@article{Halis_2017, title={PERSONALITY AND VOLUNTEER MOTIVATION: A RESEARCH ON VOLUNTARY CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS}, volume={20}, url={https://ikm.mk/ojs/index.php/kij/article/view/3646}, abstractNote={<p>Volunteering is the exercise of individual, knowledge, time, skill, effort, experience and resources in activities that are useful to society without expecting material compensation. The volunteer is also the one who is useful to the organization, organization and gathering by taking useful action. One of the most important of the different volunteer areas is humanitarian aid in its own nature. Humanitarian organizations have spread across a wide range of globally. The number of volunteers helped in these organizations has reached a very large number in parallel with this growth. Volunteers who provide their time and effort to the success of charity organizations, without paying, constitute a valuable and indispensable part of the human resource needed by the charity organizations both quantitatively and economically and qualitatively. The identification of the personality traits of volunteers who are so important in terms of both quantitative and economic and qualitative aspects and the factors that motivate them to take part in charity organizations and accordingly the planning and implementation of modern human resources strategies that can involve them in the organization is an important area of work for the management of international aid organizations form. Today, in almost all units of international aid organizations, thousands or even tens of thousands of volunteers are employed. Perhaps the biggest contributor to the success of the organizations they are in is providing these volunteers. Thus, in the successful realization of the purposes of aid organizations, volunteers who can be defined as a free source of labour have a tremendous pre-eminence. However, the causes of volunteering by volunteers vary according to personality traits, different backgrounds, descriptions, skills and experiences. In order for these volunteers, each having different expectations or goals, to be attracted to the organizations, to be able to get the most suitable results for organizational purposes and to be held as a potential volunteer candidate, it is of utmost importance to know the personality traits and to understand the reasons why they volunteer and to implement human resources applications. In the Turkish literature, there is a limited number of studies on the motivations of volunteers in charity organizations. All of these studies are carried out in Turkey with volunteers from a single organization. The reasons for volunteering in different areas may vary according to the characteristics of the areas, and a volunteer job in the same area can be done for different reasons according to the personality traits and expectations of the volunteers. The purpose of this study is; to determine the effect of the personality traits of volunteers involved in charity organizations on volunteering motivations. In line with this general objective, it is aimed to determine the personality characteristics of volunteers involved in charity organizations, then to reveal information about volunteering motivations and finally to determine the effect of personality traits on volunteering motivations. Relational scanning technique was used in the research. A questionnaire including open and closed-ended questions was applied as a method of gathering data and information. As a data collection tool, “Personal Information Form”, “On-Papers of Personality Scale” consisting of 10 items and “Volunteer Motivations Scale” consisting of 19 items were used. The volunteers who took part in various aid organizations in Kocaeli constitute the universe of the research. It is also determined that the personality traits of the volunteers have an effect on volunteering motivations according to the findings.</p>}, number={1}, journal={KNOWLEDGE - International Journal }, author={Halis, Muhsin}, year={2017}, month={Dec.}, pages={401–405} }