caa a22 4500 475829743 CHVBK 20180406123838.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1008903032393 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1008903032393 Public Perception of "Who is a Volunteer": An Examination of the Net-Cost Approach from a Cross-Cultural Perspective [Elektronische Daten] [Femida Handy, Ram Cnaan, Jeffrey Brudney, Ugo Ascoli, Lucas Meijs, Shree Ranade] Our aim is to enhance the knowledge regarding how the public assess and rate volunteerism. We begin by first developing the model for understanding the potential use of the net-cost concept in eliciting the public's subjective perceptions on the extent to which certain activities are perceived as volunteerism. Four hypotheses relevant to the use of the net-cost concept are developed. We developed a questionnaire consisting of 50 case scenarios and applied it in Canada, India, Italy, Netherlands, and Georgia and Philadelphia in the United States, each with a sample of 450 adults or more. With one exception, our net-cost hypotheses are supported, suggesting that the public perception of volunteering is strongly linked with the costs and benefits that accrue to the individual from the volunteering activity, and that this result holds true across different cultures. Finally, we suggest directions for future research that can shed further light on the relationship between net cost and public good. International Society for Third-Sector Research, 2000 volunteerism nationallicence public perception nationallicence net cost nationallicence cross-cultural nationallicence Handy Femida York University, Toronto, Canada aut Cnaan Ram University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut Brudney Jeffrey University of Georgia, Athens, GA aut Ascoli Ugo University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy aut Meijs Lucas Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut Ranade Shree Marketing and Market Research Consultants, India aut Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 11/1(2000-03-01), 45-65 0957-8765 11:1<45 2000 11 11266 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008903032393 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008903032393 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Handy Femida York University, Toronto, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cnaan Ram University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brudney Jeffrey University of Georgia, Athens, GA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ascoli Ugo University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meijs Lucas Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ranade Shree Marketing and Market Research Consultants, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 11/1(2000-03-01), 45-65 0957-8765 11:1<45 2000 11 11266 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer