Enhancing Volunteer Engagement to Achieve Desirable Outcomes: What Can Non-profit Employers Do?
Journal
VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
ISSN
0957-8765
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Abstract (De)
Engagement is a positive psychological state that is linked with a range of beneficial individual and organizational outcomes. However, the factors associated with volunteer engagement have rarely been examined. Data from 1064 volunteers of a wildlife charity in the United Kingdom revealed that both task-and emotion-oriented organizational support were positively related to volunteer engagement, and volunteer engagement was positively related to volunteer happiness and perceived social worth and negatively related to intent to leave the voluntary organization. Consistent with theory, engagement acted as a mediator between these factors. The implications for future research and the relevance of the findings for voluntary organizations are discussed.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Springer Science
Volume
27
Number
2
Start page
595
End page
617
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
269317