Undergraduate Students Motivations and Obstacles to Volunteer: Perceptions of the Hashemite University Students, Jordan

The aim of this study was to investigate volunteerism within young people specially university undergraduate students in order to understand motivations and obstacles of voluntary work. The study answered three questions: What motivate undergraduate students to participate in voluntary work? What are/were the obstacles facing/faced volunteers? And what prevent undergraduate students from participating in voluntary work? The population of this study consisted of the Hashemite University undergraduate students. Two hundred and fifty students participated in this study. The study revealed several motives and obstacles for (not) volunteering. The study ended up by providing some implications for those dealing with volunteers.