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dc.contributor.advisorRusso, Tracy
dc.contributor.authorWolf, Nan M.
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-07T21:41:05Z
dc.date.available2009-08-07T21:41:05Z
dc.date.issued2009-04-17
dc.date.submitted2009
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10190
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/5382
dc.description.abstractAbstract This study sought to identify factors that attract unpaid volunteers and influence them to continue in service as Red Cross disaster relief workers. An evaluation of current literature focusing on the relationship between organizational identification, its expression as commitment, and satisfaction with the job pointed to the development of six research questions. Based on a modified version of the OIQ, research questions centered on how competing identities and interpersonal relationships with co-workers influence commitment and identification. In addition, a series of open-ended questions provided volunteers the opportunity to express their personal feelings about the organization. Results showed that the high levels of identification and commitment among this group of volunteers was not influenced by their employment status or involvement with other voluntary organizations. Emerging from the data as important factors in volunteers' decision to stay with the organization was the importance of relationships with fellow disaster workers and paid staff as well as a strong emotional attachment to the history and mission of the Red Cross.
dc.format.extent45 pages
dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectSpeech communication
dc.subjectIdentification
dc.subjectOrganization
dc.subjectVolunteer
dc.titleOrganizational Identification and Volunteer Workers: A Study of Red Cross Disaster Volunteers
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberFord, Debra
dc.contributor.cmtememberBanwart, Mary C.
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineCommunication Studies
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid6857556
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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