School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5817-1273.
J Emerg Manag. 2024 Jan-Feb;22(1):53-70. doi: 10.5055/jem.0792.
This study examined gender differences in commitment to volunteering and its explanatory variables among Israeli volunteers in the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Commitment to volunteering was assessed based on tendency to continue volunteering over time, expected intensity of volunteering, and tendency to recommend volunteering to others. The sample included 173 men and 331 women. The social-structural and psychological approaches formed the theoretical basis for explaining commitment to volunteering. Data processing was conducted through path analysis. For both genders, routine volunteering explained commitment to volunteering over time. Instrumental motives for volunteering were stronger for men than for women. A positive correlation was found for both genders between the level of anxiety and motive to escape from reality through volunteering. For women, fear of contracting the coronavirus correlated negatively with expected intensity of volunteering. Recommendations are made to volunteer organizations to adopt a gender-sensitive approach when managing volunteers in an emergency.
这项研究考察了在 2019 年冠状病毒病大流行第一波期间，以色列志愿者中志愿服务承诺及其解释变量的性别差异。志愿服务承诺是基于随着时间的推移继续志愿服务的倾向、预期的志愿服务强度以及向他人推荐志愿服务的倾向来评估的。样本包括 173 名男性和 331 名女性。社会结构和心理方法为解释志愿服务承诺提供了理论基础。数据处理通过路径分析进行。对于男性和女性来说，常规志愿服务都可以解释随着时间的推移对志愿服务的承诺。男性比女性更具有志愿服务的工具性动机。对于两种性别，焦虑程度与通过志愿服务逃避现实的动机之间呈正相关关系。对于女性，对感染冠状病毒的恐惧与预期的志愿服务强度呈负相关关系。建议志愿者组织在紧急情况下管理志愿者时采取性别敏感的方法。
