in volunteering -- Volunteer tasks -- The volunteer role -- Citizenship and prosocial behavior -- Occupation, income, and health -- Conclusion.