An Exploration of the Factors Contributing to Volunteering with Refugees
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2020-07-05
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Volunteers for refugee organizations are scarce. This paper aimed at identifying drivers for
volunteering with refugees (Study 1) and at testing effective strategies to encourage people to
volunteer for refugees (Study 2). In Study 1, 86 participants filled in questionnaires measuring
the variables of a theoretical process model online. Results revealed that self-refugee
interchangeability, benevolence values, and self-enhancement were significant predictors of
the intention to volunteer for refugees. Symbolic threat was a marginally significant predictor.
In Study 2, 85 Dutch citizens were randomly divided into three conditions: (1) increased, (2)
decreased symbolic threat, or (3) control. After reading the manipulation text self-rated
symbolic threat, intention, behaviour and ethnic identification were measured. Manipulating
symbolic threat did not affect the intention or behaviour to volunteer for refugees, nor was
ethnic identification a moderator. Future research should investigate whether interventions
targeting values, self-enhancement, or self-refugee interchangeability are effective for
recruiting volunteers for refugees
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen