The Life Force of Volunteerism in the Public Sector Towards an Enhanced Volunteer Program

Nino  E. Faustino,

The Life Force of Volunteerism in the Public Sector Towards an Enhanced Volunteer Program

Abstract:

This study determined the level of volunteering practices of administrative employees at the University of Makati. It utilized a researcher-made tool which was validated by the five (5) experts in the field. The reliability analysis of the instrument was done through Factor Analysis and Cronbach’s Alpha. The one hundred respondents involved in this study were purposively selected with the aid of pre-determined criteria. The overall findings revealed that the volunteering practices of the respondents are somewhat practiced by them in terms of structure, site, intensity, aspiration, and category. No significant differences were found in the respondents’ volunteering practices according to sex, age, civil status, and volunteering skills. Concludingly, the life force of volunteerism of the respondents includes the skills learned through their volunteering practices that are used to improve the communities for the quality of life within and around the community. The strong recommendations to the university management were offered to adopt the implementation of Civil Service Commission (CSC) Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 23 series of 2012 specifying the Volunteer Program in the Public Sector under the provisions of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9418 or the Volunteer Act of 2007.

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