Life Satisfaction Among Healthcare Volunteers in Malaysia: Role of Personality Factors, Volunteering Motives, and Spiritual Capital
This article analyzes the role of three antecedents of life satisfaction (LS) among healthcare volunteers in Malaysia. The antecedents are: personality traits, motives to volunteer, and spiritual capital. This study has empirically tested the impact of individual dimensions of personality traits,...
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| description | This article analyzes the role of three antecedents of life satisfaction
(LS) among healthcare volunteers in Malaysia. The antecedents are: personality
traits, motives to volunteer, and spiritual capital. This study has empirically tested
the impact of individual dimensions of personality traits, motives, and spiritual
capital along with their inter-relationships in explaining the LS. The volunteers of
St. John Ambulance participated in this study. The model has been tested using
structural equation modeling and it has been found that the three constructs have an
explanatory power of 53 %. The main results are: (1) neuroticism, value motives,
protective motives, personal well-being, and spirituality have a direct impact on LS
and (2) enhancement motives, social motives, and religiosity have an indirect
impact on LS. These results can provide insights to researchers and managers
regarding profiling the right volunteers, providing the necessary infrastructure, and
providing proper training to the volunteers. |
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| spelling | intimal-502016-10-05T07:59:33Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/50/ Life Satisfaction Among Healthcare Volunteers in Malaysia: Role of Personality Factors, Volunteering Motives, and Spiritual Capital Veerasamy, Chanthiran Sambasivan, Murali Kumar, Naresh H Social Sciences (General) This article analyzes the role of three antecedents of life satisfaction (LS) among healthcare volunteers in Malaysia. The antecedents are: personality traits, motives to volunteer, and spiritual capital. This study has empirically tested the impact of individual dimensions of personality traits, motives, and spiritual capital along with their inter-relationships in explaining the LS. The volunteers of St. John Ambulance participated in this study. The model has been tested using structural equation modeling and it has been found that the three constructs have an explanatory power of 53 %. The main results are: (1) neuroticism, value motives, protective motives, personal well-being, and spirituality have a direct impact on LS and (2) enhancement motives, social motives, and religiosity have an indirect impact on LS. These results can provide insights to researchers and managers regarding profiling the right volunteers, providing the necessary infrastructure, and providing proper training to the volunteers. Springer US 2014-02-28 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/50/1/Life%20Satisfaction%20Among%20Healthcare%20Volunteers%20in%20MalaysiaRole%20of%20Personality%20Factors%2C%20Volunteering%20Motives%2C%20and%20Spiritual%20Capital.pdf Veerasamy, Chanthiran and Sambasivan, Murali and Kumar, Naresh (2014) Life Satisfaction Among Healthcare Volunteers in Malaysia: Role of Personality Factors, Volunteering Motives, and Spiritual Capital. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 26 (2). pp. 531-552. ISSN 1573-7888 10.1007/s11266-014-9437-2 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Veerasamy, Chanthiran Sambasivan, Murali Kumar, Naresh Life Satisfaction Among Healthcare Volunteers in Malaysia: Role of Personality Factors, Volunteering Motives, and Spiritual Capital |
| title | Life Satisfaction Among Healthcare Volunteers in Malaysia: Role of Personality Factors, Volunteering Motives, and Spiritual Capital |
| title_full | Life Satisfaction Among Healthcare Volunteers in Malaysia: Role of Personality Factors, Volunteering Motives, and Spiritual Capital |
| title_fullStr | Life Satisfaction Among Healthcare Volunteers in Malaysia: Role of Personality Factors, Volunteering Motives, and Spiritual Capital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Life Satisfaction Among Healthcare Volunteers in Malaysia: Role of Personality Factors, Volunteering Motives, and Spiritual Capital |
| title_short | Life Satisfaction Among Healthcare Volunteers in Malaysia: Role of Personality Factors, Volunteering Motives, and Spiritual Capital |
| title_sort | life satisfaction among healthcare volunteers in malaysia: role of personality factors, volunteering motives, and spiritual capital |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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