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Toward a Deep Insight into Employee Participation in Employer-Supported Volunteering in Iranian Organizations: A Grounded Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Ahmad Afkhami ,
Ali Nasr Isfahani ,
Mahdi Abzari  and
Hadi Teimouri
Ahmad Afkhami
Affiliation:
Faculty of Administrative Science and Economies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Ali Nasr Isfahani*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Administrative Science and Economies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Mahdi Abzari
Affiliation:
Faculty of Administrative Science and Economies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Hadi Teimouri
Affiliation:
Faculty of Administrative Science and Economies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
*
alin@ase.ui.ac.ir
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Abstract

Antecedents and consequences of employer-supported volunteering (ESV) have been widely studied. Yet, in the literature, few studies have attempted to succinctly assess this phenomenon in non-Western countries. In this regard, the primary purpose of this study is to understand the antecedents and consequences of employee participation in ESV in Iranian organizations. To achieve this, we employed a qualitative method. Fifteen managers from four companies that had experienced participating in ESV programs were chosen as the sample. Having interviewed the managers, we used grounded theory method to interpret our findings. The results revealed that 25 concepts exist. These concepts were divided into five categories: personal conditions; types of employee participation in ESV (core phenomenon); intra-organizational conditions; environmental conditions; and consequences. Finally, these categories formed a conceptual framework. It seems that this framework can be a practical tool for companies intended to run ESVs, in Iran.

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Employer-supported volunteeringCorporate volunteeringGrounded theoryIran

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Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations , Volume 30 , Issue 5 , October 2019 , pp. 1036 - 1053
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Copyright © International Society for Third-Sector Research 2019

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