Role Commitment and Role Maintenance Strategies
A Symbolic interactionist Approach to Volunteering
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12969489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Behnam Behnia (Carleton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian journal of nonprofit and social economy research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1920-9355 • E-ISSN: 1920-9355 |
| Publisher | University of Alberta Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.29173/cjnser.2021v12n1a370 |
| OpenAlex | W3173229723 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
There are numerous reports on the rates of attrition among volunteers as a persistent challenge for organizations. In explaining volunteer attrition, researchers have predominantly: 1) provided an individualistic account of volunteering; 2) overlooked the interactional dimension of volunteer work and the crucial role of interpretation in its development; and 3) assumed commitment as a function of satisfaction with volunteering experience. Drawing on the theoretical insights of a symbolic interactionist approach, this article contends that volunteers’ role commitment hinges on their satisfaction with their interpretation of their interaction with clients, rather than the interaction itself. This perspective calls attention to the volunteer-client dyadic interaction, gives a prominent place to the social role and its definition, and draws attention to strategies used by volunteers to sustain challenging relationship with clients. RÉSUMÉIl existe de nombreux rapports sur les pourcentages de bénévoles perdus et le défi que ces pertes posent pour les organismes. Pour expliquer ces bénévoles perdus, les chercheurs ont surtout : 1) fourni des comptes rendus individualistes du bénévolat; 2) ignoré la dimension interactionnelle du bénévolat et le rôle crucial de l’interprétation dans le développement des interactions; et 3) pris pour acquis l’engagement comme indice de satisfaction des bénévoles. Se fondant sur la perspective théorique offerte par l’interactionnisme symbolique, cet article maintient que l’engagement des bénévoles dépend de la manière dont ils interprètent leurs interactions avec les clients plutôt que des interactions elles-mêmes. Cette perspective met l’accent sur l’interaction dyadique entre le bénévole et le client, donne une place de choix au rôle social et à sa définition, et attire l’attention sur les stratégies employées par les bénévoles pour gérer des rapports parfois difficiles avec leurs clients
Art · Attrition · Ethnology · Humanities · Interpretation (philosophy · Perspective (graphical · Sociology · Symbolic interactionism · Cooperative Studies and Economics · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Becoming an Ex
Symbolic Interactionism
Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century
Compeer Friends
Community families
Symbolic Interaction as an Approach to Family Research
The Three-Stage Model of Volunteers' Duration of Service
Volunteering with Newcomers
Commitment
Building a Committed Hospice Volunteer Workforce—Do Variables at the Experience Stage Matter
Why Do Immigrants and Refugees Give Back to Their Communities and What can We Learn from Their Civic Engagement
Beyond the Looking-Glass Self
You're not really a visitor, you're just a friend’
Why do older adult volunteers stop volunteering
An exploration of the value and mechanisms of befriending for older adults in England
The Social Psychology of Interaction
Social Roles
The Revolving Door
Volunteer Engagement and Organizational Commitment in Nonprofit Organizations
Dispositional and Organizational Influences on Sustained Volunteerism
The volunteer stages and transitions model
"Sociological Analysis and the "Variable
Illuminating Social Life
Symbolic Interaction and Cultural Studies
Theoretical Sociology
Friends that last a lifetime
Punished for their Good Deeds
Social Feedback and Self-Appraisals
Health Benefits of Volunteering in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Recent Developments in Role Theory
The Social Construction of Marital Commitment
Role-Taking, Role Standpoint, and Reference-Group Behavior
They Are Just Like You and Me
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |