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Examining Outcomes When Volunteer Skill Sets Are Matched To Specific Volunteer Opportunities : A Study Of Volunteering Among Older Adults In South Korea, Jihyun Park

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The older volunteers have unique characteristics and are vastly different from previous generations (Einolf, 2008; The Urban Institute, 2007). They have overlooked and undervalued skills that agencies can tap for service to their community. Volunteer agency should develop strategy to managing the match between skills and volunteering. An efficient matching system will use vast skills accumulated through volunteer's history of employment. The purpose of this investigation is to determine whether planned "matching" of an older volunteer with an agency-based on the volunteer skill set results in greater volunteer satisfaction, commitment and role identity than when placement occurs without consideration of …