THE INFLUENCE OF MOTIVATION, ROLE IDENTITY, AND PERCEIVED MEANINGFULNESS OF WORK ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VOLUNTEER SATISFACTION AND VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTION

Volunteering, the act of donating time and effort to contribute to society is a unique form of helping that includes deliberate non-obligated services given one time or long-term. Utilizing an integrated approach incorporating the functionalist perspective and role identity theory as framework, the present study re-examined factors that influence volunteer contribution. The sample consisted of 161 participants who have donated time volunteering. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the model. Results of the structural equation model indicated the hypothesized model was not a good fit. As such, no significance was found among the expected relationships between volunteer satisfaction, role identity, volunteer motivation, and meaningful work on volunteer contribution. However, a supplemental analysis was conducted on the model that was re-estimated with additional pathways added. Results of the supplemental analysis indicted that volunteer satisfaction, role identity, volunteer motivation, and meaningful work did not predict volunteer contribution as expected, but unique relationships between volunteer satisfaction, role identity, volunteer motivation, and meaningful work were found. Results and implications of the findings are discussed