A Research on Volunteers Participative Motivation, Learning Satisfaction and Work Involvement - An Example of National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute

• Main Authors: Lo,Yin-Tsai, 羅銀彩
• Other Authors: Chen, Tsung-Chien
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/se8g6x

碩士 === 南開科技大學 === 福祉科技與服務管理所 === 103 === 2001 was “International Year of Volunteer”. Meanwhile, our country promulgated “Act of Volunteer Service” on January 20 in the same year, which set up a new milestone for volunteer work in Taiwan. Currently, there have been more than one million volunteer workers throughout the island. Whether in the field of social welfare or in public affairs, volunteer service is getting even more important. In this study, a questionnaire survey was used, and the research subjects were volunteer workers in National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute （NTCRDI）. The aim of the study is to inquire their personal qualities, motivation for service participation, and learning satisfaction in relation to their involvement in volunteer service. This practice is to provide references for relevant units when they’re in need of human resources in volunteer service. 255 copies of questionnaires are distributed with 238 valid questionnaires being collected. After the analysis from SPSS 17.0, the results are as follows. (1) 64.3% of NTCRI volunteer workers are mid-high aged people between 45-65 years old; they are the main force that are extremely valuable groups in volunteer service. (2) The injection into volunteer work was positively correlated with variables of personal traits; health condition is the most influential factor. (3) Regarding the participatory intention for volunteer service, the “self- directing tendency” to enrich knowledge of handicraft is the most prevailing. (4) As to learning satisfaction of volunteer service, the volunteers have the strongest recognition with “learning contents”. (5) The keys to promote work injection of volunteer workers are their health conditions, diverse volunteer service experiences, strong self-motivation, well-designed learning courses, and the acquisition of service skills. In order to encourage them to continue contributing to volunteer work, it is recommended that NTCRDI should focus on improving the training courses. This main point may stimulate their learning interests, from which the "learning by doing" skill can be achieved. The service-learning spirit will enable them to work in a happy and virtuous cycle. In this way, sublimation and fulfilment obtained from voluntary life will ultimately be helpful in attaining a successful aging process. Keywords: Volunteer service, Service learning, Successful aging