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The impact of institutional recognition on motivation, satisfaction, commitment and investment of volunteers
| Resumo: | The recognition of the volunteering activity has been included in many european agendas and it’s one of the pressure points of member states by the end of next year. Although the recognition of volunteerism is recognised as an important precursor for skills assessment and a higher employability rate, there is, until now, no study that shows the impact of this variable in the engagement of volunteers. The present study aims to analyse the influence of institutional recognition in the motivation, satisfaction, commitment and investment of volunteers. The study was carried out on 352 volunteers using 4 scales to measure each one the constructs using a digital platform. The results show that volunteers receiving institutional recognition demonstrate, on average, more satisfaction with the volunteering activity, are generally more motivated and spend more hours per week pursuing the volunteering activity. It is also visible that motivation, satisfaction, commitment and investment positively correlated. Finally, results show that older participants are motivated to pursue to volunteering activity because of the expression of an individual’s altruistic values through volunteering. |
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| Autores principais: | Gonçalves, Patrícia dos Santos |
| Assunto: | Volunteer Recognition Motivation Satisfaction Commitment Voluntário Reconhecimento Motivação Satisfação Comprometimento Ciências Sociais::Psicologia |
| Ano: | 2018 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | The recognition of the volunteering activity has been included in many european agendas and it’s one of the pressure points of member states by the end of next year. Although the recognition of volunteerism is recognised as an important precursor for skills assessment and a higher employability rate, there is, until now, no study that shows the impact of this variable in the engagement of volunteers. The present study aims to analyse the influence of institutional recognition in the motivation, satisfaction, commitment and investment of volunteers. The study was carried out on 352 volunteers using 4 scales to measure each one the constructs using a digital platform. The results show that volunteers receiving institutional recognition demonstrate, on average, more satisfaction with the volunteering activity, are generally more motivated and spend more hours per week pursuing the volunteering activity. It is also visible that motivation, satisfaction, commitment and investment positively correlated. Finally, results show that older participants are motivated to pursue to volunteering activity because of the expression of an individual’s altruistic values through volunteering. |
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