Positive Emotions in Volunteerism

Volunteerism is a well consolidated social phenomenon in our society. However, its rapid growth in the last few years has complicated the integration of theoretical knowledge and its application in organizational settings. Taking into account that nowadays, one of the chief problems of volunteer org...

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Published in:The Spanish journal of psychology 2005-05, Vol.8 (1), p.30-35
Main Authors: Jiménez, María Luisa Vecina, Fuertes, Fernando Chacón
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Affect
Aged
Emotions
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motivation
Positive emotions
Psychology
Psychosocial factors
Quality of service
Satisfaction
Surveys and Questionnaires
Voluntary organizations
Voluntary work
Volunteers
Volunteers - psychology
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Summary:Volunteerism is a well consolidated social phenomenon in our society. However, its rapid growth in the last few years has complicated the integration of theoretical knowledge and its application in organizational settings. Taking into account that nowadays, one of the chief problems of volunteer organizations is sustained volunteer service, the object of this work is to verify, within the context of the psychosocial model of sustained volunteerism (Vecina, 2001), the type of relation between the experience of positive emotions in volunteers and their intention of remaining in the organization. This work was carried out on a sample of volunteers who had been in service for less than one year prior to this study. El voluntariado es un fenómeno social ya consolidado en nuestra sociedad. Sin embargo, el rápido crecimiento que en los últimos años ha experimentado hace difícil la integración de conocimientos teóricos y su aplicación en los contextos organizacionales. Considerando que uno de los principales problemas que tienen las organizaciones de voluntariado actualmente es la permanencia de su voluntariado, el objetivo de este trabajo es constatar, dentro del contexto aportado por el modelo psicosocial de la permanencia del voluntariado (Vecina, 2001), el tipo de relación existente entre la experiencia de emociones positivas en el voluntariado y la intención de permanencia en la organización en una muestra de voluntarios que lleva menos de un año de permanencia previa.
ISSN:1138-7416
1988-2904
DOI:10.1017/S1138741600004935