| 英文摘要 |
Penghu is an outlying island of Taiwan. Compared with other counties and cities in Taiwan, Penghu society is relatively isolated and small. Its social resilience when facing external impacts has traditionally been limited. In addition, the natural barrier of the Taiwan Strait limits transportation, making it difficult for Penghu to rely on external support from other counties and regions. This has contributed to the long-term challenge of low social resilience in Penghu, which has been difficult to improve. Although some representatives of public opinion in Penghu proposed a new social welfare system called the Time Bank many years ago, hoping it would help strengthen the community, neither the Penghu government nor the proponents have taken concrete steps to implement it. The Penghu region faces a manpower shortage in promoting volunteer services. However, the proportion of military, public, and educational personnel in Penghu is much higher than in other counties and cities, accounting for just under 30% of the permanent population. This special population structure has inherent advantages compared with other counties and cities in implementing the Time Bank system. Based on these issues, introducing a Time Bank in a community-structured area like Penghu could effectively strengthen mutual assistance and interaction within society, thereby enhancing social resilience. This study uses the Theory of Planned Behavior to explore Penghu residents’intentions to participate in the Penghu Volunteer Time Bank, prior to the official promotion of the program by the Penghu County Government, in order to provide a reference for policy implementation. In addition to the four main dimensions of the original theory,“attitude toward behavior,”“subjective norm,”“perceived behavioral control,”and“behavioral intention,”this study added an extra dimension of“social responsibility”to provide a more comprehensive analysis. All the research hypotheses were ultimately supported by the empirical findings. |