dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Bos, Lute | |
dc.contributor.author | Poppel, Thomas van | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-22T00:01:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-07-22T00:01:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/44247 | |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction: More refugees are crossing Dutch borders, with civil society accommodating their
integration process. Volunteers are of increased importance in our contemporary society. Literature
suggests people’s obtained resources determine their voluntary participation, but insights on
volunteering for refugee focused organizations still lack. Objective: Researchers have investigated
determinants in doing voluntary work, and now it is important to better understand which aspects
determine the likelihood to volunteer for refugee focused organizations. This study investigates ‘who’
these volunteers are. Theory: Human capital, social capital and cultural capital were used to understand
the effects of education, social contact frequency and religiosity on the likelihood to volunteer.
Additionally, socialization and social learning theory were applied to understand gender differences in
the effect on volunteering. Method: Data from the LISS panel 2022 were used to answer the
propositions, executing a binary logistic regression to understand the effect of education, social contact
frequency and religiosity on the likelihood to volunteer. Results: Volunteering behavior was affected
by educational level and religiosity, making human and cultural capital important mechanisms. Social
contact frequency does not affect volunteering. Neither education, social contact or religiosity showed
gender difference. Conclusion and implications: Higher education associates with higher odds in
volunteering, through the contribution of cognitive competence, social status and social awareness.
Religiosity influences volunteering due to altruistic and caring values religious people comply with. In
attracting fitting volunteers, awareness should be created in higher educational, and more religious
contexts. To reach the lower educated, the acquisition and awareness should be targeted to intermediate
vocational education level. Academie van de Stad could carry this out, but municipalities have a role in
facilitating a framework for the acquisition of volunteers at lower educational levels. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.subject | Incoming refugee streams are getting larger and the pressure on civil society increases. This study focusses on finding the key aspects that determine who is more likelihood to volunteer, specifically for refugee focussed organisations. It gives insights into which aspects within human, social and cultural capital best indicate who volunteers, and who does not. | |
dc.title | Who volunteers? A study on the determinants of volunteering for refugee focused civil organizations, and
gender differences within these determinants | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | integration; refugees; volunteering; human capital; social capital; cultural capital | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Sociology: Contemporary Social Problems | |
dc.thesis.id | 19786 | |