Table 2.

Factor loadings after varimax rotation of each item

Items	Factor loadings
	1	2	3	4
1. The amount of information I receive about what the organization is doing	.771
2. The flow of communication coming to me from paid staff and board members	.763
3. The support I receive from people in the organization	.744
4. The way in which the agency provides me with performance feedback	.724
5. How often the organization acknowledges the work I do	.723	.439
6. My relationship with paid staff	.706
7. The degree to which the organization communicates its goals and objectives to volunteers	.673	.521
8. The support network that is in place for me when I have volunteer-related problems	.667			.432
9. The amount of permission I need to get to do the things I need to do on this job	.654	.413
10. The degree of cohesiveness I experience within the organization	.636	.419
11. The difference my volunteer work is making		.795
12. The chance I have to utilize my knowledge and skills in my volunteer work		.752
13. My ability to do this job as well as anyone else.		.707
14. How worthwhile my contribution is		.662
15. The amount of effort I put in as equaling the amount of change I influence		.649
16. The opportunities I have to learn new things		.641
17. The fit of the volunteer work to my skills		.637
18. The progress that I have seen in the clientele served by my organization	.419	.629
19. The access I have to information concerning the organization	.422	.526
20. The freedom I have in deciding how to carry out my volunteer assignment		.510	.423
21. The amount of interaction I have with other volunteers in the organization			.843
22. The friendships I have made while volunteering here			.842
23. The amount of time spent with other volunteers in the organization			.773
24. My relationship with other volunteers in the organization			.738
25. The availability of getting help when I need it				.775
26. The realism of the picture I was given of what my volunteer experience would be				.589