Older Volunteers: A Guide to Research and Practice

by Lucy Rose Fischer, Kay Bannister Schaffer, Lucy Rose Fischer

Book Overview

Recipient of the 1994 Staley/Robeson/Ryan/St. Lawrence Research Prize from the National Society of Fund Raising Executives What motivates people to do volunteer work? What are the most effective ways of maintaining commitment in volunteers? What problems are confronted in working with volunteers--especially older volunteers--and what are the solutions to these problems? How can organizations avoid exploiting older volunteers? Answering these and a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080395008X
• ISBN13: 9780803950085
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 272 Pages