Femida Handy, PhD

Professor

Bio | Link to Scholarly Papers | Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Research in Progress

  • Employer supported volunteering in Canada: Who profits?
  • Why work for nonprofits? Sectoral choice of Social Work students in the US, Canada and Israel
  • From the clinic, to hotline, to the chat room: how technology changed the face of volunteering
  • Meinhard, A. & F. Handy The Role of Ideology and Gender Composition in Social Economy Organizations
  • Cost-benefits of Volunteers and Volunteering
  • How to account for the ‘warm glow’ of volunteering and donating
  • Wang, L. & Handy, F. Volunteering in Immigrant communities
  • Handy, F, Greenspan, I & C. Giombetti. ‘How big is my backyard? Donating time and money to environmental organizations’
  • Handy F., Hustinx, L.&  Cnaan, R. ‘Chinese University Students’ Volunteering : Participation,  Motives, and Benefits’
  • Hustinx L., Haski- Leventhal, D., & Handy, F. ‘The First House that Love Built: the management of  volunteer services at the Philadelphia  Ronald MacDonald house”
  • Sinha J. W., Greenspan, I. & Handy, F. ‘Bonding and Bridging: Does Membership in an Ethnic Congregation Enhance or Constrain Civic Participation among Immigrants?’
  • Grönlund H., Holmes, K., Kang C., Cnaan, R.A., Handy F. et al  ‘ Cultural Values and Volunteering: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Students’ Motivation to Volunteer in 13 Countries”
  • Moodithaya, M. Handy, F. and Cnaan, R.A. ‘Financial Inclusion: An Evaluation of Micro Financing Experiments to Reach Out’
  • Handy, F. &  Bunch M.(eds.) Integrating Knowledge: Across Disciplines, Locally and Globally Toronto: York University (2009, forthcoming)
  • Kang, C. Handy, F. Cnaan, R. ‘Volunteering and donating: Is time equal to money?’

Research Under Review

  • Haski- Leventhal, D, Hustinx L., Handy, F & ‘What money cannot buy: The distinctive and multidimensional impact of volunteers” [under review]
  • Handy, F. Wakaruk, A., Seto, S., Mersey, B. , A. Mejia, & Copeland L ‘The Discerning Consumer: Is Nonprofit Status a Factor in Consumer Choice?’[under review]
  • Handy, F., Cnaan, R.A., G. Bhat, & Meijs, L. ‘Jasmine Growers of Coastal Karnataka, India: Grassroots Sustainable Community-Based Enterprise’[under review]
  • Hustinx, L., Handy, F., Cnaan, R.A., et al.  ‘Social and cultural origins of motivation to volunteer: A comparison of university students in six countries’ [under review]
  • Crosson, R, Handy F., &  Shang, J. ‘Gendered Giving: The Influence of Social Norms on the Donation Behavior of Men and Women’ International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing  [under review]
  • Hustinx, L. Cnaan, R .& Handy, F. ‘A Hybrid Theory of Volunteering: Conceptualizing a Complex Phenomenon’ [under review]
  • Hustinx, L Meijs, L., Handy, F. & Cnaan, R. Monitorial citizens or civic omnivores? Repertoires of participation among university students in Belgium and the Netherlands [under review]