National Civil Service, Non-profit Organizations and Southern Italy: Some Reflections Starting from an Analysis of Volunteers' Motivation

Sergio Beraldo, S. Palumbo and Gilberto Turati ()

Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno, 2012, issue 3, 491-520

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to focus on the motivation differences between«real» volunteers and volunteers of the National Civil Service, by analyzing theanswers given by a sample of 732 volunteers being in Campania and Piedmont.The questionnaires were distributed from October 2008 to May 2009. Evidenceproves that, whereas «real» volunteers are led by an intrinsic motivation (idealmotive), choosing to join the National Civil Service is mainly led by extrinsicmotivations, that is by both the ambition to improve employment perspectivesand the compensation given by the Civil Service. Besides legislator's intents, theCivil Service is therefore largely seen as a pattern of active welfare, and not as ameans for organizing voluntary work. As to this aspect, there are not significantdifferences between Central-North and South Italy.

Keywords: Voluntary Work; Civil Service; Non-Profit Organization. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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