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Building the Knowledge Base of Nonprofit Management:
A Searchable Database
A Scale to Assess Board Member Motivations in Nonprofit Organizations
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop a framework for identifying
the motivations of board members in nonprofit organizations. Building
on previous work of board member motivations (Searle, 1989; Inglis,
1994) and motivations of direct service volunteers (Clary and others,
1998), the results of the current study support a framework consisting
of six components: Enhancement of Self-Worth, Learning Through
Community, Helping the Community, Developing Individual Relationships,
Unique Contributions to the Board, and Self-Healing. We discuss
contributions by the panel of experts who reviewed the instrument and
by the respondents who offered additional reasons for joining the
board in view of how they can add validity to scale development.
Frameworks such as the one reported in this article are valuable for
understanding the complex involvement of attitudes and motivations as
they relate to individuals' decisions to join boards. These insights
may be applied in areas such as board member recruitment, training and
development, and retention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA,
all rights reserved) (journal abstract)
Journal
(2006)
vol17
no1
pages83-101
Categories
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Governance
