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Voluntariado Empresarial: Uma Mais-Valia (Corporate Volunteering: The Adding Value Strategy)

Authors: Rui Favinha;

Voluntariado Empresarial: Uma Mais-Valia (Corporate Volunteering: The Adding Value Strategy)

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Portuguese Abstract: Devido ao esquecimento e desvalorizacao de determinados valores sociais e humanitarios por parte da humanidade, a sociedade vive tempos criticos. Porem, tem-se verificado uma crescente preocupacao no que respeita a responsabilidade social e ao espirito de entreajuda na sociedade e no mundo empresarial. Este artigo cientifico tem como principal objetivo a confirmacao de que as empresas que participam e desenvolvem acoes de voluntariado no âmbito empresarial sao recompensadas com imensos beneficios. Para alcancar o objetivo proposto, a presente investigacao contou com a colaboracao de empresas nacionais e internacionais, em que a maioria decidiu permanecer anonima, atraves da aplicacao de dois questionarios: questionario 1 – destinado aos corpos dirigentes; questionario 2 – destinado aos funcionarios que participaram no programa de voluntariado das empresas. Tambem para se alcancar o objetivo definido, procedeu-se a uma revisao da literatura de modo a tomar conhecimento da situacao do voluntariado empresarial e, como base nesta revisao da literatura, desenvolveu-se o metodo de recolha de dados e a elaboracao de um conjunto de hipoteses que foram posteriormente testadas. Dos resultados obtidos deste estudo, os que mais se destacaram sao os seguintes: os corpos dirigentes das empresas concordam que o voluntariado empresarial torna possivel o desenvolvimento e a adquiricao de competencias importantes (68%), que melhorou a comunicacao dentro das empresas (75%), que o compromisso organizacional aumentou (73%) e que o reconhecimento das empresas no mercado tambem aumentou (55%). Concluiu-se tambem que o voluntariado empresarial aumenta a autoestima dos funcionarios, que estes se tornam mais produtivos e que a relacao com os seus colegas melhora. English Abstract: Due to forgetfulness and devaluation of certain social e humanitarian values by humanity, society lives at a critical time. However, there has been a gradual rise in concern regarding social responsibility and the spirit of mutual assistance in civil society and the business world. This scientific article's main purpose is to show that the companies that participate and develop voluntary work actions are well rewarded with a lot of benefits. To achieve the proposed objective, this research had the collaboration of national and international companies, which the majority decided to remain anonymous and through two questionnaires: questionnaire 1 – destined to the governing bodies; questionnaire 2 – destined to employees who collaborated in the company’s volunteer program. To achieve the goal set it was necessary, as well, to proceed to a literature review in order to better understand the situation of corporate volunteering and, based on literature review, to develop the method of data collection and the hypotheses to be subsequently tested. Based on the results obtained from this study, the ones that stud out the most are the following: the governing bodies of the companies agreed that the corporate volunteering makes the development and the acquisition of skills possible (68%), that the communication inside the companies got better (75%), that the organizational commitment increased (73%) and that the company’s recognition in the market increased (55%). It was concluded as well that the corporate volunteering increased the worker’s self-esteem, that they became more productive and their relationships with colleagues became better.

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