Despite unprecedented recent expansion of international volunteering and service (IVS),
there has been relatively little research on impacts. This paper proposes a conceptual model …

International volunteer service has close historical and contemporary linkages with the
social work profession. However, knowledge of international service continues to lag behind …

Although international volunteer sending organizations vary greatly, nearly all claim that
volunteering will increase intercultural competence. Various theories of intercultural learning …

Previous research suggests that international volunteer service may have both positive and
negative effects on host organizations. Applying a capacity-building perspective, this study …

Learning/volunteer abroad programmes provide opportunities for cross-cultural
understanding, partnership-building, and cooperative development, but there are also …

This study examines how different types of international volunteering influence common
program outcomes such as building organizational capacity, developing international …

International service by students is gaining greater attention at colleges and universities
around the world. Some research has examined the effects of international service for …

Although international volunteer service is growing in prevalence worldwide, there is little
rigorous research about its impacts. This quasi-experimental study assesses the perceived …

Approximately one million people from the United States perform international volunteer
service each year, representing a significant flow of ideas, people, resources, and aid across …

While most MNE activity in Asia and the Pacific focuses on rapidly developing and newly
industrialized economies, multinational NGOs have for decades provided important …