Does Volunteering Involve? Organizational in Volvement on the Example of Volunteers from the „Szlachetna Paczka” Project – a Report from Research

Abstract

Organizational comitment is a process thanks to which the employees identify themselves personally with the effects, changes and daily decisions of the company, and thus, are more satisfied and effective at work (Ketchum, Trist, 1992; Mosadeghrad, Febrile, Rosenberg, 2008, Salman, Pourmehdi, Hamidi, 2014). The volunteer work, as unpaid, by definition requires a higher degree of organizational commitment in terms of both emotional and normative commitment. Group and research tools: 69 volunteers from the „Szlachetna Paczka” project in the Rzeszów region took part in the research. All subjects were adults. There were 50 women in the sample, which constituted 72.5% of the respondents. 56.5% of the respondents were volunteers, the rest were volunteers-leaders. The study used the Polish version of the Commitment to Organization by Meyer and Allen in the adaptation of Bańka, Wołoska and Bazińska (2002). Statistical analysis showed that gender does not differentiate the level of volunteer involvement. The level of organizational commitment correlates with the role in the organization (volunteer-leader) and seniority.