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HRPYC81 - RESEARCH REPORT - WHY DO PEOPLE DO VOLUNTEER WORK
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- University Of South Africa (Unisa)
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, Table of contentsAbstract 1
1. Introduction 2
2. Literature review 2-4
2.1 Defining volunteer work 2
2.2 Motivations for volunteer work 2
2.3 Voluntary work as motivated by altruism vs egoism 3
2.4 Benefits of voluntary work 4
3. Research Rationale 5
4. The aim of the research 6
5. Method 6-12
5.1 Research design 6
5.2 Participants 7
5.3 The interviews 8
5.4 Data analysis 9
5.5 Trustworthiness (reliability and validity) 11
5.6 Ethical considerations 12
6. Results: Discussion of themes 13-16
7. Conclusion 17
8. References 18
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What motivates people to do volunteer work?
Abstract
The aim of this study was to obtain an understanding of what motivates people to do
volunteer work. For this study a qualitative interpretive research approach was used.
Three volunteers were recruited by using non-probability sampling and semi-structured
interviews were conducted with the participants individually.1) Personal forces, 2)
External Factors and 3) Rewards; were the three main themes that was identified after
conducting a thematic analysis on the transcribed interviews. Results included both
intrinsic and extrinsic benefits. In line with findings in existing literature, results indicated
that various factors contribute to volunteer motivation, with the most dominant
motivating factor being the reward of seeing that the contribution of the participant elites
change in the organization where they volunteer.
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