Palestinian university students’ attitudes towards voluntary work in the light of some variables

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the Palestinian university students’ attitudes
towards voluntary work in the light of some variables.The researcher used
the analytical descriptive approach.The population of study consisted of all
students at the Palestinian universities and the study sample was 309 students.
The questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection.The study revealed
the following results: The average degree of overall responses to all areas of
the questionnaire was (1.97) , with a percentage weight of (38.82) The total
relative weight area volunteer areas in which university students wishing to
participate (44.63%) , followed by the degree of the university young volunteer
work relative weight (37.20%) , and finally the benefits expected by the
university the young man as a result of their participation in volunteer work
relative weight (34.15%) .There were no statistically significant differences at
the level (a ≤ 0.05) between the mean of the study sample attitudes towards
volunteer work related to gender, major and university in the total score of
the questionnaire
In the light of these findings, the study recommended the
following:
1. The necessity of activating the role of community institutions to improve
the quality of volunteer work.
2. Highlighting the role of universities in enriching the culture of volunteer
work through study programs.