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Encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help


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Uttam Singh, Surjit Singh and Md. Sail, Rahim and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Lumayag, Linda Alfarero (2005) Encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 13 (2). pp. 219-230. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534

Abstract

This paper is part empirical and part theoretical. It argues that for volunteerism to be a permanent feature in the society there must be a public policy that encourages, motivates and appreciates the value of volunteerism, and that it should be consciously acknowledged in the community. To be able to create this sense, a new developmental view on the contributive roles of the ageing population must be in place in the policy intervention. Malaysia, a rapidly industrializing country in the Asian region, must recognize the fact that a great number of willing and committed retirees could be tapped as potential volunteer workers for the continuing development of the broader community.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Institute for Community and Peace Studies
Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Keywords: Voluntary work; Retirees; Malaysia; Older women; Ageing; Participation; Ageing policy
Depositing User: Nur Izyan Mohd Zaki
Date Deposited: 26 Nov 2009 07:08
Last Modified: 14 Sep 2015 09:03
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3484
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