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Smartening‐up Voluntourism: SmartAid's Expansion of the Personality‐focused Performance Requirements Form (PPRF)
Author(s) -
Atkins Stephen G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.875
Subject(s) - tourism , psychology , work (physics) , public relations , applied psychology , management , political science , sociology , engineering ethics , engineering , economics , mechanical engineering , law
The new subdiscipline of Humanitarian Work Psychology (HWP) is described, with specifics describing how HWP will improve voluntourism and aid delivery. Illustrating HWP explains how modern managerial enhancements will make online volunteerism, and subsequent on‐site voluntourism, more likely to be a positive experience for all stakeholders. Initial empirical efforts have focused on development and delivery of online assessments for future voluntourists. Initial results tentatively support continued use of panel ratings to guide construction of online assessments. Implications for future HWP development strategies are discussed. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.