Zappa, Paola and Zavarrone, Emma
(2010)
Social interaction and volunteer satisfaction:
an exploratory study in primary healthcare.
International Review of Economics, 57 (2).
pp. 215-231.
ISSN 1865-1704
Abstract
This research investigates the relationship between social interaction
amongst volunteers working for non-profit organizations and their satisfaction with
what they are doing. Drawing on the literature on social capital, we apply social
network theories so as to represent various kinds of interaction. We then specify a
CATREG model to pick up the effects of goal-specific social capital on volunteer
satisfaction. We test our hypotheses on a population of 100 volunteers in a
non-profit organization. The empirical evidence we collect reports that benefits of
co-working relationships, like the opportunity to acquire competences or the
involvement in decision making, affect levels of satisfaction more than any outcomes
of solidarity interaction.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Volunteer satisfaction; Social interaction; Social capital;
Social network analysis; Sociology of Economics; Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models, Discrete Regressors, Proportions, Probabilities; Safety, Job Satisfaction, Related Public Policy; Nonprofit Institutions, NGOs. Social Entrepreneurship; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business |
| Item ID: |
11296 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12232-010-0095-4 |
| Depositing User: |
Paola Zappa
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| Date Deposited: |
16 Oct 2019 11:31 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
International Review of Economics |
| Publisher: |
Springer |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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