Organizational factors affecting volunteers: A literature review on volunteer coordination

S Studer, G Von Schnurbein - VOLUNTAS: International Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
While volunteer literature presents diverse insights into the motives, personal dispositions,
and sociodemographic characteristics of volunteers, researches comparatively seldom focus …

Evidence-based volunteer management: a review of the literature

C Einolf - Voluntary Sector Review, 2018 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
This article reviews 81 articles that directly tested the effectiveness of volunteer management
practices. Many articles measured volunteers' perceptions of the quality of management …

Spontaneous volunteering in social crises: Self-organization and coordination

R Simsa, P Rameder… - … and Voluntary Sector …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article investigates spontaneous volunteering during the social crisis referred to as the
“European 2015 refugee crisis.” The situation was politically controversial and the vacuum in …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers for non-profits' success: Volunteer engagement and financial sustainability practices through the resource dependence theory

S Ilyas, M Butt, F Ashfaq, D Acquadro Maran - Economies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The strategies that non-profit organizations choose for volunteer engagement and financial
sustainability are of the utmost importance for successful work. The main purpose of this …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding citizens' action for nature: The profile, motivations and experiences of Dutch nature volunteers

W Ganzevoort, RJG Van Den Born - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Active citizens are a crucial foundation of nature conservation, with a long history of
commitment to natural history, conservation work, education and outreach. There is a strong …

High-performance human resource practices and volunteer engagement: The role of empowerment and organizational identification

C Traeger, K Alfes - VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and …, 2019 - Springer
Volunteering research has long focused on the characteristics of volunteers and their
motivations to highlight what drives them to dedicate their free time to good causes. More …

Practical implications of understanding the influence of motivations on commitment to voluntary urban conservation stewardship

ST Asah, DJ Blahna - Conservation Biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although the word commitment is prevalent in conservation biology literature and despite
the importance of people's commitment to the success of conservation initiatives …

Volunteers in the COVID-19 pandemic era: Intrinsic, extrinsic, or altruistic motivation? Postgraduate international students in China

Y Kifle Mekonen, MA Adarkwah - Journal of Social Service …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Volunteerism is influenced by varied motivational factors. As the world is still suffering from
the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, China, through collective efforts by the …

Volunteer management: an exploratory case study within the British Red Cross

L Waikayi, C Fearon, L Morris, H McLaughlin - Management Decision, 2012 - emerald.com
Purpose–Increasingly, post credit crunch, organisations are seeking to develop new ways of
attracting, recruiting and retaining staff in the UK high street for less or even no financial …

Unselfish? Understanding the role of altruism, empathy, and beliefs in volunteering commitment

TM Veludo-de-Oliveira, JG Pallister… - Journal of Nonprofit & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores the extent to which young volunteers perform voluntary service for
selfless reasons by investigating the role of altruism, empathy, and beliefs in their …