Alfes, Kerstin, Shantz, Amanda and Bailey, Catherine (2016) Enhancing volunteer engagement to achieve desirable outcomes: what can non-profit employers do? Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 27 (2). pp. 595-617. ISSN 0957-8765

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Abstract

Abstract 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.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Business, Management and Economics > Business and Management
Subjects:	H Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Joy Blake
Date Deposited:	12 Jun 2015 12:41
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2017 04:11
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/54259

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