When the field's founders began to try to get volunteer management recognised as a profession, they adopted a lot of standard workplace practices, such as written job descriptions and interviews, to determine the volunteer's suitability for a role.
People who volunteered as an alternative to work found that these practices gave their efforts a bit more status, and they responded positively.
[1] Energize, Inc., founded in 1977 by Susan J. Ellis, who was inspired by Naylor and Ivan Scheier, was the first publisher to specialize exclusively in volunteer management materials.
[7] Brand heritage can enhance the engagement and subsequent satisfaction volunteers have with the way in which they are managed.
[8] Several experts have various stages and models for a volunteer management system but they tend to have several common features.