ATURU-AGHEDO Caroline
Department of Business Administration
Faculty of Management Sciences
National Open University of Nigeria Abuja, Nigeria
UME Eucharia
Department of Business Administration
Faculty of Management Sciences
National Open University of Nigeria Abuja, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
Society expects business organizations to help solve some of its challenges through discretionary business practices and contributions of business resources. Although, these expectations often referred to as corporate social responsibility is absolutely important to organizational survival as well as operations, employee volunteerism, an aspect of corporate social responsibility wherein employees volunteer skills, time, knowledge, physical energy as well as expertise freely to community services resulting positive organizational outcomes like employees’ self-esteem, happiness, customers’ loyalty, trust, brand equity as well as firms’ public image, have yet to be fully explored in Nigeria. This, study examines employee’s practice of volunteerism in Nigerian business organizations. Findings from literature reveals that most business organizations in Nigeria often engage in other aspects of corporate social responsibility programmes while volunteering activities fully supported by employers is truly neglected, thus denying community (society), businesses, employees and other beneficiaries, the benefits associated with volunteering.
Keywords: Corporate social responsibility, employee volunteerism, economic responsibility, ethical responsibility, discretionary responsibility, legal responsibility