자원봉사동기의 잠재프로파일 유형 및 역할정체성, 사회적 신뢰의 차이

Abstract

This study analyzed the latent profiles depending on the volunteer motivation and examined the characteristics of each profiles. In addition, this study is aimed at investigating the differences in the role identity of volunteer and social trust according to each latent class. At the same time, This study introduced the concept of transformative volunteerism that aims to change social change by overcoming the concept of functionalist volunteer motivation, which is mostly cited in existing previous studies, and combining social services and social change. The data were collected through online surveys for volunteers from 245 volunteer centers nationwide, and the final 852 copies were used as an analysis data. The results of this study revealed that there were four latent profiles amongst volunteers, distinguished by their volunteer motivation levels; a low motivation, knowledge understanding type group(6.5%), a high motivation, mixed type group(20.2%), an middle-level motivation level, average type group(39.5%) and a high motivation, balanced type group(33.8%). In addition, it was verified about the characteristics of volunteer motivation profiles and statistically significant difference in an volunteer’s role identity and social trust according to the pattern of volunteer’s motivations. Based on these findings, the study discusses practical implications that can promote the motivation of volunteers in Korea.