女童軍服務員志業承諾歷程之研究

Abstract

本研究旨在探討女童軍服務員志業承諾歷程，以認真休閒理論探討女童軍服務員志業承諾歷程。本研究選擇質性研究，訪談六位女童軍服務員的志業承諾歷程，透過訪談內容進行分析。研究結論如下：

一、女童軍服務員展現認真休閒特質：包含「勞心勞力，心靈滿足」、「充實自我，自我實現」、「結交好友，社交更豐富」、「長期經營，不畏挫折」、「專為女生，發揮女性特質」、「傳承精神，許下承諾」等。 二、女童軍志業承諾探索時期受過往經驗影響，例如親人的童軍經驗、參與課程或活動時的回憶等皆影響女童軍服務員初次參加活動的意願。 三、服務員基本訓練與原隸屬童軍團制度是影響服務員認同的關鍵：不論童軍經驗的服務員、無童軍經驗的服務員或對服務員角色仍混淆者，在活動與研習中扮演認同服務員關鍵的角色。 四、體認責任與女童軍的榜樣：女童軍服務員角色認同後，會更瞭解服務員角色定位，具體行為上，追求童軍知能，尋求自我能力的增強；在心態上，更有自信、榮譽感，責任感與自我要求更高。 伍、許下承諾為女童軍運動努力：女童軍志業承諾發展分為三個部分，探索、認同與承諾三階段。探索階段中先因過往經驗而加入。後持續參加各式女童軍活動，進而認同女童軍獨特的價值精神與女童軍運動，最後許下志業承諾，為女童軍運動努力。 最後根據研究結果與發現提出相關建議，及對未來研究提出具體之建議。

The purpose of this research was to discuss the development of volunteer commitment of Girl Scout leaders based on Serious Leisure Theory. By qualitative method, the researcher proceeded and analyzed the interviews of six Girl Scout leaders and had the conclusions as below. 1. The performance of these Girl Scout leaders in activities matches what is characterized by Serious Leisure Theory. All the interviewees have similar traits. They treat leisure as a career in the endeavor; they make significant personal efforts and show their perseverance for scouting. They have their unique ethos. They get durable benefits such as personal enrichment, self-actualization, self-gratification and social interaction. Eventually, they would strongly identify with the Girl Scout movement and make their volunteer commitment.

2. The discovery stage of volunteer commitment of Girl Scout leaders is influenced by past experiences, such as the Scout experiences of their family members, their own experiences from Scout class or activities in school. All these will lead them to join their first official Girl Scout activity.

3. Primitive stage, to identify oneself as a leader. Girl Scout Adult Leader Training, Girl Scout experiences and participation in activities are the key factors. In the development, he/she firstly identifies him/herself as a Girl Scout leader. Why and when these interviewees formed their identification vary from their Scout backgrounds.

4. With role identity, one would recognize more responsibilities of a leader and encourage oneself to be a model for the Girl Scouts. Once identifying themselves as a leader, the interviewees changed behaviorally and spiritually. They would encourage themselves to proactively pursue more professional skills and knowledge. They have more self-confidence and feel proud of being a member of Girl Scout groups. They would do their best to be a model for girl scouts, and therefore became more self-motivating and self-demanding.

5. To eventually make volunteer commitment. Based on the data, the researcher divide the development of a Girl Scout’s volunteer commitment into three stages – discovering, identifying and making commitment. In the first stage, people participated in Girl Scout movement because of his/her enjoyable experiences in scouting. By joining more and more activities, their professional skills and knowledge increase, they can therefore give free play in this field. They make like-minded friends, and They form their unique ethos. Their identity with the Girl Scout movement is enforced. Eventually, they are willing to make their volunteer commitment. The results conducted from the research will be provided to Girl Scout Adult leader,Girl Scout organization and the later researchers as reference.