Research Catalog

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Description

1. vii, 223 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "We know very little about how and why individuals volunteer to work in organizations, and we know even less about how their efforts are organized and directed once they are at work. Some organizations utilizing volunteers waste the human resources they have; others manage to work effectively and provide invaluable services. Yet there has been little attempt to understand the organizational behavior of volunteers and make better use of their talents." "Volunteers is the first comprehensive book on the organizational behavior of volunteer workers. It explores why people volunteer for organizational work, drawing upon original research and the existing scholarly work in this field. A central theme of the book is the uncertainty volunteers have of their own roles in the organization in which they work, with all the potential frustration that this can elicit." "However, much of the existing advice to volunteers or those employing them can be misleading or unhelpful. In her study, Jone L. Pearce looks at successful and unsuccessful organizations in areas such as the arts, social services and health care. She discusses the implications of volunteers on general theories of organizational behavior, and also outlines the practical effects of an understanding of volunteer workers for all organizations employing them. Volunteers will be valuable to managers and also to psychologists interested in organizational behavior."--Jacket.

Series statement

1. People and organizations

Uniform title

1. People and organizations (London, England)

Subject

1. Voluntarism
2. Volunteers
3. Voluntarism
4. Volunteers
5. Arbeitspsychologie
6. Ehrenamtliche Tätigkeit
7. Organisationsverhalten
8. Vrijwilligers
9. Organisaties
10. Vrijwilligerswerk
11. unpaid work
12. volunteer
13. motivation
14. work attitude
15. organization behaviour
16. survey
17. voluntary organization
18. social service
19. health service
20. fine arts
21. statistical table
22. Associations
23. Bénévolat > Aspect psychologique
24. Bénévolat
25. travail non rémunéré
26. volontaire
27. attitude à l'égard du travail
28. comportement organisationnel
29. enquête
30. organisation volontaire
31. services sociaux
32. service de santé
33. beaux-arts
34. tableau statistique
35. trabajo no remunerado
36. voluntario
37. motivación
38. actitud hacia el trabajo
39. conducta organizacional
40. encuesta
41. organización voluntaria
42. servicios sociales
43. servicio de salud
44. bellas artes
45. cuadros estadísticos
46. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
47. Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord
48. Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte

Genre/Form

1. bibliography.
2. bibliographie.
3. bibliografía.

Contents

1. pt. I. The context of volunteer organizational behavior. 1. Volunteers at work. 2. The structural uncertainty of volunteers' settings. 3. Volunteers' jobs -- pt. II. Why volunteer? 4. Volunteer motivation. 5. Volunteers' attitudes: an exploration of their commitment -- pt. III. Member reliability and independence. 6. The organizational control of volunteers. 7. The management of interpersonal influence -- pt. IV. Toward inclusive organizational studies. 8. Implications for theories of organizational behavior. 9. Implications for volunteer management and research.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.