Abstract
Despite the millions of hours donated to charity each year by employees on behalf of their employers there has been relatively little research into the motives for such pro-social behavior. The current paper extends Peterson's (2004, Journal of Business Ethics 49, 371) study by exploring a unique form of employee volunteerism identified as intra-organizational, or employer-sanctioned volunteerism, and uniting the heretofore distinct charity support and organizational citizenship behavior literatures. Results of a preliminary study revealed that employee participation in such intra-organizational volunteer programs is motivated by charity, firm, and personal benefits. Managerial and research implications are presented.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 357-379 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Journal of Business Ethics |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2006 |
Keywords
- Corporate philanthropy
- Employee volunteerism
- Organizational citizenship behavior
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business and International Management
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Economics and Econometrics
- Law