eprintid: 28677
rev_number: 13
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datestamp: 2020-07-27 13:41:58
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type: article
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creators_name: Ackermann, Kathrin
title: Predisposed to Volunteer? Personality Traits and Different Forms of Volunteering
subjects: ddc-320
divisions: i-180500
keywords: personality, Big Five, volunteering, online volunteering, moderating effects
note: Dieser Beitrag ist aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.

This publication is freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
abstract: In this article, we evaluate the psychological basis of different forms of volunteering. To date, our knowledge about the relationship between personality and volunteering as an important facet of the social fabric is limited. Applying the Five-Factor Model of Personality (Big Five), we scrutinize this relationship in a comprehensive manner. We consider formal and informal volunteering as well as online volunteering as a new form of social participation. Empirically, we analyze a representative population sample of Switzerland using logistic regression models. We find that extraversion is the most consistent driver of volunteering. The effects of the remaining traits differ across the forms of volunteering.  additional analyses indicate that situational factors may moderate these relationships.
date: 2019
publisher: Sage
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00028677
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764019848484
ppn_swb: 1726556557
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-286776
language: eng
bibsort: ACKERMANNKPREDISPOSE2019
full_text_status: public
publication: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
volume: 48
number: 6
place_of_pub: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London
pagerange: 1119-1142
issn: 0899-7640 (Druck-Ausg.); 1552-7395 (Online-Ausg.)
citation:   Ackermann, Kathrin  (2019) Predisposed to Volunteer? Personality Traits and Different Forms of Volunteering.  Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 48 (6).  pp. 1119-1142.  ISSN 0899-7640 (Druck-Ausg.); 1552-7395 (Online-Ausg.)     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/28677/1/10.1177_0899764019848484.pdf