Development through civic service
Development through civic service
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通过公民服务发展
DOI：
10.1177/146499340800900201
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
L. C. Taylor
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作者：
H. Frontani;L. C. Taylor
本研究通过考察加纳的国家服务计划，扩展了关于非洲公民服务发展的有限学术文献。和平队出版物、志愿者回忆录和档案研究被用来检查加纳国民服役计划和和平队的组织内学习情况。和平队和加纳的国民服役计划总体上达到了教育、跨文化理解和自我发展的目标，但由于组织对公众形象的关注高于一切，尽管个别志愿者提出了大量评论，但很少能增强爱国主义或加纳的国家发展。改进组织学习可以加强国家一级的方案评估和发展援助的有效性。
This study expands the limited academic literature on development through civic service in Africa by examining national service programmes in Ghana. Peace Corps publications, volunteer memoirs and archival research were used to examine intra-organizational learning in Ghana's national service programmes and the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps and Ghana's National Service Scheme have generally met educational, cross-cultural understanding and self-development objectives, but, due to overriding organizational concerns with public image, have rarely enhanced patriotism or Ghanaian national development, despite abundant comments from individual volunteers. Improved organizational learning could enhance programme assessment and the effectiveness of development assistance at the national level.