Measuring Volunteering Empowerment and Competence in Shanghai

Abstract

This study examines volunteering empowerment in relation to volunteering competence and self-efficacy. It identifies managing, upgrading, decision making, and confronting as the components of volunteering empowerment. Data used in the study came from a survey of 449 volunteers originating from Shanghai, China. Subgroup analyses indicated the generalizability of the measures.

Keywords:

• competence
• empowerment
• volunteering
• volunteering competence
• volunteering empowerment

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