RT Article
T1 Religious Orientation and Motivations in a Sample of Italian Catholic Volunteers
JF Fieldwork in religion
VO 18
IS 1
SP 127
OP 149
A1 Acquadro Maran, Daniela
A1 Tirassa, Maurizio
LA English
PB Equinox
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1885911386
AB The aim of the research was to study motivations to volunteer, and their relationship with religious orientation in a sample of volunteers working in a Catholic organization. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 190 volunteers working in a Catholic organization based in a large city in northern Italy and devoted to ending poverty and situations of marginalization through the promotion of social justice. Of these, 160 (90 females, 70 males) agreed to participate. The main result was that all motivations, except Career, increased with the intrinsic religious orientation. The Social and Career functions increased with the extrinsic-social religious orientation. The Protective and Enhancement functions increased with all religious orientations. The result concerning gender differences showed that the creation of a social network through volunteering and the opportunities to create and maintain a positive relationship with others are more important to women than men. Managers could benefit from these findings to improve the recruitment and retaining of volunteers and to think strategically about the mission and the cultural/religious belief of the organization. The impact of two and a half years of Covid-19 policies, however, remains unclear.
K1 Catholic
K1 psychology of religion
K1 Gender Difference
K1 management of volunteer organizations
K1 Motivation
K1 Religious Orientation
K1 Volunteers
DO 10.1558/firn.25269