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Affordances and Motivations of Guide Dog Puppy Raisers: Reasons for Starting, Continuing, and Quitting Volunteering

dc.contributor.authorPietrowiak, Kamil
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-12T09:58:42Z
dc.date.available2026-03-12T09:58:42Z
dc.date.issued2026-02-28
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/57680
dc.description.abstractThe article explores the motivations of volunteer guide dog puppy raisers at three key stages of their involvement: beginning volunteering, continuing it, and ceasing the involvement. Drawing on qualitative research conducted with 34 puppy raisers from Poland and Slovakia, the author examines the main internal, external, and organizational factors that shaped their engagement in this form of volunteering. Using the concept of affordances, the study frames volunteering as one of many elements in the participants’ environment – its appeal and availability shaped by their current needs, aspirations, and circumstances. The article demonstrates that combining qualitative methods with the concept of affordances can support both the development of a functional approach to understanding volunteer motivation and the strategic management of affordances by organizations.en
dc.description.abstractArtykuł omawia motywacje wolontariuszy, pełniących funkcję opiekunów przyszłych psów przewodników, na trzech kluczowych etapach ich kariery: rozpoczęciu, kontynuacji i zakończeniu działalności wolontaryjnej. Na podstawie badań jakościowych przeprowadzonych wśród 34 wolontariuszy z Polski i Słowacji autor omawia główne czynniki wewnętrzne, zewnętrzne i organizacyjne, które wpływały na ich motywacje do angażowania się w tę działalność. Koncepcja afordancji umożliwiła przedstawienie wolontariatu jako oferty zauważonej przez uczestników badania, której atrakcyjność i dostępność zależały od aktualnej konfiguracji ich potrzeb, aspiracji i możliwości. Artykuł wskazuje, że metody jakościowe w połączeniu z koncepcją afordancji mogą być użyteczne zarówno w rozwijaniu funkcjonalnego podejścia do badania motywacji wolontariuszy, jak i w zarządzaniu ofertami organizacji pozarządowych.pl
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiegopl
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPrzegląd Socjologii Jakościowej;1pl
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectmotivations of volunteersen
dc.subjectvolunteer careeren
dc.subjectaffordances theoryen
dc.subjectguide dogsen
dc.subjectmotywacje wolontariuszypl
dc.subjectkariera wolontariuszapl
dc.subjectteoria afordancjipl
dc.subjectpsy przewodnikipl
dc.titleAffordances and Motivations of Guide Dog Puppy Raisers: Reasons for Starting, Continuing, and Quitting Volunteeringen
dc.title.alternativeAfordancje i motywacje opiekunów zastępczych przyszłych psów przewodników: powody rozpoczęcia, kontynuacji i zakończenia wolontariatupl
dc.typeArticle
dc.page.number6-27
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationUniversity of Gdańsk, Polanden
dc.identifier.eissn1733-8069
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dc.contributor.authorEmailkamil.pietrowiak@ug.edu.pl
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