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Strategic Human Resource Management Of Volunteers And The Link To Hospital Patient Satisfaction, Sean E. Rogers Ph.D., Kaifeng Jiang, Carmen M. Rogers, Melissa Intindola
Strategic Human Resource Management Of Volunteers And The Link To Hospital Patient Satisfaction, Sean E. Rogers Ph.D., Kaifeng Jiang, Carmen M. Rogers, Melissa Intindola
Sean Edmund Rogers
This article uses strategic human resource management theory to consider the ways in which volunteers can potentially enhance hospital patient satisfaction. Results of a structural equation modeling analysis of multi-source data on 107 U.S. hospitals show positive associations between hospital strategy, volunteer management practices, volunteer workforce attributes, and patient satisfaction. Although no causality can be assumed, the results shed light on the volunteer–patient satisfaction relationship and have important implications for hospital leaders, volunteer administrators, and future research.