Volunteer Motivation and Retention in a Nonprofit Organization

Abstract

This study examines the functional motivation to volunteerism behavior and hierar-chical leisure to constraint of individuals volunteering in a public service education non-profit organization. The study of motivation is grounded by the Public Service Motivation Framework and Volunteer Functional Motivation Framework, and the study of restriction of leisure activity is understood through the Hierarchical Model to Leisure Constraint Framework. The participants in our study are volunteers who actively provided service at a local public service education nonprofit organization during the period of our study. In our study, participants identified that they are functionally motivated by the values when engaging in volunteer behavior and volunteers are likely to be restricted by structural constraints to leisure when volunteering in a public service nonprofit organization.