Enhancing the National Benefit of Volunteers through Career Development in Community Organisations: A Case Study of Senior Volunteers

该项目旨在确定职业发展在提高志愿人员业绩和留住志愿人员方面的好处，特别关注高级志愿人员的需要。关于职业发展的研究在有偿劳动力中具有根本的重要性;在志愿人员发展这一具有经济重要性和平行的领域，几乎没有进行过调查。该项目将以首席调查员的初步研究为基础，开发和测试以职业发展理论为基础的研究工具。预期的成果将是：（a）通过职业匹配和发展，增进对组织内志愿人员需求的了解;（B）为希望发展和留住志愿人员的组织提供一个通用的“工具包”，特别是那些经验丰富和资历较深的志愿人员;（c）有利于整个社区，特别是志愿人员的身心健康。

This project aims to determine the benefits of career development in enhancing volunteer performance and volunteer retention, with particular attention to the needs of senior volunteers. Research concerning career development is fundamentally important in the paid workforce; little investigation has occurred in the economically important and parallel area of volunteer development. The project will build on preliminary research by the Chief Investigators by developing and testing a research instrument underpinned by career development theory. The anticipated outcomes will be (a) an improved understanding of volunteer needs within an organisation through career matching and development, (b) a generic "tool kit" for organisations wishing to develop and maintain volunteers, particularly their more experienced and senior ones and (c) a benefit to the emotional and physical well-being of the community in general and volunteers in particular.