ABSTRACT Veteran staff members play a key role in a camp’s success. They preserve camp culture, maintain traditions, and serve important roles in the peer-training environment that camps depend on. It is not surprising, then, that camp counselor retention is important to the business of camping. This study focused on five counselors from Jewish camps in the United States, all of whom were about to return for a fourth summer. The research explored common phenomena of young adults’ experiences as counselors, how they made sense of their experiences, and their motivations for returning to camp. The data offer insights to camp directors interested in increasing counselor retention.

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留下的理由：犹太过夜夏令营的员工保留

摘要 经验丰富的工作人员在营地的成功中发挥着关键作用。他们保护营地文化，保持传统，并在营地所依赖的同伴培训环境中发挥重要作用。因此，留住营地顾问对露营业务很重要也就不足为奇了。这项研究的重点是来自美国犹太营地的五名辅导员，他们都即将返回第四个夏天。该研究探讨了年轻人作为辅导员的经历的常见现象，他们如何理解自己的经历，以及他们返回营地的动机。这些数据为有兴趣增加辅导员保留率的营地主管提供了见解。