Volunteer Engagement: Exploring the Distinction Between Job and Organizational Engagement |
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Authors: | Sanna Malinen Lotta Harju |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship,University of Canterbury,Christchurch,New Zealand;2.Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,Aalto University, School of Science and Technology,Helsinki,Finland |
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Abstract: | Retaining engaged volunteers is crucial to many non-profit organizations. However, research on volunteer engagement is limited, and the distinction between job and organizational engagement in volunteers remains to be investigated. In this paper, we examine both organizational- and job-level engagement, and specifically, whether perceived organizational support would enhance volunteer engagement and associated attitudes. We surveyed 221 volunteers, and asked them about their perceptions of organizational support; their engagement with their volunteer job and the organization they volunteer for; satisfaction; commitment; and turnover intentions. Both organizational and job engagements had significant relationships with the attitudinal variables. However, we found that organizational rather than job engagement mediated the relationship between organizational support and volunteer satisfaction and commitment. While organizational engagement correlated with turnover intentions, neither job nor organizational engagement mediated the relationship between support and the intent to leave. Our findings advance the research on volunteer engagement, and highlight the importance of organizational engagement for this important, but too often overlooked, workforce. |
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