Saturday, January 2, 2010
Volunteers...
I found it difficult to interpret when collective action is done voluntarily rather than on incentive basis.When people come together and volunteer to do a group activity, their whole concentration is common goal.Even though no economic incentive is present but if the work is finished in good way it attracts appreciation for the whole group. The mindset to work without any economic incentive for a common goal has produced many successful events. Events managed in colleges are best examples of such mindset. Isn't it sad that when introduction of "green color paper" money comes all these mindset is washed away
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Thumbs up to that.
But the dilemma is whether to give the expected incentive and be seen as "buying" ur way out or risk failing in the venture by not giving any reason for participants to participate in the first place..
I think commercial and non-commercial ventures need to be separated here ;-)
Yes Hari,i could remember during my +2 level the students of our college whoever has come on 15th August all participated in plantation in the periphery of our college that to without any incentives.But for arranging blood donation camp students demanded special food for lunch.So i wonder that without any incentive people used to go for a good sort of collective action while with introduction of incentives they specify what they want.
I totally agree with u. But then it is not always necessary that people look for economic incentives. There may be some hidden desires for the people to work for the common goal which may be in the form of recognition or appreciation or being established as a responsible person.And sometimes many people may not stick to the initial commitment due to the lack of incentives. At the end only few are left who actually want to work for the common goal and they are the real participants.
Yes, I remember my days in college. I believe that incentives do drive people and act as motivators. Here we cannot rule out the extrarational motivations. I got involved in varied activities due to sense of participation and a feeling of belongingness . Also a desire to learn something now or explore the unknown also motivates many indivuduals.
Adding to the example of events managed in a college.In organizing an event some people involved are students and faculty when it comes a college. But there is a tendency we tend to forget that others are also involved like helpers .These helpers make sure we have everything ready when we need like cleaning the campus, by doing so they have already reduced our task. If the event is a success rarely the contribution of helpers is recognized while others are appreciated most of the times. Why is this so?
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