Volunteering for Refugees

The goal of collecting the Volunteering for Refugees data is to provide a database to answer questions that concern several aspects of volunteering for refugees. Combining open-ended and close-ended questions that are inspired on influential (volunteering) literature, the data elaborate, amongst others, on the relationship between the involved organization and their volunteers, in terms of appreciation, satisfaction and opportunities for development (e.g. Brudney & Meijs, 2009, 2013; Hager & Brudney, 2004; Hustinx, 2010). Next, volunteers are questioned about their motivation to volunteer (e.g. Clary et al., 1998; Schwartz et al., 2001) and whether they also perform other types of voluntary work (e.g. Hustinx et al., 2012). Moreover, volunteers receive questions about their satisfaction with field organizations and whether their (dis)satisfaction impacts their motivation to continue volunteering for refugees (e.g. Boezeman & Ellemers, 2007, 2009). Volunteers also receive questions about their political orientation and (un)conventional political participation (e.g. Eliasoph, 2013). Subsequently, aspects of the volunteers’ degree of human, social and cultural capital are asked (e.g. Wilson & Musick, 1997, 1998). Lastly, volunteers are asked what positive and negative aspects they encounter when volunteering for refugees.