Students' Involvement in Social Volunteering

Abstract

Understanding the motivation behind getting involved in voluntary activities has been the topic of several studies conducted in countries with traditions in this field and not only. The purpose of this paper is to present some relevant aspects of volunteers' motivations and the advantages of volunteering as they are described in the scholarly literature. It also includes a good practice example, along with the results of a qualitative study carried out among volunteer students of the Faculty of Social-Humanistic Sciences of The University of Oradea. The results of the study confirm and complete the information found in scholarly literature. The subjects of the study stated that altruism, self-satisfaction, and the need for involvement, as well as professional development, the experience acquired, and the results of their work/the progress of the beneficiaries, are only some of the internal and external motives behind the decision of getting involved.