Employer Support for Employee Voluntarism

Kapsalis, Constantine (1999): Employer Support for Employee Voluntarism. Published in: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (January 1999)

Abstract

This study uses the microdata from the 1997 National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (NSGVP) and from a comparable survey for 1987 to answer a number of key questions pertaining to the role of employers in support of employee voluntarism: (a) How extensive is employer support? (b) How has employer support change over the last 10 years? (c) What organizations or activities do employer support the most? (d) How employer support affects employee volunteers?

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: volunteering
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D71 - Social Choice ; Clubs ; Committees ; Associations

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