Predicting Volunteer Commitment in Environmental Stewardship Programmes

By R. Ryan, R. Kaplan, R. Grese. 2001

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Subfields: Demography, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Turnover and Retention among Volunteers in Human Service Agencies (2003, background): “Ryan, Kaplan, and Grese (2001) found that whereas the volunteers in their study initially volunteered to help or learn more about the environment, they continued to volunteer to (a) meet new people (hygiene factor) and (b) become involved in project management, which included being well organized,…”
Assessing Environmental Stewardship Motivation (2011, background): “However, measuring motives that drive environ mental action is clearly more conceptually complex, and in an innovative study, Ryan et al. (2001) derived 16 questions from the literature and their earlier research data to describe what motivates longevity in volunteerism.”
Conservation Volunteers' Connection to Nature (2009, positive): “Researchers have found that benefi ting the environment is an important motivator for conservation volunteers ( Still & Gerhold, 1997 ; Miles, Sullivan, & Kuo, 1998 ; Haas, 2000 ; Schroeder, 2000 ; Ryan et al., 2001 ; Bruyere & Rappe, 2007 ; Fraser, Clayton, Sickler, & Taylor, 2009 ).”
Humans and Nature: How Knowing and Experiencing Nature Affect Well-Being (2013, background): “For example, being active in restoration efforts increased attachment to local natural places (148), and community gardeners are anecdotally shown to be more connected to place (149).”
Generation green: understanding the motivations and mechanisms influencing young adults' environmental volunteering (2011, background): “In fact, the motivations driving individuals to volunteer can, and often do, change over time (Snyder & Omoto, 1992; Omoto & Snyder, 1995; Winniford et al., 1995; Ryan et al., 2001; Liarakou et al., 2011).”
Identifying the motivations of environmental volunteers (2007, methodology): “Ryan et al. (2001) identified a ‘reflection’ factor and Clary et al. (1996) identified a ‘protective’ factor, and both were only marginally represented in the conclusions of this study, in this study’s ‘values and esteem’ factor.”
Sense of place in environmental education (2012, background): “In another project supporting this idea, Ryan, Kaplan, and Grese ( 2001 ) surveyed 148 adult long-term environmental volunteers in Michigan and found that involvement in restoration activities strengthened participants’ attachment towards local natural areas.”
Environmental identity, pro-environmental behaviors, and civic engagement of volunteer stewards in Portland area parks (2015, background): “Volunteers’ contributions may contribute to developing a constituency for environmental protection and enhanced civic engagement among volunteers (Ryan, Kaplan, and Grese 2001).”
Will Farmers Trade Profits for Stewardship? Heterogeneous Motivations for Farm Practice Selection (2008, background): “Ryan, Kaplan, and Grese (2001) show that volunteers for environmental stewardship programs are motivated by the idea of helping the environment and learning, while social factors and project organization affected the commitment of the volunteers.”