I recently gave a talk to CVS volunteer centre managers about the results of a survey conducted for Community First New Forest. One volunteer brought up they felt motivations didn't capture reasons why people volunteer. We know there is a difference between reasons and motivations. Which do you think are most relevant to practitioners? Background information on the study can be found at http://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/2015/02/03/study-increases-understanding-of-motivational-drivers-of-volunteers-and-lessons-learned/#share
Dear Joyce,
The question whether motivations capture the reason behind such action is a relevant one. Motivation is the inclination to do something. It is broadly divided into intrinsic (which would be the case in your scenario) and extrinsic motivation. But these do not determine any reasons why such a person embark on such a task.
If you wish to identify intentions, then it would be best to look for other ways of evaluating this aspect of your inquiry. I suggest that you read up Theory Of Planned Behaviour by Ajzen. By doing so, you will be able to identify areas that require intervention (by discovering why people do the things they do) and this would be helpful in implementing any changes.
Hope this helps.
Rabin
To the practitioner: Reasons. However, the motivations must be in place. If the motivations are in place, because they are beyond reach due to limited time allowed practitioners in most scenarios, motivations should be assessed and reasons targeted for evaluation and change if change is part of the desired outcome.
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