Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2020

Publication Title

Frontiers in Psychology

First Page

1

Last Page

13

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.552867

Additional Publication URL

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.552867

Abstract

Many organizations encourage their employees to participate in charitable activities as part of their corporate social responsibility strategies. As a result, there has been an increased research interest in employee volunteering behavior. However, while previous research on employee volunteering decisions has focused on both individual-level and organizational-level factors, there has been less focus on peer involvement and volunteer cause proximity. To go some way to filling this research area, this paper conducted two studies to examine the possible effects of colleague participation, colleague position and public cause proximity on employee volunteering intentions. Study 1 found that colleague participation and public cause proximity had significant effects on employee volunteering, and Study 2 found that power distance played a moderating role in the relationship between colleague position and employee volunteering. This study contributes to theoretical research on employee volunteering and provides some information to assist firms retain engaged volunteers.

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Originally published by Frontiers under a Creative Commons in Frontiers in Psychology, 2020, 11. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.552867. The entire content of all present and past journals is immediately and permanently accessible online free of charge and published under the CC-BY license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and the source are credited.

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