Matching expectations for successful university student volunteering (2017)

01/03/2017

University student volunteering has the potential to fail to meet the expectations of at least one of the parties to the relationship when the expectations of the parties are not clearly articulated. Universities operating volunteer programmes have an important role in facilitating expectation formation and matching, minimising the chances of mismatched expectations.

Published

Education + Training, Vol. 59 No. 2, 2017 pp. 122-134 © Emerald Publishing Limited 0040-0912 DOI 10.1108/ET-03-2016-0052

Available on Emerald Insight at: www.emeraldinsight.com/0040-0912.htm

Authors

Megan Paull, Centre for Responsible Citizenship and Sustainability, School of Business and Governance, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

Maryam Omari, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia

Judith MacCallum, School of Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

Susan Young. School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

Gabrielle Walker, School of Management and Governance, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

Kirsten Holmes, School of Marketing, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Rowena Scott, College of Science, Engineering and Health, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

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