Stipends in Volunteer Civic Service: Inclusion, Retention, and Volunteer Benefits

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: McBride, Amanda Moore; Gonzales, Ernest; Morrow-Howell, Nancy; McCrary, Stacey
• 署名单位: Washington University (WUSTL); Washington University (WUSTL); Washington University (WUSTL)
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02419.x
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 850-858
• 关键词: older-adults; MODEL

摘要

What is the role of stipends as an institutional facilitator in volunteer civic service? By examining the relationship of stipend receipt to volunteer diversity, time commitment, and perceived benefits from a longitudinal study of older adults serving in Experience Corps, this article assesses stipend status relative to volunteer sociodemographic characteristics, motivations, intensity and duration of time served, and volunteers' self-reported benefits. The findings underscore how stipends may promote participant diversity. In particular, stipended older adult volunteers serve for longer periods of time, but their motivations for serving do not differ. Stipended volunteers report higher perceived benefits than nonstipended volunteers. The results suggest that stipends may leverage wider inclusion, increase retention, and contribute to other benefits, but additional research is needed using more controlled and comparative designs.