Volunteer Activity of Technical University Students: Value-Motivational Basis and Barriers

The study of the influence of value bases and motivational mechanisms on the involvement of students in volunteer practices remains an urgent scientific and practical task, the solution of which opens up opportunities for more targeted development of youth policy. The purpose of the work is to reveal the structure of their value orientations and motivation for volunteering based on the survey materials of students of the Technical University, as well as to identify the interrelationships between key factors and barriers to student volunteerism. The scientific significance of the study is determined by a comprehensive analysis, which made it possible to reveal the holistic structure of "value – meaning – motive – barrier" and identify the types of value-motivational profiles of volunteer activities of students of the technical university. The comparative analysis of local data presented by the authors with the all-Russian measurements of VTSIOM revealed the specifics of volunteer activity among students in the context of national trends. The results obtained in the course of the research can be used in designing volunteerism support programs, developing targeted recommendations for universities and youth centers on the formation of motivational mechanisms and removing obstacles to student youth participation in volunteering.