A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship Between Life Satisfaction and Employee Volunteerism

Kuskova, Valentina

doi:10.5465/ambpp.2011.65870193

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“…"Reference [51] showed that teachers exhibit higher levels of OCB, since they want to make their institution succeed". On the contrary, other studies found a negative effect between age and highest education completed and OCB [58,70,71].…”

Section: Difference In Perception On Organizational Citizenship Behavmentioning

confidence: 74%

Transformational Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Kenya

Odek¹

2018

EDUCATION

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This study looks at some significant variables in Adventist schools in relation to organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The study is designed to address the problem, "To what extent does transformational leadership relate to the OCB of the teachers?" The study seeks to provide a better theoretical understanding of OCB in Adventist schools in Kenya. One of the elements that enhance the performance of an organization is the OCB of its workers. Although OCB is important, little is known about the factors contributing to willingness of teachers going an extra mile in their workplace. The respondents were 170 teachers from Adventist schools in Kenya. The teachers responded to 2 instruments along with demographic variables. These were the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale. The instruments utilized in the study (MLQ and OCB) were adequate for utilization in Adventist schools in Kenya. Teachers with lower than bachelor's degree education, below 30 years of age, and have been teaching for less than one year in the school were significantly different than other categories, on transformational leadership style and OCB.

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Section: Difference In Perception On Organizational Citizenship Behavmentioning

confidence: 74%

Transformational Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Kenya

Odek¹

2018

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“…Thoits and Hewitt (2001) undertook a two-wave panel study and reported significant cross-lagged links. In Kuskova's (2011) four-wave panel which investigated volunteering by company employees, there were stronger TD links from LS to volunteering than the other way round, but both links were statistically significant. Meier and Stutzer (2004) sought to address the same issues in a quasi-experimental study.…”

Section: Previous Research On Two-way Causationmentioning

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Two-Way Causation in Life Satisfaction Research: Structural Equation Models with Granger-Causation

Headey

Muffels

2014

SSRN Journal

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Two-way causation issues are the bete noire of life satisfaction research. As acknowledged in several landmark reviews, many variables routinely reported as causes or determinants of life satisfaction could equally well be consequences, or perhaps both causes and consequences (Diener, 1984;Diener, Suh, Lucas and Smith, 1999;Argyle, 2001;Frey and Stutzer, 2002). These variables include one's state of health, social support and participation, exercise, job satisfaction and satisfaction with one's partner and family life. In previous attempts to disentangle two-way causation issues, a wide variety of statistical models have been deployed. Conflicting empirical results have been reported, together with concerns about model 'goodness of fit' and model stability. In this paper we estimate five-wave structural equation models using data from large, nationally representative panel surveys in Australia, Britain and Germany. The models are based on a modified concept of Grangercausation (Granger, 1969). The main intuition behind Granger-causation is that if lagged versions of time-series variable x have statistically significant effects on time-series variable y in equations in which multiple lagged versions of y are also included, then it can be inferred that x is one cause (or 'Granger-cause') of y. We adapt Granger's approach, extending it to encompass two-way causation and panel survey data. It transpires that our Granger-style models have satisfactory fits to the panel data and are stable. Alternative models fit the data much less well. Substantively, we find that two-way causation is pervasive: all of the x variables mentioned above appear to be both causes and consequences of life satisfaction. With minor exceptions, results replicate across all three datasets, despite non-trivial differences between the measures used in the three countries. One implication is that researchers who have assumed one-way causation have seriously over-estimated the effects of x variables on LS. A second implication is that many people apparently experience multiyear gains or losses of life satisfaction rather than just recording short term fluctuations around their own normal level or 'set-point'.

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“…Therefore, in the balanced time perspective profile, both present hedonistic and future time perspectives are at moderate levels. As previously alluded to, since the balanced time perspective has been associated with life satisfaction (Boniwell et al., 2010), a closer investigation of the link between balanced time perspective and volunteerism is particularly pertinent because positive well-being, and specifically life satisfaction, had been linked with volunteerism in previous works (e.g., Bond, 1982; Hunter & Linn, 1981; Kuskova, 2011).…”

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Motivations for Volunteering and Its Associations with Time Perspectives and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profile Approach

Kee

Wang

et al. 2017

Psychol Rep

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This study aims to examine motivation for volunteering and its association with time perspective and life satisfaction among volunteers ( N = 221). Latent profile analysis was used to profile individuals based on their time perspectives and then to compare group differences in life satisfaction and volunteering motivation. Three profiles were identified. Profile 1 ( n = 32; 14.5%) was a "balanced time perspective group," Profile 2 ( n = 102; 46.2%) was a "maladaptive group," and Profile 3 ( n = 87; 39.3%) was a "nonchalant group." Profile 1 showed the highest life satisfaction compared to the two remaining groups. Significant group differences in volunteering motivation between this group and the other two were also reported. These findings suggest that time perspective may be appropriate for understanding motivation for voluntarism and life satisfaction.

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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship Between Life Satisfaction and Employee Volunteerism

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Transformational Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Kenya

Transformational Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Kenya

Two-Way Causation in Life Satisfaction Research: Structural Equation Models with Granger-Causation

Motivations for Volunteering and Its Associations with Time Perspectives and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profile Approach

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