Latent Cosmopolitan and Local Orientation Among Rural Emergency Service Volunteers
研究了农村地区志愿消防员和医疗志愿者在服务取向上的差异，发现消防员更偏向地方主义，而医疗志愿者更偏向全球主义，并通过有序probit模型分析了这些取向对服务地点选择的影响。
In rural regions, trained volunteer firefighters and medics provide emergency services, often with considerable personal risk and without financial reward. However, these Volunteers exhibit two different latent orientations: firefighters are more localistic in their outlook than medical volunteers. These latent orientations reflect the structural characteristics of the two emergency service agencies. These orientations are empirically demonstrated to persist in the volunteering and personal attributes of the volunteers themselves. Survey data are incorporated into a probit model to indicate the relative influence of orientational factors on where the volunteers offer their emergency services.