caa a22 4500 606152199 CHVBK 20210128100548.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-014-9450-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-014-9450-5 A Phenomenological Study of Volunteers' Experiences in a South African Waste Management Campaign [Elektronische Daten] [Sarah MacKenzie, Loni Baadjies, Mohamed Seedat] Following the literature that focuses on the psychosocial, cognitive and economic motivations for volunteerism, this article presents a phenomenological study of voluntary participation in a community-based waste management initiative involving a total of 24 participants. In line with phenomenology's accent on uncovering cognitive meanings and essential structures, data were collected by means of 12 individually semi-structured interviews and two focus group discussions. Common cognitive meaning units were identified, guiding an understanding of the essence and structure underlying the volunteer experience, beyond the focus on motives, functions and intentions of volunteer work, yielding insight into the unintended effects of volunteer action on the volunteers themselves and on the community they serve. The data were critically reviewed as a means of understanding the hidden dimensions of volunteerism as they seem to relate to individual and social agency and social transformation and the inherent challenges that such change can effect. From our analysis it appears that it would be valuable to conduct further detailed and larger studies examining the agentic nature of volunteerism in low-to middle-income contexts. International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2014 Volunteerism nationallicence Motives nationallicence Underlying structure nationallicence Social agency nationallicence MacKenzie Sarah Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa, 1087, 1820, Lenasia, South Africa aut Baadjies Loni Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa, 1087, 1820, Lenasia, South Africa aut Seedat Mohamed Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa, 1087, 1820, Lenasia, South Africa aut VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/3(2015-06-01), 756-776 0957-8765 26:3<756 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9450-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9450-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- MacKenzie Sarah Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa, 1087, 1820, Lenasia, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Baadjies Loni Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa, 1087, 1820, Lenasia, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Seedat Mohamed Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa, 1087, 1820, Lenasia, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/3(2015-06-01), 756-776 0957-8765 26:3<756 2015 26 11266