Encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help
This paper is part empirical and part theoretical. It argues that for volunteerism to be a permanent feature in the society there must be a public policy that encourages, motivates and appreciates the value of volunteerism, and that it should be consciously acknowledged in the community. To be able...
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Language: | English |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
2005
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3484/1/Encouraging_Voluntary_Work_Among_Public_Service_Retirees.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3484/ http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/view_archives.php?journal=JSSH-13-2-9 |
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Summary: | This paper is part empirical and part theoretical. It argues that for volunteerism to be a permanent feature in the society there must be a public policy that encourages, motivates and appreciates the value of volunteerism, and that it should be consciously acknowledged in the community. To be able to create this sense, a new developmental view on the contributive roles of the ageing
population must be in place in the policy intervention. Malaysia, a rapidly industrializing country in the Asian region, must recognize the fact that a great number of willing and committed retirees could be tapped as potential volunteer workers for the continuing development of the broader community. |
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