TY - JOUR
T1 - Do more better? Understanding the associations of increased volunteer service with positive attitudes and responsibility
AU - Ling, Henry Wai-Hang
AU - Cheung, Johnson Chun-Sing
AU - Lee, Vincent Wan-Ping
AU - Chin, Bruce Man-Pan
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to show our gratitude to Head and Professor Eric Wing-Hong Chui from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for his invaluable insight and comments on the early draft of this paper. This article represents a portion of a dissertation submitted by the first author to the University of Hong Kong in partial fulfilment of the requirement for a Degree of Master of Philosophy.
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PY - 2022/5/4
Y1 - 2022/5/4
N2 - A total of 1,046 students from seven local secondary schools in Hong Kong were interviewed to examine the association between the time students devoted to volunteering and the number of service organisations students joined to fulfil personal and social responsibility and volunteer intentions. The results indicated differential effects of students’ volunteering hours and the number of organisations in which they participated on their responsibility and intention to serve. Students had a stronger sense of volunteer responsibility and volunteer intention if they devoted more time to volunteering and joined more volunteering organisations. Multivariate analysis showed that hours of ongoing volunteerism was positively and strongly correlated with the level of volunteering responsibility and intention to volunteer. This study has informed practitioners in schools, such as social service providers, social workers and teachers, possible approaches to refine the frameworks of volunteer services and arrange suitable service opportunities for students.
AB - A total of 1,046 students from seven local secondary schools in Hong Kong were interviewed to examine the association between the time students devoted to volunteering and the number of service organisations students joined to fulfil personal and social responsibility and volunteer intentions. The results indicated differential effects of students’ volunteering hours and the number of organisations in which they participated on their responsibility and intention to serve. Students had a stronger sense of volunteer responsibility and volunteer intention if they devoted more time to volunteering and joined more volunteering organisations. Multivariate analysis showed that hours of ongoing volunteerism was positively and strongly correlated with the level of volunteering responsibility and intention to volunteer. This study has informed practitioners in schools, such as social service providers, social workers and teachers, possible approaches to refine the frameworks of volunteer services and arrange suitable service opportunities for students.
KW - community service
KW - intention
KW - organisations
KW - responsibility
KW - Time
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125957828&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17525098.2022.2042900
DO - 10.1080/17525098.2022.2042900
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1752-5098
VL - 15
SP - 105
EP - 123
JO - China Journal of Social Work
JF - China Journal of Social Work
IS - 2
ER -
