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Formal Volunteering: A Cross-National Test

Year: 2008

Type: preprint

Abstract: In this paper, we integrate disparate literatures to contribute to a better cross-national understanding of formal volunteering. We propose that three forms of capital, namely human (country wealth and country education), social (collectivism and liberal democracy) and cultural capital (religiosity) are related to formal volunteering. We use Hierarchical Linear Modeling to test our hypotheses on 38, 119 individuals from 21 countries. Our results show all forms of capital (country wealth, country education, religiosity, societal collectivism and liberal democracy) have positive relationships with formal volunteering. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.

Source: SSRN Electronic Journal

Authors: K. Praveen Parboteeah, John B. Cullen, Lrong Lim

Institutions: University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Washington State University, Kagawa University

Language: English

Topic: Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3121894556

Cites: 45

Cited by: 112

Related to: 10