Assignment 4

Assignment 4 : Interview Volunteers
Due Nov. 13.

Select a person who is currently volunteering.

Learn about the organization where your volunteer works. Ask about their roles, jobs.
Ask your volunteer the reasons why they volunteer.

Are the reasons why they continue to volunteer the same as the reasons that they decided to volunteer?
Do these reasons match any of the 6 functions Clary et al. identify
Have them complete the functions questionnaire. Give them their scores and see what they think about their scores and the functions. (Report means from the subscales).

Ask them about their satisfaction with the volunteer experience. Determine the extent to which their satisfaction is a function of the match or mismatch with the reasons they volunteer.

Write a 3 to 5 page summary of your interview. You will be graded based your ability to respond to the above points as well as the clarity that you understand the functions of volunteering and the implications of these functions.

Provide the name and contact information (phone & email, if available) for your volunteer and the name and contact information (phone and address, email if available) of the organization where the person volunteers. This will be used to verify the person as a current volunteer, if we feel we need to do this.

Scoring Key for scale. Calculate average scores on each of the subscales.

•Value expressive: 3,8,16,19,22

•Ego enhancement: 5, 13, 26, 27, 29

•Ego protective: 7, 9, 11, 20, 24

•Understanding: 12,14,18,25,30

•Social: 2,4,6,17,23

•Career: 1,10,15,21,28

Please indicate how important or accurate each of the following 30 possible reasons for volunteering are for you in doing volunteer work.

Circle a number for each reason that best represents your response where

1 = not at all important/accurate

and

7 = extremely important/accurate.

1. Volunteering can help me to get my foot in the door at a place where I would like to work.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2. My friends volunteer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
3. I am concerned about those less fortunate than myself.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
4. People I’m close to want me to volunteer.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
5. Volunteering makes me feel important.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
6. People I know share an interest in community service.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
7. No matter how bad I’ve been feeling, volunteering helps me to forget about it.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8. I am genuinely concerned about the particular group I am serving.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
9. By volunteering I feel less lonely.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
10. I can make new contacts that might help my business or career.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
11. Doing volunteer work relieves me of some of the guilt over being more fortunate than others.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
12. I can learn more about the cause for which I am working.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
13. Volunteering increases my self-esteem.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
14. Volunteering allows me to gain a new perspective on things.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15. Volunteering allows me to explore different career options.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
16. I feel compassion toward people in need.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
17. Others with whom I am close place a high value on community service.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
18. Volunteering lets me learn things through direct, hands on experience.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
19. I feel it is important to help others.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
20. Volunteering helps me work through my own personal problems.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
21. Volunteering will help me to success in my chosen profession.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
22. I can do something for a cause that is important to me.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
23. Volunteering is an important activity to the people I know best.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
24. Volunteering is a good escape from my own troubles.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
25. I can learn how to deal with a variety of people.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
26. Volunteering makes me feel needed.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
27. Volunteering makes me feel better about myself	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
28. Volunteering experience will look good on my resume.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
29. Volunteering is a way to make new friends/	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
30. I can explore my own strengths.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7