to volunteer in their local communities as well as providing them the requisite resources (MsPressWire, 2009).
In a non-profit organization, volunteers are the key component to ensuring continued viability. A unique attribute of Non-Profit Organizations is that they depend heavily on their volunteer workforce. Essentially, Non-Profit Organizations must assure the proper and sustained functioning of their organization through the efforts of the volunteers, but at the same time the volunteers lack instrumental means, such as money and job security (Boezman & Ellemers, 2008; Grube and Piliavin, 2000). As such, the organization must rely heavily on the volunteer spirit and motivation ensure the organization can meets its mission. By ensuring that volunteers are properly motivated and have a since of ownership within the organization, Non-Profit Organization are able to establish a since of loyalty in the volunteers.
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The unifying quality is that the volunteer must feel that they are well motivated to contribute their time and efforts (Cuskelly & Boag, 2001; Cuskelly, Taylor, Hoye, & Darcy, 2006). In the case of organizations like Microsoft, a volunteer position can be the entry point to future opportunities such as paid employment. The motivation of a volunteer in profit driven organizations range from future opportunities, resume building, creating professional connections, and greater opportunities within the organization. In the case of Google, in one unique situation, they utilized volunteers to improve upon existing software. Google enhanced its voice search by using over 700 volunteers in India to improve the spoken word search
In a non-profit organization, volunteers are the key component to ensuring continued viability. A unique attribute of Non-Profit Organizations is that they depend heavily on their volunteer workforce. Essentially, Non-Profit Organizations must assure the proper and sustained functioning of their organization through the efforts of the volunteers, but at the same time the volunteers lack instrumental means, such as money and job security (Boezman & Ellemers, 2008; Grube and Piliavin, 2000). As such, the organization must rely heavily on the volunteer spirit and motivation ensure the organization can meets its mission. By ensuring that volunteers are properly motivated and have a since of ownership within the organization, Non-Profit Organization are able to establish a since of loyalty in the volunteers.
The Role of Volunteers in For-Profit Organizations …show more content…
The unifying quality is that the volunteer must feel that they are well motivated to contribute their time and efforts (Cuskelly & Boag, 2001; Cuskelly, Taylor, Hoye, & Darcy, 2006). In the case of organizations like Microsoft, a volunteer position can be the entry point to future opportunities such as paid employment. The motivation of a volunteer in profit driven organizations range from future opportunities, resume building, creating professional connections, and greater opportunities within the organization. In the case of Google, in one unique situation, they utilized volunteers to improve upon existing software. Google enhanced its voice search by using over 700 volunteers in India to improve the spoken word search