Factors affecting the value of professional association affiliation

Abstract

Executives considering affiliating with a professional association can better understand how existing affiliates perceive and value the associations' benefits. In addition, executives and professional associations can be more informed how professional association affiliation is significantly influenced by organizational and individual characteristics. Individuals, organizations, and professional associations should be aware of the perceptions and differences among those who do and could avail themselves of professional association resources.

Chief Executive Officers' perceived value of coaching: individual and organisational influences

“…Research has suggested that health care leadership has been predominately male dominated, even though females now are entering in greater numbers (Arndt, 2010). Gender does appear to affect the value of networks and relationships (Marvel, Bailey, Pfaffly, Gunn, & Beckman, 2003;Walston & Khaliq, 2012). Research has suggested that female health care CEOs give greater importance to continuing education (CE) and development for their senior subordinates (Walston, Chou, & Khaliq, 2010).…”

“…ACHE emphasises and encourages coaching for its members. For example, ACHE's Career Services offers significant mentoring and coaching opportunities (Walston & Khaliq, 2012). Becoming an ACHE fellow constitutes greater commitment and dedication to the professional organisation, and as a result, fellows may perceive greater value in the professional association affiliation.…”

Determinants of health care professional association members' intention to renew and recommend membership to others

“…Such studies can be divided into two broad categories. The first group of studies has attempted to identify who joins a membership association (e.g., Khaliq & Walston, ; Markova et al, ; Newbery, Sauer, Gorton, Phillipson, & Atterton, ), whereas the other has studied organizational or institutional factors that can be controlled by the association, including member benefits and customer services (e.g., Khaliq & Walston, ; Walston & Khaliq, ). The current study considers both categories—demographic factors of the members and association factors to find the key determinants of members' intention to renew and their intention to recommend the membership to others.…”

“…Scholars have revealed that several benefits motivate professionals to join an association, including economic gains and social capital (Benda, ), career development (Thomas, Inniss‐Richter, Mata, & Cottrell, ), and personal and organizational benefits (Walston & Khaliq, ). Markova et al () divided the benefits provided by an association into tangible and symbolic benefits and discovered that members' level of satisfaction regarding both benefits is associated with their overall membership satisfaction and intentions to renew membership.…”

“…Although prior studies opened the door to exploring the value of health care professional associations and factors affecting members' behaviors, including the decision to join or renew, these studies are limited in several aspects. First, while Walston and Khaliq () presented the value of a health care association, they did not examine the factors that affect such member behaviors as renewing or recommending membership to others. Second, Khaliq and Walston () used member status (member or nonmember) as a dependent variable.…”