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Voluntariado universitário - estudo de caso sobre o Grupo UAlg V+
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O voluntariado tem vindo a desempenhar um importante papel na coesão social e económica, enquanto gerador de capital social e promotor de uma solidariedade e cidadania ativa. Afirma-se, em última análise, como uma expressão cultural na qual se colocam os indivíduos em primeiro lugar, razão pela qual tem sido destacado por organizações supranacionais, da União Europeia à ONU, que defendem e promovem esta prática social.
Em Portugal, a importância e o reconhecimento do voluntariado tem vindo a crescer, registando-se, atualmente, um número bastante expressivo de instituições que têm apostado na qualificação e valorização dos voluntários. Uma etapa da vida na qual o voluntariado pode desempenhar especial importância, é no início da fase adulta, aquando da aquisição de formação académica ao nível do ensino superior. Pois, a promoção de atividades de voluntariado para estudantes universitários pode marcar a diferença no presente, mas potencialmente no futuro. E, pela importância que esta atividade pode assumir, esta investigação empírica estuda pela primeira vez o caso dos voluntários universitários que integram o Grupo de Voluntariado da Universidade do Algarve , o UAlg V+, criado em 2015 para fomentar e o otimizar as atividades de voluntariados em várias áreas dentro e fora dos muros da universidade, e com parcerias com outras instituições. Será sobre esse grupo que este trabalho se debruçará, procurando entender, por um lado, como funciona este serviço da UAlg V+ (e.g., composição, inscrição, acompanhamento, inserção em atividades de voluntariado, avaliação, evolução), por outro lado como os voluntários da UAlg V+ desenvolvem a sua atividade voluntária, importando para este quadro analítico o conceito de modelo da “Identidade do Papel Voluntário” (e.g., Callero, Howard, & Piliavin, 1987; Grube & Piliavin, 1996; Piliavin & Callero, 1991) e a análise das funções motivacionais atendidas pelo envolvimento em voluntariado (e.g., Clary & Snyner, 1991; Omoto & Snyder, 2000). Assim, recorreu-se a múltiplos instrumentos de recolha de dados, desde a entrevista ao questionário, passando pela análise documental que, depois de reunidos, foram submetidos a uma rigorosa análise seguindo as metodologias próprias da análise estatística (descritiva e inferencial) e de conteúdo.
Da análise realizada concluiu-se que é possível aplicar o modelo da teoria da identidade do papel voluntário a um grupo de voluntariado em contexto académico, com as devidas adaptações às suas características particulares, bem como a adequação da aplicação desse modelo para a voluntários de uma instituição de ensino superior.
O contributo mais importante deste estudo é constituir o primeiro realizado em voluntários portugueses, à data, onde se propôs e investigou o modelo da teoria do papel voluntário (Callero et al, 1987). Porém, face a uma amostra pouco representativa apresenta limitações (contudo, indicou ser possível aplicabilidade do modelo) e carece de estudos futuros com uma amostra significativa.
Volunteering has been playing an important role in social and economic cohesion as a generator of social capital and promoter of active solidarity and citizenship. It is ultimately affirmed as a cultural expression in which individuals are placed first, which is why it has been highlighted by supranational organisations, from the European Union to the UN, which defend and promote this social practice. In Portugal, the importance and recognition of volunteering has been growing, with a very significant number of institutions currently being registered in the qualification and valorisation of volunteers. A stage of life in which volunteering can play a special role is in the beginning of adulthood when acquiring higher education training. Therefore, the promotion and monitoring of volunteering activities for university students can make a difference in the present, but potentially in the future. And, because of the importance that this activity can assume, this empirical research studies for the first time the case of university volunteers who are part of the Volunteer Group of the University of the Algarve, the UAlg V+, created in 2015 to promote and optimize volunteering activities in various areas inside and outside the university walls, and with partnerships with other institutions. It is on this group that this work will focus, trying to understand, on the one hand, how this service of UAlg works (e.g., composition, inscription, monitoring, integrated in volunteering activities, evaluation, evolution), on the other hand, how UAlg volunteers develop their voluntary activity, importing into this analytical framework the concept of model of the "Role-person Merger" (e.g., Callero, Howard, & Piliavin, 1987; Grube & Piliavin, 1996; Piliavin & Callero, 1991) and the analysis of motivational functions assisted by involvement in volunteering (e.g., Clary & Snyner, 1991; Omoto & Snyder, 2000). Consequently, multiple data collection instruments were used, from the interview to the questionnaire, through the documentary analysis which, after being collected, were submitted to a rigorous analysis following the methodologies of statistical analysis (descriptive and inferential) and content. From the analysis performed it was concluded that it is possible to apply the model of Role-person Merger theory to a volunteer group, with appropriate adaptations to its particular characteristics, as well as the adequacy of the application of this model to the volunteers of a higher education institution. The most important contribution of this study is to constitute the first carried out in Portuguese volunteers, at the time, where the model of Role-person Merger theory was proposed and investigated (Callero et al, 1987). However, due to an unrepresentative sample, it has limitations (though even if the sample is representative, it indicated that it is possible to apply the model) and lacks future studies with a significant sample.
Volunteering has been playing an important role in social and economic cohesion as a generator of social capital and promoter of active solidarity and citizenship. It is ultimately affirmed as a cultural expression in which individuals are placed first, which is why it has been highlighted by supranational organisations, from the European Union to the UN, which defend and promote this social practice. In Portugal, the importance and recognition of volunteering has been growing, with a very significant number of institutions currently being registered in the qualification and valorisation of volunteers. A stage of life in which volunteering can play a special role is in the beginning of adulthood when acquiring higher education training. Therefore, the promotion and monitoring of volunteering activities for university students can make a difference in the present, but potentially in the future. And, because of the importance that this activity can assume, this empirical research studies for the first time the case of university volunteers who are part of the Volunteer Group of the University of the Algarve, the UAlg V+, created in 2015 to promote and optimize volunteering activities in various areas inside and outside the university walls, and with partnerships with other institutions. It is on this group that this work will focus, trying to understand, on the one hand, how this service of UAlg works (e.g., composition, inscription, monitoring, integrated in volunteering activities, evaluation, evolution), on the other hand, how UAlg volunteers develop their voluntary activity, importing into this analytical framework the concept of model of the "Role-person Merger" (e.g., Callero, Howard, & Piliavin, 1987; Grube & Piliavin, 1996; Piliavin & Callero, 1991) and the analysis of motivational functions assisted by involvement in volunteering (e.g., Clary & Snyner, 1991; Omoto & Snyder, 2000). Consequently, multiple data collection instruments were used, from the interview to the questionnaire, through the documentary analysis which, after being collected, were submitted to a rigorous analysis following the methodologies of statistical analysis (descriptive and inferential) and content. From the analysis performed it was concluded that it is possible to apply the model of Role-person Merger theory to a volunteer group, with appropriate adaptations to its particular characteristics, as well as the adequacy of the application of this model to the volunteers of a higher education institution. The most important contribution of this study is to constitute the first carried out in Portuguese volunteers, at the time, where the model of Role-person Merger theory was proposed and investigated (Callero et al, 1987). However, due to an unrepresentative sample, it has limitations (though even if the sample is representative, it indicated that it is possible to apply the model) and lacks future studies with a significant sample.
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Voluntariado Modelo da identidade do papel voluntário Ensino universitário Educação social