New Acquisitions - Voluntarism

This bibliography includes works on all aspects of voluntarism, including administration and management of volunteer programs.

Butrica, Barbara A.; Johnson, Richard W.; Zedlewski, Sheila R. Retaining older volunteers is key to meeting future volunteer needs. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 2007. 6 p. Subject file: 468
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The study analyzes data from the Health and Retirement Study to explore why older Americans begin and end their formal volunteer activities.

Marshall, Samantha. "Digging ditches is so last year: overseas volunteers now provide business expertise." Crain's New York Business, vol. 24 (7 April 2008): p. 35-6. Subject file: 553

The newest trend in corporate volunteerism is to send executives abroad to donate professional expertise. Such programs are often labeled "corporate responsibility fellowships." Ernst & Young, Pfizer, Accenture, and PricewaterhouseCoopers are among the blue-chip companies that are initiating the programs for select employees.

Tang, Fengyan. "Socioeconomic disparities in voluntary organization involvement among older adults." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, vol. v. 37, n. 1 (March 2008): p. 57-75.

Explores the effects of income and education on the voluntary activities of older adults, based on survey data from Americans' Changing Lives.

Thompson, Maureen E. "Keep it simple." Associations Now, vol. 4 (April 2008): p. 41-5.

Identifies strategies that associations can use to help their volunteers feel engaged and satisfied in their work, such as providing short, ad hoc volunteer assignments and offering volunteers meaningful tasks over busy work. The author argues that building greater volunteer satisfaction will provide one's organization with enthusiastic repeat volunteers.

Woodill, Jennifer. "Volunteer management: once more with meaning." Nonprofit Quarterly, vol. 15 (Spring 2008): p. 74-7.

The author expresses doubts about applying regimented "best practices" to volunteer management, which stress efficiency, resource development, and control. She asserts that such methods commodify and alienate volunteers, and proposes an alternative approach emphasizing social inclusion and community development.