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The Leisure and the Motive to Volunteer: Theories of Serious, Casual, and Project-Based Leisure. Theory and Research on Serious, Casual, and Project-Based Leisure.
Robert A. Stebbins
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Hardback. Num Pages: 88 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JHBS; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 267.
Volunteering and its nonprofit organizations have commonly been analyzed in economic terms, with volunteering being referred to as "unpaid (productive) work". This economic definition has been around far longer than that of volunteering conceived of as leisure, which is discussed as the volitional definition. By means of a lengthy literature review, this book sets out the theoretical and empirical contributions of the serious leisure perspective to understanding volunteer motivation. This second approach began more than 40 years ago. It answers the key motivational question of why people engage in unpaid productive work, laborious or not. Since in this conception payment ... Read more
Volunteering and its nonprofit organizations have commonly been analyzed in economic terms, with volunteering being referred to as "unpaid (productive) work". This economic definition has been around far longer than that of volunteering conceived of as leisure, which is discussed as the volitional definition. By means of a lengthy literature review, this book sets out the theoretical and empirical contributions of the serious leisure perspective to understanding volunteer motivation. This second approach began more than 40 years ago. It answers the key motivational question of why people engage in unpaid productive work, laborious or not. Since in this conception payment ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
Number of Pages
82
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137585165
SKU
V9781137585165
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99-15
About Robert A. Stebbins
Robert A. Stebbins is Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, Canada. His research and theoretic interests lie in work, leisure, and volunteering. His most recent books include Careers in Serious Leisure (Palgrave, 2014) and The Idea of Leisure (2012).
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