To ensure that community service participation for a school or job does not undermine people's intrinsic motivation for helping, an administrator should do which of the following?
A) try to ensure that the venue for helping is in the venue of a person's expertise
B) try to ensure that people are helping strangers rather than friends
C) try to ensure that people feel that their help is voluntary
D) try to ensure that people notice the need for help by clearly defining the situation

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Research has shown that when people feel that their help is voluntary, their intrinsic motivation for helping is not undermined. Therefore, administrators should try to ensure that people feel like they have a choice in whether or not to participate in community service. Ensuring that the venue for helping is in the venue of a person's expertise, trying to ensure that people are helping strangers rather than friends, and trying to ensure that people notice the need for help are all important considerations, but none of these address the issue of voluntary participation and intrinsic motivation.

To Ensure That Community Service Participation for a School or Job