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Understanding Parks And Recreation Volunteers: A Functionalist Perspective

2000· article· en· W1965589123 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Kenneth E. Silverberg, Sheila J. Backman, Kenneth F. Backman

Bibliographic record

VenueLoisir et Société / Society and Leisure · 2000
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicNonprofit Sector and Volunteering
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsHumanitiesSociologyEthnologyPolitical scienceArt

Abstract

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image sizeRÉSUMÉSelon le bureau de recensement, 50 pour cent de la population adulte américaine fait du travail bénévole. Comme les bénévoles font partie intégrante de la population active, les responsables des services auxquels ils sont affectés cherchent à connaître leur motivation pour le travail. S’appuyant sur une approche fonctionnaliste du bénévolat, la présente étude vise à déterminer s’il existe un rapport entre le rôle du bénévole, le cadre de travail de ce dernier et le niveau de satisfaction au travail. À partir d’un échantillonage de bénévoles affectés aux services des parcs et des lieux de loisir, on examine le rapport entre le rôle du bénévole et des caractéristiques sociodémograhiques. L’étude montre que le rôle psychologique du bénévole varie selon le cadre de travail et selon des variables sociodémographiques précises. Elle suggère également que la satisfaction au travail résulte, en partie, de l’interaction entre le cadre du travail et la fonction psychologique de celui-ci.AbstractAccording to the Bureau of the Census, approximately 50% of American adults volunteer their time to serve the public good. As volunteers have become an integral part of public service provision, there has been an increased need for a greater understanding of volunteer motives on the part of the people who manage those volunteers. Using a functionalist perspective of volunteerism, this study assesses whether a relationship exists between volunteer function, volunteer job setting and volunteer job satisfaction and examines the relationship between volunteer function and sociodemographic characteristics among a sample of parks and recreation volunteers. Results of this study indicate that psychological functions of volunteers vary across volunteer job settings and by specific sociodemographic variables that would be expected to give rise to shared meanings. Results also suggest that volunteer job satisfaction is, in part, a result of the interaction of job setting and psychological function served by job setting.RÉSUMENSegún la oficina de censo, 50 por ciento de la población adulta en los Estados Unidos realiza trabajo benévolo. Como los benévolos forman parte integrante de la población activa, los responsables de los servicios a los cuales éstos son asignados tratan de comprender su motivación por el trabajo. Apoyándose en un enfoque funcionalista del voluntariado, el presente estudio tiene como objetivo determinar si existe una relación entre el papel del benévolo, condiciones de trabajo de éste y el nivel de satisfacción en el trabajo. A partir de un muestreo de benévolos designados en los servicios de los parques y en los sitios de diversión, se examina la relación entre el papel del benévolo y de las características sociodemográficas. El estudio muestra que el papel psicológico del benévolo varía según la condición de trabajo y según las variables sociodemográficas determinadas. El estudio sugiere igualmente que la satisfacción en el trabajo resulta, en parte, de la interaccón entre la condición de trabajo y la función psicológica de éste. Additional informationNotes on contributorsKenneth E. SilverbergKenneth E. SILVERBERG, Sheila J. BACKMAN and Kenneth F. BACKMANPour comprendre les bénévoles oeuvrant aux services des parcs et des lieux de loisir : une perspective fonctionnalisteKenneth E. SILVERBERG, Sheila J. BACKMAN, Kenneth F. BACKMANUnderstanding parks and recreation volunteers: a functionalist perspectiveKenneth E. SILVERBERG, Sheila J. BACKMAN y Kenneth F. BACKMANPara comprender los benévolos que trabajan al servicio de los parques y de los sitios de diversión : una perspectiva funcionalistaSheila J. BackmanKenneth E. SILVERBERG, Sheila J. BACKMAN and Kenneth F. BACKMANPour comprendre les bénévoles oeuvrant aux services des parcs et des lieux de loisir : une perspective fonctionnalisteKenneth E. SILVERBERG, Sheila J. BACKMAN, Kenneth F. BACKMANUnderstanding parks and recreation volunteers: a functionalist perspectiveKenneth E. SILVERBERG, Sheila J. BACKMAN y Kenneth F. BACKMANPara comprender los benévolos que trabajan al servicio de los parques y de los sitios de diversión : una perspectiva funcionalistaKenneth F. BackmanKenneth E. SILVERBERG, Sheila J. BACKMAN and Kenneth F. BACKMANPour comprendre les bénévoles oeuvrant aux services des parcs et des lieux de loisir : une perspective fonctionnalisteKenneth E. SILVERBERG, Sheila J. BACKMAN, Kenneth F. BACKMANUnderstanding parks and recreation volunteers: a functionalist perspectiveKenneth E. SILVERBERG, Sheila J. BACKMAN y Kenneth F. BACKMANPara comprender los benévolos que trabajan al servicio de los parques y de los sitios de diversión : una perspectiva funcionalista

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesInsufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Qualitative · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.674
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0010.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.074
GPT teacher head0.342
Teacher spread0.268 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.

Study designQualitative
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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