What keeps corporate volunteers engaged: Extending the volunteer work design model with self-determination theory insights
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2018
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Journal of Business Ethics
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160
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693–712
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Springer
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Berlin
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This study explores the factors explaining why employees internalize a volunteer identity in a corporate context. We do so by empirically testing Grant's volunteer work design model with a sample of 619 employees involved in CV programs, and by comparing its relevance with an alternative, extended model relying on insights from self-determination theory. We show that employees are more likely to internalize a volunteer identity if they can choose what cause to engage for and if they feel that the projects they participate in are meaningful.
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1573-0697
0167-4544
0167-4544
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English
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Published
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Schie, S. v., Gautier, A., Pache, A.-C., & Güntert, S. (2018). What keeps corporate volunteers engaged: Extending the volunteer work design model with self-determination theory insights. Journal of Business Ethics, 160, 693–712. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3926-y