How volunteers sense their ownership of the job

ISBN-13: 9783639133257 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 68 str.

Tian Li

Opis

Concern with the successful management of non-profitorganizations (NPOs) has become an issue of growingconcern to organizations and managers in recentdecades. leaders of for-profit organizations canlearn from their NPOs counterparts, especially in theareas of motivation and productivity of knowledgeworkers. However, rigorous empirical researchexploring management of volunteers workingin NPOs has been surprisingly sparse. One of thereasons for this might be that we did not havecoherent, well-established frameworks forunderstanding what drives volunteer behaviour inNPOs, notably the level of participation orwithdrawal from the organization .The present studyapplied a psychological ownership approach tounderstanding volunteer behaviour in NPOs. This studyinvestigates the relationship between leadershipstyles (e.g., taskoriented, relationship-oriented andparticipative leadership style), perceived control,psychological ownership of the job and severalvolunteers work attitudes. Particularattention is given to turnover intentions,psychological withdrawal and senses ofresponsibility.

O autorze

Tian Li, Mater of Applied Psychology: Studied organizational
psychology at University of Waikato, New Zealand.