ABSTRACT
This chapter presents three case studies derived from the Polish economy that exemplify the relations between corporate volunteering and employee initiative. The companies were selected for analysis based on a variety of sectors; specifically, a bank, an insurance company, and a manufacturing company were investigated. The variety of sectors and organisational settings allowed a discussion of the intrapreneurship of employee volunteers in different contexts. Each case study presents the company’s approach to corporate volunteering, the volunteers’ motives, the beneficiaries of the volunteer work, the perceived results of the corporate volunteering, and the internal support for employee initiative. The cases demonstrate what kinds of results volunteering can have on work atmosphere, cooperation, development of employee competencies, and thereby strengthening employee initiative. The conclusions of this chapter include the argument that corporate volunteering should be seen as a practice embedded in the organisational culture that contributes not only to the perceived community involvement of the company but that also supports other outcomes that the company wishes to achieve in shaping employee behaviours.
