International Funding to Palestinian NGOs and Its Impact on Social Capital in the West Bank.
The researcher in this study tested the null hypothesis which is as follows: International funding of projects to Palestinian non-government organizations (NGOs) and social causes has strengthened the development of social capital in the West Bank. The study groups are paid and non-paid volunteers,...
| Publicado en: | Innovation Journal Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 1 - 30 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Innovation Journal
2013
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=91595947&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 91595947 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 17153816 6EWE jtl: Innovation Journal issn: 17153816 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2013 vid: 18 iid: 1 pid: 46463 pub: Innovation Journal artinfo: ui: 91595947 ppf: 1 ppct: 29 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 254KB tig: atl: International Funding to Palestinian NGOs and Its Impact on Social Capital in the West Bank. aug: au: Awad, Mohammad affil: Hebron University West Bank, Palestine su: Palestine Nongovernmental organizations Social capital Educational attainment Volunteer service Finance sug: subj: Nongovernmental organizations Social capital Educational attainment Volunteer service Palestine Finance keyword: NGO Social Capital Volunteerism NGO Social Capital Volunteerism ab: The researcher in this study tested the null hypothesis which is as follows: International funding of projects to Palestinian non-government organizations (NGOs) and social causes has strengthened the development of social capital in the West Bank. The study groups are paid and non-paid volunteers, and leaders of NGOs which were selected randomly. The researcher used two methods of data collection. First, a survey of 320 self-administered questionnaires was distributed to paid and non-paid volunteers, and 276 were completed and returned. The second instrument used was a focus group session attended by 21 leaders of NGOs in Palestine. The researcher found that both age and level of education for the participants are statistically significant with respect to volunteering in Palestine. People above thirty years of age are more likely to volunteer than those less than thirty. Also, people with higher levels of education, above high school, are more likely to volunteer. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|