Voluntary Organizations: Commitment, Leadership, and Organizational Effectiveness

Voluntary organizations offer a unique opportunity to interpret participant relationships, leadership influences, and organizational effectiveness unencumbered by employment relationships. Regardless of organizational structure or purpose, all organizations are affected to some degree by their leadership and their membership. Based on the literature reviewed, effective voluntary organizations achieve their stated objectives through committed members united under a common purpose, exercising shared responsibility in a collaborative leadership process, and informed through regular communication and interaction. [For complete proceedings, see ED491481.]