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A Qualitative Study of College Student Participation in Volunteer Fundraising through Dance Marathon

Masterson, Colette M.
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9178-0951
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461840574

Abstract Details

2016, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Higher Education (Education).
The purpose of this study was to describe the motivation, experience and outcomes of undergraduate students participating in a dance marathon. This research specifically focused on participants of BuckeyeThon at The Ohio State University, a 12 hour student created dance marathon benefitting Nationwide Children’s Hospital, a CMN hospital. I explored how participants were motivated to participate in the event, how they participated in the event, and in turn, how their experience may have influenced their behavior and experiences after the event. A basic interpretive qualitative methods approach was used to study the experience of dance marathon participants. Data was collected from five dance marathon participants of BuckeyeThon 2015. These participants completed a pre-event interview, three during event interviews during the dance marathon, and a post-event reflection. Themes of connection to the cause, event community, and philanthropy and fundraising were identified as the most prevalent for research participants. The findings derived from this research may help to influence best practices in cocurricular philanthropy programs. Additionally, nonprofits, including higher education institutions, may learn how to harness past experience in volunteer fundraising into future philanthropic behavior.
Peter Mather (Committee Chair)
235 p.
Higher Education
higher education; student affairs; philanthropy; co-curricular philanthropy; dance marathon

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  • Masterson, C. M. (2016). A Qualitative Study of College Student Participation in Volunteer Fundraising through Dance Marathon [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461840574

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Masterson, Colette. A Qualitative Study of College Student Participation in Volunteer Fundraising through Dance Marathon. 2016. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461840574.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Masterson, Colette. "A Qualitative Study of College Student Participation in Volunteer Fundraising through Dance Marathon." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461840574

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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