RT Article
T1 Corporate-Sponsored Volunteering: A Work Design Perspective
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 99
IS 3
SP 467
OP 482
A1 Pajo, Karl
A1 Lee, Louise
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2011
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785641344
AB This study explored employee perceptions of participation in a corporate-sponsored volunteer initiative. Drawing on both questionnaire and focus group data, this study reaffirms the importance of altruistic concerns as a key driver for employee involvement in corporate- sponsored volunteering. Characteristics of the volunteering activity also emerged as important determinants of employee’s initial engagement and ongoing motivation for involvement in corporate-sponsored volunteering. In the same way that models of work design point to the value of enriched jobs, we see that there is scope to consider how corporate-sponsored volunteer programmes can be enriched so that employees have satisfying experiences and are more likely to participate. Enhancing perceptions of task significance and meaningfulness and incorporating relational elements into the volunteer activity seem to be especially critical in this regard.
K1 volunteering task attributes
K1 task design
K1 Prosocial motives
K1 job crafting
K1 employee volunteering
K1 Corporate Social Responsibility
DO 10.1007/s10551-010-0665-0