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As organizações sem fins lucrativos (OSFL) frequentemente dependem de voluntários para realizar as
suas atividades e cumprir as suas missões. Os voluntários contribuem com o seu tempo, conhecimento
e energia para apoiar muitas causas sociais e cooperam para fortalecer a sociedade, promover
mudanças positivas e criar um mundo mais justo e solidário.
Os bombeiros personificam a conjugação entre o dever que os guia e a vocação que os alimenta. O
serviço do bombeiro pode ser voluntário e/ou remunerado mas, em Portugal, o bombeiro só é
contratado pelas Associações Humanitárias de Bombeiros Voluntários na condição de ser previamente
voluntário, sendo que quando esta condição não se verifica, as consequências para a sua atividade
podem ser inúmeras. Estas condições fornecem relevo a um estudo aprofundado no sentido de aferir
das motivações e voluntariedade do referido serviço.
Este estudo pretende investigar a natureza voluntária e as motivações dos bombeiros voluntários e/ou
contratados das associações humanitárias de bombeiros, existentes no território continental, na
prestação do serviço voluntário utilizando uma metodologia quantitativa, através da aplicação, em dois
momentos temporais distintos, de um questionário baseado no Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI).
Adotamos uma abordagem integrada, através de uma análise fatorial confirmatória dos fatores do VFI
conjugados com as necessidades e motivações psicológicas da Teoria da Autodeterminação que nos
permitiu obter resultados significativos e demonstrar a validade e confiabilidade dos instrumentos
utilizados.
Non-profit organizations (NPOs) often depend on volunteers to carry out their activities and fulfill their missions. Volunteers contribute their time, knowledge and energy to support many social causes and cooperate to strengthen society, promote positive change and create a more just and caring world. Firefighters embody the combination of the duty that guides them and the vocation that fuels them. Firefighters' service can be voluntary and/or paid, but in Portugal, firefighters are only hired by the Humanitarian Associations of Volunteer Firefighters on condition that they are previously volunteers, and when this condition is not met, the consequences for their activity can be numerous. These conditions call for an in-depth study to assess the motivations and voluntariness of this service. This study aims to investigate the voluntary nature and motivations of volunteer and/or contract employee firefighters from humanitarian firefighting associations in mainland Portugal in providing voluntary service, using a quantitative methodology by applying a questionnaire based on the Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) at two distinct temporal moments. We adopted an integrated approach, through a confirmatory factor analysis of the VFI factors combined with the psychological needs and motivations of the Self-Determination Theory, which enabled us to obtain significant results and demonstrate the validity and reliability of the instruments used.
Non-profit organizations (NPOs) often depend on volunteers to carry out their activities and fulfill their missions. Volunteers contribute their time, knowledge and energy to support many social causes and cooperate to strengthen society, promote positive change and create a more just and caring world. Firefighters embody the combination of the duty that guides them and the vocation that fuels them. Firefighters' service can be voluntary and/or paid, but in Portugal, firefighters are only hired by the Humanitarian Associations of Volunteer Firefighters on condition that they are previously volunteers, and when this condition is not met, the consequences for their activity can be numerous. These conditions call for an in-depth study to assess the motivations and voluntariness of this service. This study aims to investigate the voluntary nature and motivations of volunteer and/or contract employee firefighters from humanitarian firefighting associations in mainland Portugal in providing voluntary service, using a quantitative methodology by applying a questionnaire based on the Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) at two distinct temporal moments. We adopted an integrated approach, through a confirmatory factor analysis of the VFI factors combined with the psychological needs and motivations of the Self-Determination Theory, which enabled us to obtain significant results and demonstrate the validity and reliability of the instruments used.
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Voluntariado Motivações OSFL Bombeiros Associações Humanitárias de Bombeiros