Download or read book The Impact of Employee Volunteer Programs on Intent to Stay Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Among Young Professionals written by Jessica L. Hoerter and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Influence of Community Service Volunteer Work on Perceptions of Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Among Oregon Employees of Pacific Northwest Bell written by Sarah J. Stebbins and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate employee volunteer programs are redefining "corporate social responsibility." Community benefits derived from these programs are well documented. However, there is limited research on what internal impact such programs have on the sponsoring corporations. Kast and Rosenzwieg (1978) define "organizational performance" as "effectiveness," "efficiency" and "participant satisfaction." The study focused on the latter of these components. "Job satisfaction" and "organizational commitment" were the dependent variables because of their relationship to "participant satisfaction." The study's purpose was to determine if a relationship existed between community service volunteer work and perceptions of job satisfaction and organizational commitment among Oregon employees of Pacific Northwest Bell (PNB). A random sample of 1,000 Oregon PNB employees received a mail survey with 64.6% of the surveys returned. Respondents were placed into groups according to their volunteer activity: PNB sponsored/non- PNB sponsored, PNB only, non-PNB only and none. A statistically significant relationship was found to exist between community service activity and the two dependent variables. The two groups highest in the dependent variables were involved in PNB sponsored activity. Both null hypotheses failed to be retained. There were significant main effects for both dependent variables by marital status, sex, years with PNB and age. Selected conclusions from the study were: 1. Employees involved in volunteer activity and in particular, corporate sponsored activity, appear to interact positively with the dependent variables. 2. It appears there is a relationship between community service involvement and employee perceptions that the employer encourages participation. 3. Single PNB employees, as a group, are subject to higher rates of turnover than married, divorced or widowed employees. Selected recommendations for further research included: 1. Determine if a causal relationship exists between community service volunteer work and the dependent variables. 2. Examine more closely employee perceptions of employer attitudes towards volunteer work. 3. Replicate this study in a manufacturing corporation. Compare PNB employee community service involvement with employees of a corporation that produces goods rather than providing service.
Download or read book Impact of Best Practices Management of Volunteers on Volunteer Satisfaction in a Church Setting written by Darren Kizer and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract Impact of Best-Practices Management of Volunteers on Volunteer Satisfaction in a Church Setting. Darren Kizer, 2012: Applied Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, Abraham S. Fischler School of Education. ERIC Descriptors: Volunteer Training, Best Practices, Personnel Management, Nonprofit Organizations, Churches Leaders at a megachurch in the northeastern United States are highly dependent upon hundreds of volunteers to staff the worship services and programs. Because church attendance continues to grow, recruiting volunteers, increasing their contributions, and reducing turnover are constant necessities. Accordingly, leaders need an understanding of ways to increase volunteers' feelings of satisfaction, commitment, and investment. To address this need, the researcher reviewed best-practices management approaches in the current literature. The researcher wanted to assess to what extent the implementation of best-practices management as defined in the literature could impact volunteers' feelings of satisfaction. To assess this impact, the researcher and paid staff members in the family-ministries sector of the church conducted a 6-week intervention with the volunteers at a church campus. The intervention consisted of managing the volunteers at the treatment campus according to the best practices delineated in the literature. Using a mixed-methods approach, the researcher gathered quantitative data from pre- and postintervention surveys that measured the volunteers' perceptions of satisfaction with their volunteer work. The researcher also collected qualitative data from focus groups in order to supplement and assess the quantitative data. Contrary to expectations, the between-groups analysis revealed heterogeneous groups and did not demonstrate statistical significance on any of the 6 research questions. As expected, after the implementation of the best-practices intervention, the within-group treatment scores on all scales were greater than their paired pretest scores. The treatment group's paired scores on volunteer satisfaction, organization support, and organizational commitment increased at statistically significant levels. The increased scores provided some support for the hypothesis that implementation of best-practice management of volunteers would increase satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intent to remain.
Download or read book Volunteers written by Jone L. Pearce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1993 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volunteersis the first comprehensive look at the organizational behavior of volunteer workers, drawing upon both original research and the existing scholarly work in this field. Author Jone L. Pearce critiques the employee-centered theories of such subfields as organizational design, motivation, organizational commitment, workplace interpersonal influence, leadership, the role of values, and the effects of compensation. She proposes significant additions and modifications based on a detailed empirical analysis of two matching groups of seven organizations each, one volunteer-run and staffed, the other employee staffed. Much of the existing advice to volunteers or those employing them can be misleading or unhelpful. Pearce looks at successful and unsuccessful organizations in areas such as the arts, social services and health care. She discusses the implications of volunteers on general theories of organizational behavior and outlines the practical effects of an understanding of volunteer workers for all organizations employing them. Volunteerswill be valuable to managers, psychologists, and all interested in organizational behavior.
Download or read book Personnel Management Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Organizational Withdrawl and Organizational Citizenship Behavior A Comparison of Volunteer Workers to Paid Employees written by Roxanne Marie Laczo and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The differences in organizational commitment, job satisfaction, organizational withdrawal, and organizational citizenship behavior were examined in paid employees and volunteers working in the same organization. Consistent with expectation, volunteers exhibited lower levels of organizational withdrawal than employees. Contrary to expectation, volunteer workers exhibited only slightly higher levels of organizational commitment than paid employees. Also contrary to expectation, volunteer workers exhibited substantially lower levels of organizational citizenship behavior and higher levels if intra-group coworker satisfaction than paid employees. Inter-group perceptions of coworkers contributed to the prediction of job withdrawal only. Overall, the results suggest that for both volunteer workers and paid employees, the enactment of different classes of negative and positive non-workrole behaviors depend on different attitudinal variables.
Download or read book A New Competitive Edge written by Cynthia Vizza and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides information on workplace volunteering and how employee volunteering programs operate in specific corporate cultures. Chapter 1 focuses on the rationale upon which corporate volunteer programs are constructed. The rationale's four basic components are discussed in detail: quality of life, worker participation, responding to others' expectations, and displaying moral leadership. Chapter 2 describes and assesses the basic promotional strategies used by many companies as well as the overall results of a national survey on employee volunteering. In chapter 3, five basic types of formalized workplace volunteer programs are discussed: clearinghouses, group projects, loaned personnel programs, teams, and retiree programs. Chapter 4 describes various ways in which companies work with each other, with voluntary organizations, and with public agencies to promote volunteering. Chapter 5 addresses union member volunteering, organized labor's best kept secret. Small business volunteer programs are the focus of chapter 6. Each chapter provides general information on its title subject followed by profiles of companies who operate the type of employee volunteering program under discussion. Two to six profiles are included in each chapter. (YLB)
Download or read book Measuring the Impact of Volunteers written by Christine Burych and published by Energize, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measuring the Impact of Volunteers: A Balanced and Strategic Approach focuses on the long-accepted principle that simply counting “heads” and hours served does NOT give a full picture of the value of volunteer engagement in an organization. The authors adapt the concepts of the “balanced scorecard” performance measurement tool (developed by Kaplan and Norton in the 1990s) to the needs and challenges of volunteer resources management, creating a unique Volunteer Resources Balanced Scorecard (VRBSc). What results is a method for evaluating and planning a volunteer engagement strategy that aligns with the priorities and goals of the organization and the needs of its clients. As a planning tool, the VRBSc helps leaders of volunteers ensure that volunteer service is in sync with the overall goals of the organization. As an evaluation tool, the VRBSc allows decision makers to take an honest look at all aspects of volunteer involvement, balancing four different perspectives that, together, lead to success. Directors of volunteer resources can assess where volunteers are having the most impact and what they should be doing next. As a reporting tool, the VRBSc shows progress and achievements to stakeholders in concrete ways that are meaningful to them. Using illustrations, worksheets, and a comprehensive appendix including survey tools, this book takes readers step by step through the process of creating and using their own VRBSc. Readers will: • See how traditional measurement tools for volunteer engagement do not effectively demonstrate the value and extent of volunteer service • Follow the evolution of the balanced scorecard concept from businesses, to nonprofits, and now to volunteer resources • Develop their own Volunteer Resources Balanced Scorecard • Write meaningful reports that spark action from organization leaders
Download or read book Examining Organizational Commitment of Volunteers in Non profit Sport and Recreation Organizations written by Hyejin Bang and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Three Essays on the Individual Task and Context related Factors Influencing the Organizational Behaviour of Volunteers written by Tina Saksida and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines how various individual, task-, and context-related factors influence important volunteering outcomes. Using data sourced from a large international aid and development agency in the United Kingdom, the three studies that follow explore the organizational behaviour of volunteers and highlight several initiatives that nonprofit organizations can introduce in order to motivate and retain their volunteers. In the first chapter, I present a moderated mediation model where I show that prosocially motivated volunteers dedicate more time to volunteering. The study results further show that volunteer engagement fully mediates the relationship between the value motive and volunteer time, and that the strength of the mediated effect varies as a function of volunteers' commitment to beneficiaries. These findings provide a new perspective on the link between volunteers' motivation and active participation in volunteer activities. The second chapter presents a framework for understanding the processes through which volunteers' perceived impact on beneficiaries influences their turnover intentions and time spent volunteering. The results show that volunteers who perceive that their work impacts beneficiaries (1) report lower intentions to leave their volunteer organization due to their commitment to that organization; and (2) dedicate more time to volunteering because they are committed to the beneficiaries of their work. These findings make a significant contribution to volunteering research by uncovering two different mechanisms that explain how the positive consequences of perceived impact on beneficiaries may unfold. Finally, the third chapter presents a mediation model that explains how an organizational support framework promotes organizational commitment in volunteers. Specifically, the results show that training and paid staff support promote higher levels of volunteers' organizational commitment due to increases in volunteers' perceptions of role clarity and self-efficacy. Importantly, this study illustrates how volunteer managers can use two management practices that are under their control to maximize the commitment of volunteers.
Download or read book Measuring the Business Impacts of Community Involvement written by Vesela Veleva and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study presents findings from piloting a new framework for measuring the business impacts of corporate community involvement at UL. It focuses on evaluating the human resource (HR) outcomes of employee volunteering in three signature programs. Five business impacts were measured - job satisfaction, morale, organizational pride, belief in UL mission, and engagement. Using an employee survey, the research team compared signature program volunteers with others and found a positive correlation between volunteering and impacts on morale, organizational pride, belief in UL mission, and engagement. Employee awareness (without participation) of UL signature programs was also associated with increased morale and organizational pride. While the study did not prove causation, it confirmed previous research on the link between employee volunteering and positive HR outcomes. The authors provide recommendations for further research and how companies can use the impact measurement framework to evaluate the bottom-line benefits of their community involvement programs.
Download or read book The Volunteer Management Handbook written by Tracy D. Connors and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and expanded, the ultimate guide to starting—and keeping—an active and effective volunteer program Drawing on the experience and expertise of recognized authorities on nonprofit organizations, The Volunteer Management Handbook, Second Edition is the only guide you need for establishing and maintaining an active and effective volunteer program. Written by nonprofit leader Tracy Connors, this handy reference offers practical guidance on such essential issues as motivating people to volunteer their time and services, recruitment, and more. Up-to-date and practical, this is the essential guide to managing your nonprofit's most important resource: its volunteers. Now covers volunteer demographics, volunteer program leaders and managers, policy making and implementation, planning and staff analysis, recruiting, interviewing and screening volunteers, orienting and training volunteers, and much more Up-to-date, practical guidance for the major areas of volunteer leadership and management Explores volunteers and the law: liabilities, immunities, and responsibilities Designed to help nonprofit organizations survive and thrive, The Volunteer Management Handbook, Second Edition is an indispensable reference that is unsurpassed in both the breadth and depth of its coverage.
Download or read book From the Top Down written by Susan J. Ellis and published by Energize, Incorporated. This book was released on 1996 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A best seller since the first edition was published in 1986, this is the first and only book that addresses the top decision-maker's role in a volunteer program. It clearly illuminates the issues necessary to facilitate volunteer program success, including an overall vision, policy questions, budgeting, staffing, employee/volunteer relations, the role of the board of directors, and assessing the impact of volunteer contributions. This new, fully-revised edition is packed with updated information regarding legal, risk management, and insurance changes; new regulations on accounting practices covering donated time; the growing trend of mergers; and the new categories of stipended and "mandated" community service participants.
Download or read book Corporate Volunteering as Tool for Human Resource Development written by Julia Graffer and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,0, University of Innsbruck (Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft), language: English, abstract: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) related topics are perceptibly on the rise – in the media1, in advertisements, in academic education and research as well as in political discourse. Reasons for this trend are globalization with the associated increased power of corporations as well as the current financial crisis – i.a. caused by unethical corporate behavior – which led to a changing consumer attitude and a modified public opinion regarding corporate responsibilities. All of this forces companies to act more sustainably and responsibly in order not to lose their ‘license to operate’. The ways in which companies can perform CSR are manifold. One opportunity is to implement Corporate Volunteering (CV): Originating in the United States in the late 1970s it has also become an issue of increasing importance in Europe - particularly since the European Commission designated 2011 as the ‘European year of volunteering’. The skill development which volunteering entails is one reason why more and more companies these days conduct CV programs. The qualities in question, which are honed through CV are manifold – depending on the type of service. In this regard, Corporate Volunteering apparently has the potential of creating not only a winwin but a triple win situation since, apart from the company and the social institution, the employees are also supposed to benefit. What academic research particularly has not focused on so far is the often mentioned but – in most cases – not discussed advantage for Human Resource Development (HRD), which is a quite obvious one in my opinion: Since the improvement and acquirement of knowledge and skills as well as – broadly speaking – the employees’ attitude towards their work and employer are central points in a company’s Human Resource Development activities, my thesis will concentrate on the implications of Corporate Volunteer programs concerning the development of new skills and attitudes. This will be illustrated by an extensive literature review as well as a concrete, practical example, namely Erste Group in Austria.
Download or read book Volunteer Entry Into Hospital Culture written by Tricia Ann Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines the entry of volunteers into the culture of hospitals paying particular attention to the relationships among organizational socialization tactics and the outcomes of person-organization fit (P-O fit), organizational commitment, and job satisfaction. Using a correlation study design, the researcher collected data from hospital volunteers in Western Kentucky. The survey was distributed to 230 volunteers at six different hospitals in Western Kentucky. Of the 230 volunteers who received the survey at various volunteer meetings, the researcher collected 180 usable surveys, yielding a 78.2% return rate. The investigation's survey used items selected from three different scales measuring organization socialization tactics (Jones, 1986), organization commitment (Meyer, Allen & Smith, 1993), and volunteer satisfaction (Galindo-Kuhn & Guzley, 2001). Items measuring perceived P-O fit were modeled after the works of others (Cable & De Rue, 2002; Cable & Judge, 1996). The research question framing the investigation was the following: What impact do organization socialization activities have on volunteer (i.e., unpaid) organization member perceptions of P-O fit, organization commitment, and job satisfaction. An examination of research findings suggest when the hospitals in this investigation used collective, formal, investiture, sequential, and serial socialization tactics, a positive relationship existed between these institutionalized socialization tactics and volunteer perceptions of P-O fit, organization commitment, and job satisfaction. Hence, when these organizations provided socialization experiences in which new volunteers experienced common learning experiences, were separated from other organization members while learning their new role, confirmed volunteer values and characteristics, provided identifiable phases of learning, and allowed experienced volunteers to act as role models, these socialization tactics positively related to volunteer perceptions of value congruence (i.e., P-O fit), organization commitment, and job satisfaction.
Download or read book Enhancing the Volunteer Experience written by Paul J. Ilsley and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1990 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many organizations, recruiting and maintaining a core group of dedicated volunteers spells the difference between success and failure. But very little research has been done to find out what motivates people to volunteer, how to recruit volunteers, and how to nurture their dedication. Enhancing the Volunteer Experience reveals, from the perspective of the volunteer, how management can foster – or impede – the growth of high-quality, long-lived volunteer programs, and how to ensure that volunteering remains a dynamic force that generates social change. Drawing on a four-year study of volunteers in a variety of fields and extensive interviews with 180 people, Ilsey provides nonprofit managers with the insights, skills, and strategies they need to recruit and retain committed volunteers, and to make the volunteer experience rich, rewarding, and productive.
Download or read book Corporate Volunteering Responsibility and Employee Entrepreneurship written by Aldona Glińska-Neweś and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supporting employee entrepreneurship is among major challenges contemporary organizations face. Many facets of corporate entrepreneurship are investigated, and the body of knowledge in the field is growing rapidly; nevertheless, there are still knowledge and research gaps to be filled. Notably, while there are studies linking HRM with corporate entrepreneurship, studies on connections between CSR-oriented practices and corporate/employee entrepreneurship are to be developed. The main goal of this book is to explain relationships between corporate volunteering and employee entrepreneurship in organisations. The book combines two extremely vivid fields of research: entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility. Based on their own research, the authors present how participation in corporate volunteering, as one of the CSR practices in organisations, leads to strengthening employee entrepreneurial behaviour. The book offers a framework showing the role of CSR practices in shaping entrepreneurial and innovative employees’ behaviour. This book is aimed mainly at postgraduates, researchers and academics in the fields of entrepreneurship and corporate volunteering. As it touches vital fields of managerial education and management, it will also be of interest to master level students at universities or business schools as well as business practitioners.
