Volunteering and wellbeing

Volunteering Improves Employee Health and Organizational Outcomes Through Bonding With Coworkers and Enhanced Identification With Employers

“…Other studies suggest additional pathways for the effects of volunteering. Sharp 19 highlighted the effects of volunteering on confidence, optimism and usefulness, while Wood et al, 20 found effects on a sense of self-fulfillment and belonging. Large crossnational studies, such as Hansen et al 21 and Kamerade and Bennett, 22 also found beneficial effects of volunteering on wellbeing, noting that it appears to be the experience of volunteering rather than its dynamics (such as starting volunteering or its frequency) that contributes to people's wellbeing.…”