TY - BOOK AU - Musick,Marc A. AU - Wilson,John ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Volunteers: a social profile T2 - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies SN - 025334929X (cloth) AV - HN49.V64 M87 2008eb U1 - 302/.14 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Voluntarism KW - Volunteers KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [581]-632) and index; The importance of studying volunteering -- What is volunteering? -- Personality -- Motives -- Values, norms, and attitudes -- Socio-economic resources -- Time and health -- Gender -- Race -- The life course: the early stages -- The life course: the later stages -- Social resources -- Volunteer recruitment -- Schools and congregations -- Community, neighborhood, city, and region -- Cross-national differences -- Trends in volunteering -- Volunteer tasks -- The volunteer role -- Citizenship and prosocial behavior -- Occupation, income, and health -- Conclusion; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alfaisal/Doc?id=10212568 ER -