From: Motivation of emergency medical services volunteers: a study of organized Good Samaritans
1. Volunteering can help me to get my foot in the door at a place where I would like to work. | |
2. My friends volunteer. | |
3. I am concerned about those less fortunate than myself. | |
4. People I’m close to want me to volunteer. | |
5. Volunteering makes me feel important. | |
6. People I know share an interest in community service. | |
7. No matter how bad I’ve been feeling, volunteering helps me to forget about it. | |
8. I am genuinely concerned about the particular group I am serving. | |
9. By volunteering I feel less lonely. | |
10. I can make new contacts that might help my business or career. | |
11. Doing volunteer work relieves me of some of the guilt over being more fortunate than others. | |
12. I can learn more about the cause for which I am working. | |
13. Volunteering increases my self-esteem. | |
14. Volunteering allows me to gain a new perspective on things. | |
15. Volunteering allows me to explore different career options. | |
16. I feel compassion toward people in need. | |
17. Others with whom I am close place a high value on community service | |
18. Volunteering lets me learn things through direct, hands-on experience. | |
19. I feel it is important to help others. | |
20. Volunteering helps me work through my own personal problems. | |
21. Volunteering will help me to succeed in my chosen profession. | |
22. I can do something for a cause that is important to me. | |
23. Volunteering is an important activity to the people I know best. | |
24. Volunteering is a good escape from my own troubles. | |
25. I can learn how to deal with a variety of people. | |
26. Volunteering makes me feel needed. | |
27: Volunteering makes me feel better about myself. | |
28. Volunteering experience will look good on my resume | |
29. Volunteering is a way to make new friends | |
30. I can explore my own strengths. |