An Exploratory Study of Volunteer Stress Management: The organisational story
Studies of volunteer stress, its causes and how it is dealt with, from the perspective of organisations that manage volunteers, are limited. This paper presents an exploratory study that complements the existing, more prevalent literature on volunteer stress and burnout from the volunteer perspectiv...
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| description | Studies of volunteer stress, its causes and how it is dealt with, from the perspective of organisations that manage volunteers, are limited. This paper presents an exploratory study that complements the existing, more prevalent literature on volunteer stress and burnout from the volunteer perspective. A convenience sample of practitioners attending a national volunteering conference yielded 49 participants for the study. Findings indicate that role overload, competing work and family pressures and inter-volunteer conflicts are the most prominent sources of volunteer stress that volunteer-involving organisations are called on to manage. The associated implications for organisations and the broader sector are discussed. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-143182017-01-30T11:42:55Z An Exploratory Study of Volunteer Stress Management: The organisational story Holmes, Kirsten Lockstone-Binney, L. Volunteering stress volunteer-involving organisations burnout Studies of volunteer stress, its causes and how it is dealt with, from the perspective of organisations that manage volunteers, are limited. This paper presents an exploratory study that complements the existing, more prevalent literature on volunteer stress and burnout from the volunteer perspective. A convenience sample of practitioners attending a national volunteering conference yielded 49 participants for the study. Findings indicate that role overload, competing work and family pressures and inter-volunteer conflicts are the most prominent sources of volunteer stress that volunteer-involving organisations are called on to manage. The associated implications for organisations and the broader sector are discussed. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14318 http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=535148751141369;res=IELHSS Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Inc. restricted |
| spellingShingle | Volunteering stress volunteer-involving organisations burnout Holmes, Kirsten Lockstone-Binney, L. An Exploratory Study of Volunteer Stress Management: The organisational story |
| title | An Exploratory Study of Volunteer Stress Management: The organisational story |
| title_full | An Exploratory Study of Volunteer Stress Management: The organisational story |
| title_fullStr | An Exploratory Study of Volunteer Stress Management: The organisational story |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Exploratory Study of Volunteer Stress Management: The organisational story |
| title_short | An Exploratory Study of Volunteer Stress Management: The organisational story |
| title_sort | exploratory study of volunteer stress management: the organisational story |
| topic | Volunteering stress volunteer-involving organisations burnout |
| url | http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=535148751141369;res=IELHSS http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14318 |