Annotated Summary

Ayesha Jean

Mr.Walkup

Honors Mentorship Program

05 February 2017

Annotated Bibliography Summary

The article I researched is from the Academy of Management Journal at University of Georgia, which is written by a student named Jessica Rodell. In this article, Rodell first brings a statement that many people may or may not agree with,"Volunteering is prevalent and on the rise in the United States, but little research has examined the connection between individuals’ volunteering and their jobs. In the absence of that research, it remains unclear whether employees volunteer to build on meaningful work experiences or to compensate for the lack of them."(Rodell 1) She elaborates on this statement depicting how an individual’s workplace influences volunteering and how volunteering in turn influences his/her workplace. There is a mutual relationship between the two domains.

The author thrives to make a dashing point because according to a survey almost 62 million Americans donated their time to some sort of volunteer or charitable organization. However, there has not been much research to further this information. This is where Jessica Rodell and her outstanding research comes in! There is little research on whether the performance implications of volunteering on a people's work is positive or negative.  The overall purpose it to not just inform readers on the various aspects, but to examine the intersection of the volunteer and work domains. The first study is to focus on the relationship between job meaningfulness and volunteering. This means that there has to be close inspection of the specific reasons as to why someone volunteers; Maybe it is to be more motivated or to fill in the lack of something missing.

There are several quotes I chose from the article that will support my essential question. The first quote is, "Results suggested that volunteering was associated with both volunteer and job meaningfulness, and that the meaningful volunteer work was even stronger when employees had less meaning in their jobs."(Rodell 1) The quote is important because it ties the two factors in together. The other quotes blend in with the first quote; They are  support to the first quote. Some of the other quotes, in conclusion, say that President Obama first initiated the campaign,Unite We Serve, to help Americans be more involved in volunteering. Recently, there was a survey done to see how many people accomplished this goal. More than 62 million Americans were involved in their community. In addition to volunteering at work places, there may be more meaning as to why people who do not volunteer are unhappy in their life or work place.

The article is published by the Academy of Management Journal, is the flagship empirical journal in management, and has been indispensable reading for management scholars for more than five decades. Jessica Rodell's article is one of the many collections of articles in this book. It has also been ready by many people professional or not. She has been recognized by the University of Georgia for her amazing research and skills. The source is extremely credible because this information is mentioned on Galileo.

Lastly, this article is specific and well written. The questions Rodell were closely related to my essential question. Therefore, it made understanding the research a bit easier for me. I think it was genius of Rodell to use the scientific method procedure and a table to further her research. Instead of just statistics and facts, I appreciate that there were visuals so you could actually see the drastic correlations between the measure of volunteering and a worker's job performance or behavioral performance. I will definitely use several of the visuals to help me better explain my essential question. However, I will use my sources from my primary source to really narrow down all of the important points I want to discuss in my presentation.

Work Cited Page

RODELL, JESSICA B. "Finding Meaning Through Volunteering: Why Do Employees Volunteer And What Does It Mean For Their Jobs?." Academy Of Management Journal 56.5 (2013): 1274-1294. Business Source Complete. Web. 28 Jan. 2017.