Abstract
In social science and economics it is a widely held notion that volunteers not only contribute goods and services to others but also benefit themselves. Indeed, it is frequently assumed that people would not contribute goods and services to others unless they somehow benefited or profited from the exchange (Musick and Wilson, 2008; Smith and Wang, 2016). While social scientists typically consider the personal benefits of volunteering as being unintended consequences of action initially guided by other motives, economists frequently assume that the expectation of benefits is an important part of peoples motives for volunteering (Andreoni, 1990). While there is...
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Titel | Researching Voluntary Action : Innovations and Challenges |
Redaktører | Jon Dean, Eddy Hogg |
Antal sider | 11 |
Forlag | Policy Press |
Publikationsdato | 1 jan. 2022 |
Udgave | 1 |
Sider | 135-145 |
Kapitel | 12 |
ISBN (Trykt) | 978-14473-5668-4 |
ISBN (Elektronisk) | 978-1-4473-5670-7 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 1 jan. 2022 |