Resources

RESOURCES


RESOURCES: PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS

Author : Deborah Edwards
School/Work Place : University of Western Sydney, Australia
Contact : d.edwards@uws.edu.au
Year : 2004

This paper contributes to the debate by reporting on inital findings from a wider study of volunteers in museums and art museums that was designed to empirically explore volunteer motivation, expectations, values and commitment. The aim of the study was to expand the knowledge base regarding volunteer motivation to include a little researched area, museums and art museums, and to test existing motivational items. The study was conducted at three large cultural institutions located in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The the time of the study there was a total of 674 volunteers actively involved in the three institutions. All volunteers were mailed a self-complete questionnaire. A total of 344 useable responses were received realising a response rate of 51%. The survey was predominantly quantitative but provided opportunities for qualitative clarification of responses.


List of Articles
No. Subject Views Date
2 Think Tank XVIII Socially Inclusive Holidays with Sighted Guiding: Moti... file 1170 Jan 07, 2019

Key words: inclusive tourism, visual impairment, sighted guiding, motivation

Author: Kristof Tomej 

Year: 2018 

» Think Tank IV It's Mostly About Me: Reasons why Volunteers contribut... file 5414 Oct 13, 2013

This paper contributes to the debate by reporting on inital findings from a wider study of volunteers in museums and art museums that was designed to empirically explore volunteer motivation, expectations, values and commitment. The aim of t...

Author: Deborah Edwards 

Year: 2004 

AAA