Volunteering and Communication ― Studies in International and Intercultural Contexts

The second volume of Volunteering and Communication seeks to build upon the agenda set in motion by the first volume, which demonstrated the breadth of research being conducted on volunteers. The focus of this second volume is on the important issues related to volunteering in international and intercultural contexts. The chapters present empirical studies of volunteering divided into three sections. The first section includes six studies of the experiences of volunteers from a variety of countries including Thailand, South Korea, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. The second section includes studies of volunteers from the United States in other countries in Asia, Africa, and South America. The final section includes two studies of volunteers serving recent immigrants to their home country. This volume provides a unique focus by providing a more nuanced examination than the first volume did of some of the unique differences of volunteering in international and intercultural contexts. It is hoped the two books will stimulate additional research on volunteers.

Michael W. Kramer (PhD, Texas) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma. Laurie K. Lewis (PhD, University of California at Santa Barbara) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at Rutgers University.
Loril M. Gossett (PhD, Colorado) is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Organizational Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. They are the editors of Volunteering and Communication: Studies from Multiple Contexts (Peter Lang, 2013).