In this study we examine reasons that professionals become and remain members of
professional associations. We looked at tangible and symbolic benefits that an association …

Professional associations have provided various benefits to their members to bolster
member retention and recruitment. This study explored factors that could influence members' …

This study was designed to explore the determinants of membership retention and
expansion within a health care professional association. Analyzing empirical data from 824 …

Professional associations face the challenge of member engagement. This study examined
the effects of members' need fulfillment and perceived organizational support on their …

Membership associations are a significant component of the nonprofit sector. Mu-tual benefit
organizations, incorporated to serve their members' interests, compose 33 percent of the …

By expanding understanding of individuals' reasons to serve on nonprofit boards,
practitioners will be able to improve recruitment and retention of quality board members …

This paper studies participation behavior, organizational commitment, perceived value and
attitudinal loyalty as psychological and behavioral antecedents of the intention to use the …

The focus of this article is on how public versus member benefit nonprofit organizations
differ, based largely on data from survey interviews with leaders of fifty-nine nonprofit …

Is it true that well-regarded representatives of the business world are often surprisingly
ineffective as members of nonprofit boards? Do they somehow seem to have checked their …

The theories of exchange and of collective action were used to guide a study of the sources
of satisfaction of the participants in a medical specialty society. This survey of two groups of …