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Distributive Justice for Volunteers
Author(s) -
Hurst Christine,
Scherer Lisa,
Allen Joseph
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.21251
Subject(s) - distributive justice , volunteer , psychology , social psychology , economic justice , distributive property , outcome (game theory) , distribution (mathematics) , political science , economics , law , microeconomics , mathematical analysis , agronomy , mathematics , pure mathematics , biology
Volunteer organizations continue to suffer from turnover; the current volunteer rate is the lowest since 2002. Distributive justice, satisfaction, and extrinsic outcome importance were examined as influences of volunteer intention to quit. Survey results from 294 volunteers revealed that those who perceived less than fair distribution of extrinsic outcomes experienced heightened intention to quit compared to those who perceived fair distribution. Overall satisfaction partially mediated this relationship. We explored the potential moderating role of volunteers’ assessment of the importance of extrinsic outcomes on the overall mediated relationship.