The impact of international service on the development of volunteers’ intercultural relations

• Published in: Social science research Vol. 46; pp. 48 - 58
• Main Authors: Lough, Benjamin J., Sherraden, Margaret Sherrard, McBride, Amanda Moore, Xiang, Xiaoling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2014; Academic Press
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Borders; Cultural Capital; Cultural development; Cultural relations; Culture; Female; Humans; Intercultural influences; Intergroup Relations; International; Internationality; Longitudinal; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Regression analysis; Skills; Social capital; Social networks; Social sciences; Travel; U.S.A; United States; United States of America; Voluntary work; Volunteering; Volunteers; Work; Young Adult; United States; United States > US; Volunteering; Longitudinal; Cultural development; Social capital; International

•A quasi-experimental longitudinal design assesses impacts on international volunteers.•Volunteers report significant increases in international and intercultural constructs.•A comparison group did not report similar increases across all categories. Approximately one million people from the United S...