Sustaining Engagement and Commitment within Student Volunteering: Reasons for Volunteer Engagement Attrition and Possible Solutions

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My thanks go out to all who have helped me complete this study and with whom this project may have not been possible. In particular, my gratitude goes out to friends, facilitator and family for extensive and helpful comments on early drafts. I am also deeply indebted to the authors who have shared my interest and preceded me. Their works provided me with a host of information to learn from and build upon, also served as examples to emulate.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER 03: METHODOLOGY6

Overview of the Study6

Research Study6

Classification of research methods7

Multi-method studies8

Mixed-method studies8

Research Design8

Search Technique9

Literature Search9

Inclusion and exclusion criteria10

Reliability of sources11

Search terms - key terms12

Additional Online searches12

Search rationale12

Critical Appraisal tool13

Appraisal limitations13

Reliability/Dependability13

Validity14

Ethical Considerations14

CHAPTER 04: FINDINGS15

Number of student Volunteers15

Questionnaire responses17

Interview Questions Analysis28

Summary37

CHAPTER 05: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS38

The role of performance management39

CHAPTER 06: RECOMMENDATION41

Diversifying Volunteer Activities for Student People to Join Their Interests41

Promote the Socialisation of Student People through Volunteering41

Develop a Theoretical Framework on the Issue of Youth Volunteering41

Provide Guidance of Student People Who Volunteer42

Foster Promoting Volunteerism42

CHAPTER 07: CONCLUSION43

Implications for theory and practice44

REFERENCES46

APPENDIX49

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS49

CHAPTER 03: METHODOLOGY

Overview of the Study

Effective volunteering, often called the glue, that holds our civil society together, is often determined by good recruitment and retention practices Understanding satisfaction is relevant to virtually all aspects of the volunteer experience, especially recruiting and retaining volunteers. Data collection was performed by different methods from several sources to allow a broader understanding and more deep objects studied. The research aims to measure the sustaining engagement and commitment within student volunteering. It also aims to find the reasons for volunteer engagement attrition and solutions which are possible to it. The overarching research question for this study was: What factors have influenced student volunteers to joining, staying and leaving organizations? How can organizations that take on student volunteers consistently keep them engaged and committed throughout their tenure?

Research Study

This research is founded on the secondary data. The research encompasses the publications, articles and similar studies accessible on the Internet. Keeping in view the approach taken in earlier studies the research began with a broad analysis of the existing literature. The findings & conclusions are based on the secondary data. The methodology used for the purpose of this research is based on the secondary data. This research is more or less based on the literature review & the conclusions are drawn on the basis of actual resources listed in the references. The research approach used is qualitative.

Qualitative research is much more subjective than quantitative research and uses very different methods of collecting information which could be both primary and secondary. As already mentioned this study chooses the secondary method. The nature of this type of research ...