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ISSN: 2247-6172; ISSN-L: 2247-6172 Review of Applied Socio- Economic Research (Volume 5, Issue 1/ 2013 ), pp. 60 URL: http://www.reaser.eu e-mail: editors@reaser.eu [12] O’Sullivan, M., Lazonick, W. (1996) Organization, Finance and International Competition, Industrial and Corporate Change, 5-1, 1996: 1-49. [13] Sara, Parkin et al. (2004). Learning and skills for sustainable development: developing a sustainability literate society. Forum for the Future. [14] Tietjen, M. A. & Myers, R. M. (1998) Motivation and job satisfaction, Management Decision, vol. 36, no 4, pp. 226-231 [15] Whitley, R. (2002) Competing Capitalisms: institutions and economies. Elgar: Cheltenham, [16] Yuchtman, E., & Seashore, S. E., (1987) A system resource approach to organizational effectiveness. American Sociological Review, 32, 891-903. [17] Zammuto, R. F., (1982). Assessing Organizational Effectiveness, State University of New York Press, Albany, NY.
ISSN: 2247-6172; ISSN-L: 2247-6172 Review of Applied Socio- Economic Research (Volume 5, Issue 1/ 2013), pp. 61 URL: http://www.reaser.eu e-mail: editors@reaser.eu Learning about volunteering – a path to personal development Manuela Epure 1, 2 , 1 The Academy of Romanian Scientists, Bucharest, Romania 2 Universitatea Spiru Haret, Bucharest, Romania Motto:“The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.” ~ Ghandi Abstract. The paper aims to analyze the relationship between volunteering and personal development in early stage of professional life. The ‘learning by experience’ form of education has been gaining momentum lately among the young generation, along with the concept of non-formal and informal education, as it is less restrictive and has no specific objectives in terms of learning outcomes. This type of informal education may improve people’s employability and career prospects, strengthen the sense of solidarity and enhance active citizenship and the young people should be encouraged and supported in getting awareness of this fact. Keywords: formal learning, informal learning, non-formal education, volunteering, personal development. JEL codes: I25, O15, Z13, Z19 1. Introduction Young people are constantly engaged in formal and non-formal learning processes. It is obvious that they would like to acquire new skills, to develop their abilities and competencies in order to fit into the society and to contribute to their own personal and professional development as much as to the societal development. During their youth, people learn to become responsible for their own life paths and to give something back to those who help them to grow: parents, friends, teachers, society. Learning is a process that never ends and involves a lot of effort and commitment from learners during their entire life. Non-formal learning tends to become more popular, one of the reasons is that it is not organized or restrictive, it has no specific objective in terms of learning outcomes, and it is not intentional from the learner’s perspective. It refers to learning by experience or just having an experience that build some skills. Non-formal education means that individuals are constantly exposed to learning situations, at work, at home or during leisure time for instance, and they acquire knowledge doing things. This definition, with a few exceptions [6] also meets with a fair degree of consensus. Volunteering is often considered as informal education for various reasons: it exposes the individual to learning situations, it improves people’s employability and career prospects, it strengthens the sense of solidarity and enhances active citizenship [4]. 2. Volunteering today 2.1. What does volunteering mean in Europe nowadays? Volunteering activities in EU have not had the expected development as we, the Europeans, would think. EU Commission understood the importance of volunteering and has taken action: a decision in favour of the European Year of Voluntary Activities Promoting Active Citizenship (2011) boosted volunteering at
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