Dispositional and organizational influences on sustained volunteerism: An interactionist perspective.

By Louis A. Penner. 2002

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Subfields: Health, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Longitudinal Gains in Civic Development through School-Based Required Service (2005, methodology): “Because personality characteristics may have influenced involvement in service or other activities (Hart, Atkins, & Donnelly, in press), measures adopted from Penner, Fritzsche, Craigner, and Freifeld's (1995) research on pro-social personality were employed to control for Helping and Empathy dispos”
Episodic Volunteering and Retention (2016, background): “…with traditional volunteer research demonstrating that new volunteers are often exposed to social pressure prior to their decision to volunteer (Penner, 2002), and the perceived expectations of others predict intentions to volunteer in future (Hyde & Knowles, 2013) as well as actual length of…”
Motivations to Volunteer and Their Associations With Volunteers’ Well-Being (2016, background): “As Penner (2002) suggested, these organizational experiences may have a strong influence on sustained volunteering and potentially on well-”
Sustainable Behavior in the Business Sphere (2014, positive): “Similarly, research on volunteering (Penner, 2002; Warburton & Terry, 2000) and OCB (Organ et al., 2006) shows that voluntary and discretionary behavior in general is strongly guided by personal predispositions.”
Government Employees’ Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Impacts of Public Service Motivation, Organizational Identification, and Subjective OCB Norms (2017, background): “Penner (2002) examined the relationship between two prosocial personality factors (other-oriented empathy and helpfulness) and volunteerism, and found that these prosocial personality factors have significant associations with engagement in volunteer activities.”
Young People and Volunteerism: A Model of Sustained Volunteerism During the Transition to Adulthood (2008, neutral): “‘‘Thus, service organizations must do more than simply recruit volunteers; they must work to maximize the volunteers’ involvement with the organization’’ (Penner 2002, p. 464).”
The Association of Childhood Personality Type With Volunteering During Adolescence (2005, background): “, Elshaug & Metzer, 2001; Penner, 2002) or samples of individuals already involved in volunteering (Penner, 2002).”
Altruistic behaviour and social capital as predictors of well-being among older Canadians (2009, background): “A study of dispositional and organisational influences on sustaining volunteers suggested that organisations maximise the volunteers’ involvement and thus their role identity and commitment (Penner 2002).”
Attachment, caregiving, and volunteering: Placing volunteerism in an attachment‐theoretical framework (2005, background): “In recent years, investigators (e.g., Clary et al., 1998; see Penner, 2002, for a review) have begun to study the predispositions, motives, and benefits involved in helping others and have looked beyond single altruistic acts (such as helping in an emergency) to sustained prosocial activities.”
The volunteer stages and transitions model: Organizational socialization of volunteers (2008, methodology): “According to the resource theory (Wilson & Musick, 1998) and the dominant status theory (Penner, 2002), people with high human capital (high income and education) and social capital (highly networked) tend to volunteer more than others.”
Finding Meaning through Volunteering: Why Do Employees Volunteer and What Does It Mean for Their Jobs? (2013, methodology): “First, prior explorations of the antecedents of volunteering have focused on volunteer context and volunteer characteristics (Penner, 2002; Wilson, 2000).”
Character strengths and well-being among volunteers and employees: Toward an integrative model (2010, background): “Volunteering occurs within an organizational environment, and obviously is not obligated by others or enforced by law (Haski-Leventhal, 2005 ; Penner, 2002 ).”