CONSTRAINTS TOWARDS THE INTENTION FOR SUSTAINING ENGAGEMENT AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEER (Kekangan terhadap Keinginan Kelestarian Penglibatan sebagai Sukarelawan Alam Sekitar)

Alya Nasuha Abdul Rahman, Norshariani Abd Rahman, Shamsul Azhar Yahya

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ABSTRACT

Environmental volunteerism contributes to large-scale environmental conservation efforts. However, the constraints faced by volunteers have hindered the volunteers’ intention to continue their environmental volunteer engagement. Thus, this study examined the constraints and recommendations to sustain environmental volunteers’ involvement from the perspective of university students. This quantitative study employed the survey design. The questionnaire was distributed to 357 respondents who participated in environmental volunteering activities. The results showed that the constraints, recommendations and intention to sustain engagement as an environmental volunteer were at a high level. Both male and female volunteers experienced the same level of constraints. In terms of increasing environmental volunteer activities, female volunteers needed more support from the organization than male volunteers. The findings showed that female volunteers have had a higher intention to continue their involvement as environmental volunteers compared to men. In addition, there were significant differences between environmental volunteers from different categories of volunteerism in terms of constraints, suggestions and intention to continue their involvement as environmental volunteers. Therefore, the organizers of volunteer activities need to overcome the constraints faced by environmental volunteers by increasing social support, dissemination of information and emotional management to sustain the involvement of university students in environmental volunteering activities.

ABSTRAK

Kesukarelawanan alam sekitar menyumbang kepada usaha pemuliharan alam sekitar berskala besar. Namun, kekangan yang dihadapi oleh sukarelawan menjadi salah satu faktor yang menghalang kepada keinginan meneruskan penglibatan sebagai sukarelawan alam sekitar. Justeru, kajian ini mengkaji kekangan dan cadangan untuk melestarikan penglibatan sebagai sukarelawan alam sekitar daripada perspektif pelajar universiti. Kajian kuantitatif ini menggunakan rekabentuk survei. Soal selidik ini diedarkan kepada 357 responden yang telah mengambil bahagian dalam aktiviti sukarelawan alam sekitar. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa kekangan, cadangan serta keinginan melestarikan penglibatan sebagai sukarelawan alam sekitar berada pada tahap yang tinggi. Kekangan yang dirasai oleh sukarelawan lelaki dan wanita berada pada tahap yang sama. Bagi aspek cadangan meningkatkan aktiviti sukarelawan alam sekitar, wanita lebih memerlukan sokongan daripada organisasi berbanding lelaki. Dapatan juga menunjukkan wanita mempunyai keinginan meneruskan penglibatan sebagai sukarelawan alam sekitar yang lebih tinggi berbanding dengan lelaki. Di samping itu, terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan antara sukarelawan alam sekitar yang berbeza aliran pengajian daripada aspek kekangan, cadangan dan keinginan meneruskan penglibatan sebagai sukarelawan alam sekitar. Justeru, penganjur aktiviti kesukarelawanan perlu mengatasi kekangan yang dihadapi oleh sukarelawan alam sekitar daripada aspek sokongan sosial, penyebaran maklumat dan pengurusan emosi bagi meningkatkan kelestarian penglibatan pelajar universti dalam aktiviti kesukarelawanan alam sekitar.


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