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Thesis HMPYC 81 Research Report (HRPYC81) 2021 : What motivates people to do volunteer work?(Passed with distinction )

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A thesis investigating the reasons why people do volunteer work. It is focusing on both men and women who are over the age of 18 years. the following themes are included: motivation: intrinsic motivation volunteering: as a sense of belonging , emphatic joy or as acquiring a new skill. Includ...

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  • February 22, 2022
  • 27
  • 2021/2022
  • Thesis
  • Prof maria papaikonomou
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  • research report
  • motivation
  • volunteering
  • interviews
  • thematic analysis
  • data gathering
  • ethical considerations
  • literature review

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  • HMPYC 81 Research Report (HRPYC81)
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MODULE CODE: HRPYC81



RESEARCH REPORT: PROJECT 4809


ASSIGNMENT NUMBER: 638953


WHAT MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO DO
VOLUNTEER WORK?


STUDENT NUMBER: 61117145


OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2021




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,Table of Contents
PLAGIARISM DECLARATION: .................................................................................................................................. 2
Abstract ................................................................................................................................................................. 3
1.Introduction........................................................................................................................................................ 4
2.Research question .............................................................................................................................................. 4
3.Objectivity of the study ...................................................................................................................................... 4
4.Literature Review ............................................................................................................................................... 4
5.Aim and Rationale. ............................................................................................................................................. 9
6.Methodology .................................................................................................................................................... 10
6.1.Research design: ............................................................................................................................................ 10
6.2.Data collection method.................................................................................................................................. 10
6.2.1.Interviews ................................................................................................................................................... 10
6.2.2.List of questions asked: ............................................................................................................................... 11
6.3.Sampling ........................................................................................................................................................ 11
6.4.Participants. ................................................................................................................................................... 12
6.4.1.Brief description of each participant: .......................................................................................................... 12
6.5.Research setting ............................................................................................................................................ 13
7.Data analysis..................................................................................................................................................... 13
8.Trustworthiness (reliability and validity). ......................................................................................................... 16
9.Ethical Consideration ........................................................................................................................................ 16
9.1.Obtaining informed consent .......................................................................................................................... 17
9.2.Confidentiality ............................................................................................................................................... 17
9.3.Beneficence and non-maleficence ................................................................................................................. 17
10.RESULTS AND DISCUSSION .............................................................................................................................. 18
10.1.THEME ONE: MOTIVATION .......................................................................................................................... 18
10.1.1. Sub-theme 1: Intrinsic motivation ............................................................................................................ 18
10.2.Theme two: Volunteering ............................................................................................................................ 18
10.2.1.Sub-theme 1: Volunteering as a sense of belonging .................................................................................. 19
10.2.2.Sub-theme 2: volunteering as empathic joy .............................................................................................. 19
10.2.3.Sub-theme 3: volunteering as acquiring new skills .................................................................................... 19
11.Limitations and recommendations ................................................................................................................. 20
12.Time frame and budget................................................................................................................................... 20
13.Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................... 20
14.REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................... 22
15.APPENDIX A: CONSENT FORM .......................................................................................................................... 24
16. APPENDIX B: INFORMATION LETTER ................................................................................................................ 25

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,PLAGIARISM DECLARATION:

1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another person’s work
and pretending that it is one’s work.

2. I have used the American Psychology Association (APA) as the convention
of citation and referencing. Each significant contribution to, and quotation
in, this assignment from the work, or works of other people has been
attributed, cited and referenced.

3. This assignment is my own work.

4. I have not allowed and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as his or her own.

5. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment, or part of it is
wrong and that this assignment is my ow word.

Signed by: (student and date).




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, WHAT MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO DO VOLUNTEER WORK?

Abstract

The main purpose for this study is to investigate the reasons why people do volunteer
work. It will focus on both men and women who are over the age of 18 years. In this
case, only three participants were selected for the study. The main aim of the research
it is to find out the motivation behind a certain behaviour – volunteer work. Different
themes of motivation will be discussed and linked to the motivation of each participant.
The study will be a qualitative research study, using thematic analysis to analyse the
data. Individuals will be interviewed and the interview will be recorded and ethical
consideration will be adhered to. Participants will be giving their consent via cellphone
as interviews will be done via cellphone.

Key words: volunteer work, behaviour, motivation, 18 years, qualitative research,
thematic analysis




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