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Collom, Ed. "Motivations, Commitment, Participation, and Spillover Effects in a Community Currency System: The Dynamics within a Local Social Movement Organization" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City, Aug 11, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p182278_index.html>

Collom, E. , 2007-08-11 "Motivations, Commitment, Participation, and Spillover Effects in a Community Currency System: The Dynamics within a Local Social Movement Organization" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2008-12-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p182278_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Community currency is an understudied, alternative social movement. These local networks are grassroots, collective efforts to form an alternative market with the hopes of empowering the economically marginalized and building social capital. Original data from a local currency system are employed to investigate the relations among the inputs (motivations), processes (commitment and differential participation), and outputs (civic engagement spillover) of movement involvement. Having social movement values is found to be a primary motivating factor for joining. Those motivated by movement values are more committed to the organization and are more likely to experience increased levels of civic engagement outside of this network. Organizational commitment and degree of participation in the system are also positively associated. The evidence is used to draw implications for social movement theory and research.

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