TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustained Helping Without Obligation
T2 - Motivation, Longevity of Service, and Perceived Attitude Change Among AIDS Volunteers
AU - Omoto, Allen M.
AU - Snyder, Mark
PY - 1995/4
Y1 - 1995/4
N2 - A conceptual framework that identifies psychological and behavioral features associated with antecedents, experiences, and consequences of volunteerism is presented, and an inventory that measures 5 specific motivations for AIDS volunteerism is developed and cross-validated. Then a field study of 116 AIDS volunteers is presented in which a helping disposition, volunteer motivations, and social support (as antecedents), and personal satisfaction and organizational integration (as experiences) are used to predict duration of service over 2 1 2 years. Structural equation analyses indicate that dispositional helping influences satisfaction and integration but not duration of service, whereas greater motivation and less social support predict longer active volunteer service. The model is generalized to the prediction of perceived attitude change. Implications for conceptualizations of motivation, theoretical issues in helping, and practical concerns of volunteer organizations are discussed.
AB - A conceptual framework that identifies psychological and behavioral features associated with antecedents, experiences, and consequences of volunteerism is presented, and an inventory that measures 5 specific motivations for AIDS volunteerism is developed and cross-validated. Then a field study of 116 AIDS volunteers is presented in which a helping disposition, volunteer motivations, and social support (as antecedents), and personal satisfaction and organizational integration (as experiences) are used to predict duration of service over 2 1 2 years. Structural equation analyses indicate that dispositional helping influences satisfaction and integration but not duration of service, whereas greater motivation and less social support predict longer active volunteer service. The model is generalized to the prediction of perceived attitude change. Implications for conceptualizations of motivation, theoretical issues in helping, and practical concerns of volunteer organizations are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-3514.68.4.671
DO - 10.1037/0022-3514.68.4.671
M3 - Article
C2 - 7738770
AN - SCOPUS:0029287265
SN - 0022-3514
VL - 68
SP - 671
EP - 686
JO - Journal of personality and social psychology
JF - Journal of personality and social psychology
IS - 4
ER -