The last three decades have seen a significant change in the research relationships between researchers and communities, and between universities and communities, around the emergence of community-based research (CBR). CBR in Canada can draw on its long tradition in participatory action research and Indigenous research from the late 1960s and early 1970s (Hall 2005). This research found new life with the creation in 1998 of the Community University Research Alliance (CURA) grant by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) partnership grants and similar grant models by other funders. Social science research is quickly moving toward community-based research models of engagement.
The management of volunteers – What can human resources do? A review and research agenda
There is an increasing interest from scholars and practitioners in understanding how non-profit organizations can design and implement human resources (HR) practices to enhance desirable volunteer attitudes and behaviors. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of existing studies on the relationship between HR practices and volunteering outcomes. We use the ability-motivation-opportunity model as a guiding…