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Leveraging Workforce Diversity through Volunteerism

Leveraging Workforce Diversity through Volunteerism
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Author(s): Ashwini Joshua-Gojer (University of North Texas, USA)and Jeff Allen (University of North Texas, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 14
Source title: Handbook of Research on Workforce Diversity in a Global Society: Technologies and Concepts
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Chaunda L. Scott (Oakland University, USA)and Marilyn Y. Byrd (The University of Mary Hardin Baylor, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1812-1.ch021

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the subject of workforce diversity as it directly relates to volunteerism, using the Peace Corps as an example. The aim of the chapter is to illustrate how nonprofit institutions can draw upon the value of workforce diversity in order to obtain competitive advantages. The Peace Corps’ three-fold mission includes helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women, helping promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the people served, and helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans (Peace Corps, 2011a). This chapter specifically discusses how the Peace Corps incorporate diversity in their volunteer program. “The agency has always reflected the diversity of America and is actively recruiting the next generation of Peace Corps Volunteers” (Peace Corps, 2011b).

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