Volunteers are also called volunteers, voluntary workers or volunteers. They are committed to contributing to social progress for free. Voluntary work refers to organized help and participation based on social public welfare responsibility. Its development can be traced back to World War II, when the rise of welfarism led to the collapse of government expenditure in various countries, and the development of voluntary work was to solve the overwhelming needs of society.
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Because the goal of volunteer participation is not to pursue results, volunteers cannot be manipulated by simple command and control. Therefore, different methods should be adopted to encourage volunteers to continue to devote themselves to service, and volunteer organizations can enhance the motivation of volunteers from three aspects.
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, human beings have five needs, and institutions can meet the five needs of volunteers in the service process, thus enhancing their motivation.
In addition, in this process, organizations can first understand the expectations of volunteers for services. When volunteers' expectations can be put into practice, volunteers will have greater motivation to continue serving. Finally, according to the learning theory, when providing services, specific behaviors are promoted or deleted through rewards and punishments, thus enhancing the motivation of volunteers.
Youth volunteer activities provide young people with an excellent opportunity to get in touch with social reality and truly understand and know the national conditions of China, which not only enriches their life experiences, but also enhances their perceptual knowledge.
Youth volunteer activities have enhanced young people's sense of social responsibility and played a positive role in improving social atmosphere and establishing professionalism.
Through volunteer service training and practical work, we have enhanced the spirit of cooperation, team spirit and awareness of helping vulnerable groups, so that they can learn to unite and cooperate and rely on team strength to complete tasks together.
By cultivating the skills and awareness of helping disabled spectators, Paralympic athletes or other vulnerable groups, they can learn to care about others, and extend to care about the whole society, learn to safeguard the interests of vulnerable groups, and extend to serve the interests of the whole society and people.
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