Volunteers : the organizational behavior of unpaid workers.
Material type: TextSeries: People and organizationsPublication details: London : Routledge, 1993Description: vii, 223 pISBN:- 0415094275
- 361.37
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Bibliography: p. [207]-215
Includes indexes
Volunteers in the first comprehensive book on the organizational behaviour of volunteer workers. It explores why people volunteer for organizational work. A central theme of the book is the uncertainty volunteers have of their own roles in the organization in which they work, with all the potential frustration that this can elicit. It looks at successful and unsuccessful organizations in areas such as the arts, social services and health care. The author discusses the implications of volunteers on general theories of organizational behaviour and also outlines the practical effects of an understanding of volunteer workers for all organizations employing them
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