Resource Dynamics In The Process Of Formal Voluntary Participation : A Case Study Offriends Of Nature, China
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Date
2010-09
Authors
Diao, Na
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Voluntary organisations have become increasingly visible players in social
transforming process of Chinese society. Every year, Chinese people from all walks of
life actively take part in activities of these organisations. They become life force of these
organizations. However, empirical research that examines the process in which
volunteers take part in activities of these organisations – the process of formal voluntary
participation - is less prevalent. In particular, understanding of insights and viewpoints
of Chinese volunteers who work in the voluntary organisations is still limited. Therefore,
knowledge of this topic is valuable for practitioners as well as for the social scientists.
This thesis reports on the study undertaken to elucidate the underlying dynamics
of the process of voluntary participation by employing a resource perspective. This
research attempts (1) to understand volunteers’ insights of the underling dynamics which
make the process of formal voluntary participation sustainable and dynamic; and (2) to
capture the indigenous concepts in the context of voluntary participation of Chinese
volunteers as they appeared in the case study of a Chinese voluntary organisation.
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Voluntarism