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Volunteer Management

Volunteer management is a specialized organizational management function concerned with the systematic recruitment, training, coordination, support, and retention of unpaid personnel to advance organizational missions and goals.

1.6K

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81.8K

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3.2K

Authors

1.2K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

401

Variants

Volunteer Administration

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Publications

1.6K

The Motivations to Volunteer

E. Gil Clary, Mark Snyder · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 1999 · 1.1K citations

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Serious Leisure: A Conceptual Statement

Robert A. Stebbins · The Pacific Sociological Review · 1982 · 1K citations

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Volunteerism Research

John F. Wilson · Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly · 2012 · 821 citations

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Volunteers: a social profile

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 750 citations

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Defining Who is a Volunteer: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations

Ram A. Cnaan, Femida Handy, Margaret Wadsworth · Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly · 1996 · 687 citations

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Authors

3.2K

  1. JL
    Jeffrey L. Brudney

    University of North Carolina Wilmington, United States

    33 publications · 1.9K citations

    24

    h-index

  2. KH
    Kirsten Holmes

    Curtin University, Australia

    21 publications · 773 citations

    19

    h-index

  3. GN
    Geoff Nichols

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    20 publications · 621 citations

    17

    h-index

  4. FH
    Femida Handy

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    16 publications · 1.8K citations

    15

    h-index

  5. RA
    Ram A. Cnaan

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    16 publications · 2.6K citations

    14

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    22 h-index

    33 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    20 h-index

    47 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    34 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Curtin University

    Perth, Australia

    18 h-index

    39 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of North Carolina Wilmington

    Wilmington, United States

    15 h-index

    15 publications

    792 citations

  6. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    15 h-index

    24 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

    Indianapolis, United States

    14 h-index

    19 publications

    1.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

    NVSQ · 102 publications · 7.8K citations

    48

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  2. 32

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  3. Nonprofit Management and Leadership

    NML · 43 publications · 2.4K citations

    25

    h-index

  4. 17

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  5. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing

    20 publications · 785 citations

    16

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See also

Volunteer Management

Recruitment Strategies

Retention Factors

Training Practices

Coordination Systems

Performance Evaluation