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46 Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Q. 5 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/npvolsq46 and id is 1 raw text is: Article Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 2017, Vol. 46(l) 5-28 Investigating Sim ilarities @ The Author(s) 2015 Reprints and permissions: and Differences Betwveen fsagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOl: 10.1s177/0899764015619703 VoIuntee r Behaviors: journals.sagepub.com/home/nvs Development of a Volunteer OSAGE Interest Typology Alexander Maki' and Mark Snyder2 Abstract Given that volunteers perform a diverse range of behaviors aimed at helping distinct causes, a more nuanced understanding of how types of volunteer behaviors are similar and different would enrich both basic and applied perspectives on volunteerism. We created and validated an inventory of individuals' interests in eight different types of volunteering: administrative volunteering, helping animals, interpersonal helping (autonomy or dependency), donating, physical volunteering (built or natural environments), and political volunteering. Grouping these eight types of positions into two general categories (interpersonal and skills-based volunteer positions), we also examined convergent and discriminantvalidity, linking interest in these positions to constructs from the volunteerism literature (i.e., prosocial personality, volunteer motivations, and volunteer satisfaction). This research demonstrates that volunteer behaviors can be classified into types, certain individuals are interested in different types of volunteer behaviors, and volunteers engaged in behaviors that match their interests express greater volunteer satisfaction. Keywords volunteerism, satisfaction, prosocial behavior, behavior classification, scale construction Among the aspects of volunteerism deserving of more attention are the differences and similarities between distinct types of volunteer behaviors. Given that little theo- retical and empirical work has tried to systematically organize these types of 'Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA 2University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA Corresponding Author: Alexander Maki, Vanderbilt Institute of Energy and Environment and Vanderbilt Climate Change Research Network, Vanderbilt University, 159 Buttrick Hall, PMB 407702, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240, USA. Email: alexander.maki@vanderbilt.edu

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