Abstract
As an expanding social phenomenon, volunteering has been recognized for its potential for developing citizenship by providing opportunities for participation and social innovation, supporting public and private actions aimed at collective well-being. This study aims to analyze the relationship between volunteering and citizenship through motivations, as they help to understand what drives human behavior toward a direction. Through quantitative research, descriptive statistical techniques were used to differentiate citizen behavior from volunteers and non-volunteers, as well as structural equation modeling to relate research constructs. The results indicate an overlap of citizen behavior of volunteers over non-volunteers, as well as a positive relationship between the motivation model and attitudes towards social, political and civil rights, contributing to the understanding of these fundamental constructs for the Third Sector.
Highlights
In specialized literature, there is a particular understanding that a positive link exists between volunteering and volunteering organizations with citizenship (Brown, 1999; Reed & Selbee, 2001; Wilson & Musick, 2008)
We used a survey as a research strategy, through the use of two questionnaires as research instruments: the citizenship scale that was adapted from Citizen Audit and applied with volunteers (N = 145) and non-volunteers (N = 175) to perform comparisons of citizen attitudes from the perspective of Marshall Theory (1967); and the motivation scale for volunteer work, developed by Cavalcante (2012), to perform the modeling of structural equations between the motivation and citizenship constructs, which was applied only to volunteers
The second brings the structural model with the pieces of evidence of the relationship between voluntary motivations and citizenship
Summary
There is a particular understanding that a positive link exists between volunteering and volunteering organizations with citizenship (Brown, 1999; Reed & Selbee, 2001; Wilson & Musick, 2008). In this paper we propose to analyze the existence of relationships between voluntary motivation and its possible impacts on citizenship. The guideline is to find empirical evidence that volunteering is capable of stimulating citizenship, and more: volunteering motivation type influences the way citizenship is exercised. The analysis suggests the existence of relationships between voluntary motivation and its possible impacts on citizenship. This study finds resonance in the academic discussions that reinforce volunteering positively affecting citizenship attitudes, a fundamental attribute for the promotion and development of societies
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