Staff and Volunteers’ Perceptions of the Volunteer Programme: an alternative use of the Net Benefits Index

Abstract

Hager and Brudney (2004, 2005) developed a Net Benefits Index (NBI) to measure the performance of volunteer programmes. Their benchmarking tool scores an organisation's performance against six specific benefits and eight recognised challenges that organisations face in recruiting and managing volunteers. This article extends the NBI by demonstrating its use as an internal programme evaluation tool within two health non-profit organisations. By surveying all staff and volunteers (rather than relying on the organisational response from a single individual), the tool provides valuable insights into volunteer and staff attitudes about the volunteer programme. In addition to critiquing the NBI, this article highlights reasons for divergent scores between volunteers and staff and the improvements that can be made to a volunteer programme's effectiveness as a result of measurement.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/204080515X14291983096544
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Accounting
Additional Information: This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in Voluntary Sector Review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Cordery, Carolyn; Smith, Karen; Proctor-Thomson, Sarah. Staff and volunteers' perceptions of the volunteer programme: an alternative use of the Net Benefits Index. Voluntary Sector Review, Volume 6, Number 2, June 2015, pp. 173-191(19) is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1332/204080515X14291983096544
Uncontrolled Keywords: Evaluating volunteers, Volunteer programme challenges,Volunteer programme benefits,Volunteer programme assessment
Publication ISSN: 2040-8064
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 08:24
Date Deposited: 19 Mar 2018 16:00
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Published Date: 2015-06
Authors: Cordery, Carolyn J. (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-9511-7671)
Smith, Karen A.
Proctor-Thomson, Sarah

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