Employee Engagement in Nonprofit Organizations

This book untangles the theory and practice of employee engagement in nonprofit organizations. It examines the antecedents, dimensions, and consequences of employee engagement while providing evidence-based context specific models for the deployment of employee engagement to facilitate how individuals and teams contribute to and enhance organizational performance and community outcomes in nonprofit organizations. Alongside the theoretical aspects are concrete examples of how to develop, implement and manage employee engagement in nonprofit employment relations and HR practices. Facilitating understanding of aspects of engagement that are unique to nonprofit organizations, this work offers researchers and students a comprehensive analysis of models that explain the role of the environment, the characteristics of employees and the organization in the dimensions of employee engagement in nonprofit organizations. Kunle Akingbola is Associate Professor of Human Resources Management & Organizational Behaviour in the Faculty of Business Administration at Lakehead University, Canada. His research focuses on the complex interactions that shape employee behaviour, HRM and change in nonprofit and healthcare organizations. Sean Edmund Rogers is Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, the Spachman Professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations, and Professor of Management at the University of Rhode Island. His current research interests include labor-management relations, employment discrimination, workforce diversity, and volunteerism. Melissa Intindola is Associate Professor of Management & Organizations at Bucknell University. She conducts research that is broadly focused on the success of cross-sector partnerships via such topics as partner selection, absorptive capacity, strategic decision-making, and bricolage