Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2003. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 242-259). Also available online in PDF format.

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Dahl, Erik. Second Reader: Piombo, Jessica. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 26, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Volunteer, Convergene, Real ID, National Identity Card, WHTI, Volunteer Mobilization Center, First Responder Credentialing Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-105). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-258). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2003. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 300 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-259).

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

The goals of this study are to examine why seniors volunteer and how where they volunteer affects their everyday lives. A group of volunteers from a seniors association in southeastern Ontario are used to investigate how seniors become volunteers, why individuals continue to volunteer at a particular place, what tasks senior volunteers perform, and the number of years and hours seniors volunteer at a particular organization. The study makes use of 23 interviews with volunteers aged 54 to 89. The findings from the interviews were then compared to national data on senior volunteers gathered from the 2004 Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating (CSGVP). The secondary data were used to examine such things as, the tasks senior volunteers perform and the reasons seniors volunteer across Canada. The analysis reveals that the group of volunteers show several similarities to volunteers aged 55 and over across Canada. The interviews show that the specific characteristics of the place influence why seniors volunteer and continue to volunteer at this particular organization. In addition to the characteristics of the place, the interviews disclose the potential to view the seniors centre as a therapeutic landscape, where healing, well-being and maintained health are enhanced. / Thesis (Master, Geography) -- Queen's University, 2009-09-28 19:13:42.693

The main assumption that is inherent in the present study is that better utilization of volunteers will add value to the quality of life of all South Africans. The social welfare service delivery is the responsibility of the professional social workers who are either employed by the Government department of Social Development, other Government departments with related responsibilities or well established Non-Governmental organizations who are referred to as voluntary organizations in this study. The problem at hand that is being addressed by the study is : The nature and extent of volunteering which is unknown; The prevailing need for the use of volunteers and how those that are actively participating are being acknowledged and utilized; and There are no recruitment strategies to facilitate the selection, training, structuring of volunteers and supervision as well as evaluation of volunteers' service. Voluntary work is an old phenomenon, which is older than social work profession itself. It is an ancient exercise enshrined within the African cultural heritage of Botho/Ubuntu, which is within some people and need to be cultivated. There are many people who are, or would be interested and enthusiastic to be involved in voluntary work is approved and properly motivated. The present study was designed to investigate the indepth practice and extent of volunteering in the North West Province, establishing the cooperation between professional social workers and volunteers. An attempt has been made in the study to determine the areas where volunteers can be legitimately utilized and the effective measures of how to recruit, select, train and place volunteers. The study sample was drawn from four units of analysis listed below and different instruments for data collection were used in the process : Questionnaires were administered to 130 voluntary organizations drawn from the total population of North West Province; Mailed questionnaires were sent to professional social workers registered with the council, from North West and 54 responded; Telephonic interview schedule was administered to 102 respondent community members in the Province; and An experience survey was conducted which involved three case studies of organizations which are well established and known for utilizing volunteers. The descriptive research design as well as exploratory design were used in the study. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used when collecting data through administered questionnaires and during case studies. The findings indicated that there are a great number of volunteers that are unknown and those known by professional social workers but not acknowledged. Also, that there are no purposeful recruiting measures in place to facilitate the selection, training and placement of volunteers. Whilst there is an oversight of identifying and acknowledging volunteers on the side by authorities and professionals, volunteers have been discovered to be playing a major role in the sustainability of economic development in the country. Towards the end of the Apartheid era, there were non-governmental organizations established in great numbers characterized by funding of their projects and programmes from foreign institutions or local government departments. However the study revealed that there is need for more organized support and training of both volunteers and professionals empowerment and capacity-building by structures that utilize volunteers. The most significant measure for recruitment identified through the study is the establishment of a Bureau for Volunteers, a center which will recruit, select, train, place volunteers and coordinate their services. It is recommended that the Bureau should operate from National level under the Department of Social Development whilst its branches cascade down to the provincial departments of social services. Advanced training of both volunteers and professionals is recommended as a most powerful machinery for sustaining voluntary service. Community Liaison Officers presently responsible for Provincial Social development departmental programmes would serve as link between volunteers and professionals, to add value to the present noble service of volunteers. Recommendations and suggestions for further research are made. / (Ph.D.) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2005

This thesis reports on a study examining the direct and indirect costs to volunteer carers of providing a fostering service in Australia. The study highlights the current difficulties in carer recruitment and retention, the increases in the challenging and complex needs of the children coming into care, and the growing professionalism of fostering. The study uses a budgetary approach to estimate the direct costs of fostered children. In-depth interviews and focus groups with carers are instrumental in providing a range of perspectives that assist our understanding of how the direct costs of fostered children are different from (higher than) the costs of other children. The study found the costs of fostered children were 40 per cent higher than the costs of children not in care. The thesis indicates that, to maintain and retain a volunteer workforce, an adequate carer remuneration system to meet the direct costs of fostered children is critical. To examine the indirect costs of fostering, the study uses a multi-method approach providing a monetary value of the opportunity costs (foregone earnings model) and time costs (proxy good or market replacement model) for foster carers. The emotional and psychological dimensions of fostering are also examined, though no monetary value is assigned to these costs. Carers??? vivid and contrasting stories from the interviews explain how ???money??? fits with carer motivation and fostering???s more professional role, how carers perceive the nature of fostering (job or parenting), and whether carers should be paid to foster. Revelations of fostering???s emotional and time dimensions and restricted employment opportunities (indirect costs) highlight the impact fostering has on carers and their families. The study found that the indirect costs of fostered children were around four times the value of the direct costs. In light of the growing professionalism of contemporary foster care, difficulties in carer recruitment/retention, and the demanding nature of fostering, the thesis examines whether carers should be paid for the service they provide (compensation for indirect costs). Using a number of theoretical concepts developed by feminist economists and social theorists on paying for caring labour, the thesis found support for the contention that altruism (???love???) and carer pay (???money???) are not incompatible, and ambiguities and tensions for foster mothers around money and love can be resolved. Studies of countries where carers receive a wage component as part of their remuneration package provide insights into wage levels, perceived adequacy of the wage, and the impact of wages on carer recruitment/retention. The study found that, due to the profoundly gendered nature of fostering, the compensatory aspects of remuneration (fee/wage or salary) are generally poor. The implications for government welfare spending of paying Australian carers are discussed, and the savings to governments of using a volunteer workforce are demonstrated.

Project (D. Min.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 364-372).

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2008. / Title from file title page. Kathryn A. Kozaitis, committee chair; Emmanuela Guano, Cassandra White, committee members. Electronic text (113 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Aug. 5, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-113).