Abstract

Employee volunteering is a topic of growing importance in workplaces around the globe. Likewise, research on employee volunteering has seen a marked increase over the past decade, particularly in leading management and psychology outlets. Despite this increasing visibility, there is little consensus on the state of the literature or directions for the future. In particular, research is currently based on a variety of different definitions and operationalizations and is spread across several disciplines. In order to advance management research on employee volunteering, this review focuses on three contributions: (1) clarifying the definition and various forms of employee volunteering, (2) reviewing the current body of knowledge on employee volunteering, and (3) providing a future research agenda for the role of employee volunteering in the workplace.

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GlobeVariety (cybernetics)Public relationsEmployee researchEmployee engagementOrder (exchange)Employee motivationEmployee resource groupsPsychologySociologyPolitical scienceBusiness

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Year
2015
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article
Volume
42
Issue
1
Pages
55-84
Citations
170
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Jessica B. Rodell, Heiko Breitsohl, Melanie Schröder et al. (2015). Employee Volunteering. Journal of Management , 42 (1) , 55-84. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206315614374

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10.1177/0149206315614374