Community service often involves sustained prosocial actions by individuals. This article focuses on one kind of such actions, volunteerism. Volunteerism involves long–term, planned, prosocial behaviors that benefit strangers, and usually occur in an organizational setting. A selective review of the literature on the correlates of volunteerism is presented. One part of the review concerns the relationship between dispositional variables and volunteerism; it includes new data from an on–line survey that show significant relationships among personality traits, religiosity, and volunteer activities. The other part concerns how organizational variables, alone and in combination with dispositional variables, are related to volunteerism. A theoretical model of the causes of sustained volunteerism is presented and the practical implications of this model are discussed.

Louis A. Penner

Journal of Social Issues

Published for The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), the Journal of Social Issues (JSI) brings behavioral and social science theory, empirical evidence, and practice to bear on human and social problems. Each issue of the journal focuses on a single topic - recent issues, for example, have addressed poverty, housing and health; privacy as a social and psychological concern; youth and violence; and the impact of social class on education.

The Journal of Social Issues (JSI), published by The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), aims to apply behavioral and social science theory, empirical evidence, and practical applications to human and social problems. Each issue of the journal focuses on a specific topic; recent issues have addressed themes such as poverty, housing and health; privacy as a social and psychological concern; youth and violence; and the impact of social class on education.

《社会问题杂志》（Journal of Social Issues）是由社会心理学研究协会（SPSSI）出版的期刊，旨在将行为和社会科学理论、实证证据与实践应用于人类和社会问题的研究。每期杂志聚焦于一个特定主题，近期的主题包括贫困、住房与健康；隐私作为社会与心理问题的关注点；青少年与暴力；以及社会阶层对教育的影响等。

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Dispositional and Organizational Influences on Sustained Volunteerism: An Interactionist Perspective

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