Other work on cessation of volunteering

So far, we've found a few other researchers working on the same topic. These are the publications that we've found.

The following papers are by Alison Russell & colleagues. Alison is a researcher at University of Texas at Dallas who has been exploring the impact of volunteer retirement: 

  • Russell, A.R., Boen, C.E., and Handy, F. (2022). Volunteer retirement and well-being in older adults: A longitudinal study. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640221125805 
  • Russell, A.R., Storti, M.H., and Handy, F. (2022). Volunteer retirement and well-being: Evidence from older adult volunteers. International Journal on Community Wellbeing. DOI: 10.1007/s42413-021-00157-z  
  • Russell, A.R., Storti, M.H., and Handy, F. (2019). Managing volunteer retirement among older adults: Perspectives of volunteer administrators. Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 5(1), 95-109. 
This paper is Linda Baumbach & colleagues at University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf. This paper looks at stopping volunteering and physical activity in later life:
  • Baumbach, L., König, HH. & Hajek, A. (2022). Associations between starting and stopping volunteering and physical activity among older adults - longitudinal evidence from the German Ageing Survey. BMC Public Health 22, 578  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12982-8