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THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERING IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES The Exploration of Intrinsic Motives and Social and Economic Benefits of Volunteering
DOCTORAL THESIS
Osjek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 2021. urn:nbn:hr:145:378467
Medić, Rino
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Doctoral studies

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Medić, R. (2021). THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERING IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES The Exploration of Intrinsic Motives and Social and Economic Benefits of Volunteering : DOCTORAL THESIS (Doctoral thesis). Osjek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:145:378467

Medić, Rino. "THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERING IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES The Exploration of Intrinsic Motives and Social and Economic Benefits of Volunteering : DOCTORAL THESIS." Doctoral thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 2021. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:145:378467

Medić, Rino. "THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERING IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES The Exploration of Intrinsic Motives and Social and Economic Benefits of Volunteering : DOCTORAL THESIS." Doctoral thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 2021. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:145:378467

Medić, R. (2021). 'THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERING IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES The Exploration of Intrinsic Motives and Social and Economic Benefits of Volunteering : DOCTORAL THESIS', Doctoral thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, accessed 13 January 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:145:378467

Medić R. THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERING IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES The Exploration of Intrinsic Motives and Social and Economic Benefits of Volunteering : DOCTORAL THESIS [Doctoral thesis]. Osjek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek; 2021 [cited 2025 January 13] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:145:378467

R. Medić, "THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERING IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES The Exploration of Intrinsic Motives and Social and Economic Benefits of Volunteering : DOCTORAL THESIS", Doctoral thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osjek, 2021. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:145:378467

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TitleTHE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERING IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES The Exploration of Intrinsic Motives and Social and Economic Benefits of Volunteering : DOCTORAL THESIS
Title (croatian)ULOGA VOLONTIRANJA U UDALJENIM ZAJEDNICAMA Istraživanje intrinzičnih motiva te socijalnih i ekonomskih koristi volontiranja : DOKTORSKA DISERTACIJA
AuthorRino Medić
MentorJulia Perić (komentor)
Committee memberMarina Stanić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberDavorka Vidović (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberZoran Sušanj (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
(Doctoral studies)
Osjek
Defense date and country2021-03-05, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		SOCIAL SCIENCES
Economics
Economics of Entrepreneurship
Universal decimal classification
(UDC)		658 - Business management, administration. Commercial organization
Abstract
Volunteer activities provide one effective way for remote communities to overcome the risks of their isolation. It offers psychological benefits to the people who are volunteering as well as social and economic benefits to the community and to those who receive the help. This dissertation explores evidence of intrinsic motivators for volunteering as well as the social and economic benefits from volunteering in two small Adriatic communities. The research employed rigorous qualitative methodology, including focus groups, one-on one interviews and direct observation. The seven intrinsic motivators are culture, altruism, meaning, social connection, progress, choice and competence. The two social benefits found are social capital and cultural amenities and the five economic benefits are jobs, food, housing, health care and education. Evidence demonstrated an annual cultural shift that occurs each year, from a collectivist nature in the winter to a more individualist culture in the summer. That shift has a major consequence on many aspects of life in these areas, including the helping behavior. Globalization and tourism seem to be eroding the culture of helping in these areas. This dissertation offers some recommendations about entrepreneurial activities that might reconcile the development of tourism with their collectivist culture, such as working together through clusters and cooperatives.
Abstract (croatian)
Volonterske aktivnosti omogućavaju udaljenim zajednicama da jednostavnije prevladaju probleme koje nosi izoliranost. Volonterstvo u tim zajednicama povećava razinu psiholoških, ekonomskih i društvenih koristi za korisnike volonterskih usluga, ali i za one koji volontiraju. Ova disertacija istražuje unutarnje motive za volontiranje, kao i društvene i ekonomske koristi od volontiranja u dvije male udaljene zajednice na Jadranu. Za potrebe istraživanja korištena je etnografija kao kvalitativna metodologija koja je uključivala fokus grupe, pojedinačne intervjue i izravno promatranje. U disertaciji su istraženi unutarnji motivi za volontiranje (kultura, altruizam, značenje, društvena povezanost, napredak, izbor i kompetencija), te društvene (socijalni kapital i kulturne pogodnosti) i ekonomske koristi od volontiranja (posao, hrana, stanovanje, zdravstvena zaštita i obrazovanje). Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali zanimljivi kulturni fenomen koji se događa svake godine - kolektivizam koji je većinom prisutan zimi se, tijekom ljetnog perioda, mijenja u individualizam što značajno utječe na razne aspekte života na ovim područjima, uključujući i kulturu pomaganja. Ovaj kulturni fenomen rezultat je rastuće globalizacije i fokusiranosti na turizam kao najznačajnijeg, a ponekad i jedinog izvora prihoda tamošnjim stanovnicima. Ova disertacija nudi i niz preporuka koje bi mogle pridonijeti prebacivanju fokusa s individualističke na kolektivističku kulturu tijekom ljetnih mjeseci, te time dovesti i do većeg značaja volontiranja u ovim malim udaljenim zajednicama.
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Keywords (croatian)
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:145:378467
Promotion2021
Study programmeTitle: International inter-university postgraduate interdisciplinary doctoral program ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIVENESS
Study programme type: university
Study level: postgraduate
Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica znanosti, područje društvenih znanosti, polje ekonomija (doktor/doktorica znanosti, područje društvenih znanosti, polje ekonomija)
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