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标题：Understanding Factors of Involvement and Motives of Youth in Volunteerism
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作者：Siti Anura Rais ; Denise Koh Choon Lian ; Yasmin Yaccob 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2021
卷号：11
期号：12
页码：34-43
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i12/11752
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：Volunteering is a transformative learning activity that involves the contribution of manpower and intellectual support to the community and humanities projects. The objective of the study is to examine the level of involvement and motives for youth participation in volunteer activities. This study uses a quantitative approach with a descriptive design through a questionnaire. A survey was developed using Volunteers Function Inventory (VIF) instrument to assess motivational function towards volunteers. Sampling studies involved 200 respondents aged between 16 to 30 years. The motivational factors of volunteer involvement, namely, value function, understanding function, career function, social function, protection function, and improvement function have been identified as contributing elements to youth involvement in volunteer activities. The findings showed that 76.5% of youths had volunteered to participate in the volunteering activities. 73.2% of the respondents had the desire to join volunteering activities again. The study indicated that the highest motive of youth involvement in activities volunteerism is an understanding function (M=28.12; SD=4.18). Finally, most volunteers had gained and sustain knowledge, skills, and abilities in volunteering activities. This study has important implications for the theoretical, practical, and policy towards the involvement of youth in a volunteering program in Malaysia.