Withdrawal of formal volunteers: A new perspective on volunteerism

• Main Authors: Arroyo, Abbie Gimmel L., Tadena, John Levi A., Salivio, Leign Brian B., Formaran, Randy Gener C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10965
• Institution: De La Salle University

Volunteers have different motivations on why they engage and stay in doing volunteering acts and they also have different reasons for withdrawing from it. This study aims to present the reasons why people withdraw from their volunteering and show the impacts of their withdrawal from the volunteer work. The researchers interviewed five volunteers from different types of volunteer work (i.e. student volunteer, church volunteer, teacher and medical missions). Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data gathered from the interview. Exhaustion, organizational problems, individual growth, unavailability of volunteer opportunities, personal problems and difficulty in time management are the factors that lead volunteers to withdraw in this study. Volunteers' withdrawal had different impacts which are feelings of relief, increase in motivation, feelings of fulfillment and disheartenment. It was found in the study that there were no absolute withdrawal from the volunteers for they continue to seek for other opportunities despite the withdrawal from the volunteers for they continue to seek for other opportunities despite the withdrawal from their respective organizations.