Volunteers a social profile - Musick, Marc A.; Wilson, John, 1942-; ProQuest (Firm) (Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2008)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [581]-632) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: Voluntarism; Volunteers; Electronic books