Denis O'Brien's scientific contributions

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Article
This article reflects on the importance of adult volunteers in Foróige, a leading Irish youth development organisation. Volunteers make up some 97 per cent of all youth workers in Ireland. Outcomes for huge numbers of young people are mediated through and depend upon volunteers’ suitability, availability, knowledge and skills. The article takes as...

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... Youth development volunteers are relied upon in a variety of organizations, including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H Youth Development, and Camp Fire (Wymer, 1998). In many organizations, volunteers deliver educational programming, and in doing so, mediate youth development outcomes, and consequently fulfill the mission of these youth organizations (O'Brien, 2017). Due to their critical role and given the number of volunteers utilized in this sector, there is a need to better understand volunteerism in youth development organizations for purposes of recruitment, retention, support, and acknowledgement. ...