| This doctoral thesis sought to expand the work on functionalist theory and how it relates to the motivation of nonprofit volunteers. In doing so, this study attempts to understand what motivates people to do volunteer work and how this information might help nonprofit leaders recruit and retain volunteers. Information from this study may provide an enhanced understanding of the current volunteer base of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and allow for new messaging and programming that will aid the desired growth within the Society.;The survey consisted of three sections: First, is an opt-out question that determined volunteer status; second, the Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) developed Clary, Snyder, Ridge, Copeland, Stukas, and Haugen (1998); and third, a selection of demographic questions that will be used to better categorize volunteer motives. The 30-item VFI scale was applied to measure the motivation of the 2011-2012 volunteers of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.;The results of this research may provide practitioners that are recruiting and retaining volunteer campus organization advisors (e.g., Phi Kappa Phi chapter officers) at higher education institutions the opportunity to revise their recruitment strategies to better develop messaging that is directed towards specific volunteers based on their motivational factors. Results may also assist similar nonprofit organizations in providing valuable programs and services.;Keywords: honor societies, motivation, volunteers, functional theory, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. |
