Using employee volunteering programs to develop leadership skills

The purpose of the paper is to examine the use of employee volunteering programs to develop leadership skills.

The study used a series of interviews carried out in ten companies in the north of the UK in 2004.

The paper finds that employee volunteering programs provide a potentially rich source of learning for team leaders and other volunteers. Such a strategy can encourage employees to recognize learning opportunities for their own leadership skills.

The paper provides valuable information on the development and use of employee volunteering programs.