Toward a Refined Insight Into the Importance of Volunteers’ Motivations for Need-Based Experiences, Job Satisfaction, Work Effort, and Turnover Intentions in Nonprofit Sports Clubs: A Person-Centered Approach
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Article Title | Toward a Refined Insight Into the Importance of Volunteers’ Motivations for Need-Based Experiences, Job Satisfaction, Work Effort, and Turnover Intentions in Nonprofit Sports Clubs: A Person-Centered Approach |
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Article Category | Article |
Authors | De Clerck, Tom, Willem, Annick, De Cocker, Katrien and Haerens, Leen |
Journal Title | Voluntas |
Journal Citation | 33 (4), pp. 807-819 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2022 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-021-00444-5 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11266-021-00444-5 |
Abstract | Extensive variable-centered research guided by Self-Determination Theory (SDT) has provided insights into volunteers’ motivations in nonprofit and voluntary sports clubs. However, volunteers may have multiple reasons for engaging in volunteer work. By adopting a person-centered approach, the present study aimed to identify volunteers’ motivational profiles in sports clubs based on combinations of different motivational regulations as distinguished within SDT. Six profiles were retained, which differed in terms of volunteers’ need-based experiences, job satisfaction, work effort, and turnover intentions. Specifically, the findings pointed out the crucial role of relatively high levels of autonomous motivation for volunteers’ need satisfaction, job satisfaction, and work effort while relatively high levels of controlled motivation and amotivation were associated with need frustration and turnover intentions. Practical suggestions on how leaders can optimize their organization’s motivational environment are provided. This study urges researchers to develop motivational profiles in other nonprofit contexts. |
Keywords | Job satisfaction; Motivational profiles; Self-Determination Theory; Sports clubs; Turnover intentions; Work effort |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 4499. Other human society |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Ghent University, Belgium |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/xq6qq/toward-a-refined-insight-into-the-importance-of-volunteers-motivations-for-need-based-experiences-job-satisfaction-work-effort-and-turnover-intentions-in-nonprofit-sports-clubs-a-person-centered
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