Some speculations on the origins and role of the associative-supportive motivation to volunteer
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2013
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Treuren, G.
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Grimmer, M.
Hecker, R.
Hecker, R.
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Proceedings of the 27th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management conference: managing the edge, 2013 / Grimmer, M., Hecker, R. (ed./s), pp.1-16
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27th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM) (4 Dec 2013 - 6 Dec 2013 : Hobart, Tasmania)
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Treuren (2009) demonstrated the salience of a new volunteer motivation – the Associative –Supportive motivation (AS), in explaining why many people volunteered to participate in five event organisations. This paper proposes a theoretical basis for this motivation, based on social identity and social exchange theory, before examining whether this new motivation is coherent with the Clary et al (1998)’s Volunteer Functions Inventory, and useful in explaining volunteer behaviour. This paper found that prior experience of the cause, but not prior knowledge of the organisation, was associated with higher levels of AS motivation. The AS supplemented version of the VFI had better model fit than the six-factor AS model.
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