Journal ArticleBritish Journal of Industrial Relations · September 1, 2022
Recent trends in the labor market see increasing numbers of workers having to deal with ‘schedule precarity’ including volatile hours, rotating shift work, unpredictable work hours and lack of choice on the part of the employee. These trends are of concern ...
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Journal ArticleJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion · December 1, 2021
Most studies of the effect of religiosity on volunteering overlook or fail to deal adequately with the possibility that there is reverse causal relation, from volunteering to religiosity, which should be taken into account. Using four waves of the American ...
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Chapter · July 21, 2021
This multidisciplinary book demonstrates that a holistic approach to the implementation of the ILO and UN guidelines permits to virtuously balance international statistical standards and locally embedded cultures as well as to move ... ...
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Journal ArticleSocial science research · January 2020
A theory that the economic benefits of volunteering are contingent on social class (as defined by similarities in labour market situation) is tested using seven waves of longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Study gathered between 1996 and 200 ...
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Journal ArticleNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly · February 1, 2017
Volunteer role identity has long been of interest to social scientists seeking to understand volunteer commitment and the psychological consequences of volunteering. The study reported here tests the theory that predicts that people identify more strongly ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Forum · December 1, 2015
The positive effect of income on volunteering found in many studies is conventionally explained in utilitarian terms: volunteer work is "costly" or demands "resources." This explanation overlooks important sociopsychological processes. By situating the inc ...
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Journal ArticleNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly · October 25, 2015
When crises hit communities, some expect a withdrawal from community involvement while others predict the disaster will inspire more volunteers to help. Case studies and anecdotal reports in the media suggest that the pro-social response predominates, but ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Forum · September 1, 2012
Using two waves of panel data from the National Survey of Midlife in the United States (MIDUS), we examine the relationship between volunteer work and three dimensions of well-being: hedonic (e.g., positive mood), eudemonic (e.g., purpose in life), and soc ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Perspectives · July 2012
Many studies have found that volunteers tend to be more religious and better educated but it is not clear why. One explanation is that churches and schools instill a sense of obligation in people to help others and this obligation is fulfilled by doing vol ...
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Journal ArticleNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly · January 1, 2012
I use a volunteer process model to organize a review of recent research on volunteerism, focusing mainly on journal articles reporting survey research results. Scholars from several different disciplines and countries have contributed to a body of work tha ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Forum · September 1, 2011
The robust association between religion and volunteering and education and volunteering can be interpreted in developmental terms as a function of socialization. Churches and schools instill attitudes that predispose the individual to volunteer. Data from ...
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Journal ArticleJournal for the scientific study of religion · January 2011
Various explanations have been given for the positive association between religiosity and physical health. Using data from two waves of the National Survey of Midlife in the United States (1995, 2005) and retrospective data on the importance of religion in ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Forum · 2011
The robust association between religion and volunteering and education and volunteering can be interpreted
in developmental terms as a function of socialization. Churches and schools instill attitudes
that predispose the individual to volunteer. Data from ...
Cite
Journal ArticleBritish Journal of Industrial Relations · September 1, 2022
Recent trends in the labor market see increasing numbers of workers having to deal with ‘schedule precarity’ including volatile hours, rotating shift work, unpredictable work hours and lack of choice on the part of the employee. These trends are of concern ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion · December 1, 2021
Most studies of the effect of religiosity on volunteering overlook or fail to deal adequately with the possibility that there is reverse causal relation, from volunteering to religiosity, which should be taken into account. Using four waves of the American ...
Full textCite
Chapter · July 21, 2021
This multidisciplinary book demonstrates that a holistic approach to the implementation of the ILO and UN guidelines permits to virtuously balance international statistical standards and locally embedded cultures as well as to move ... ...
Cite
Journal ArticleSocial science research · January 2020
A theory that the economic benefits of volunteering are contingent on social class (as defined by similarities in labour market situation) is tested using seven waves of longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Study gathered between 1996 and 200 ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly · February 1, 2017
Volunteer role identity has long been of interest to social scientists seeking to understand volunteer commitment and the psychological consequences of volunteering. The study reported here tests the theory that predicts that people identify more strongly ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleSociological Forum · December 1, 2015
The positive effect of income on volunteering found in many studies is conventionally explained in utilitarian terms: volunteer work is "costly" or demands "resources." This explanation overlooks important sociopsychological processes. By situating the inc ...
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Journal ArticleNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly · October 25, 2015
When crises hit communities, some expect a withdrawal from community involvement while others predict the disaster will inspire more volunteers to help. Case studies and anecdotal reports in the media suggest that the pro-social response predominates, but ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleSociological Forum · September 1, 2012
Using two waves of panel data from the National Survey of Midlife in the United States (MIDUS), we examine the relationship between volunteer work and three dimensions of well-being: hedonic (e.g., positive mood), eudemonic (e.g., purpose in life), and soc ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleSociological Perspectives · July 2012
Many studies have found that volunteers tend to be more religious and better educated but it is not clear why. One explanation is that churches and schools instill a sense of obligation in people to help others and this obligation is fulfilled by doing vol ...
Cite
Journal ArticleNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly · January 1, 2012
I use a volunteer process model to organize a review of recent research on volunteerism, focusing mainly on journal articles reporting survey research results. Scholars from several different disciplines and countries have contributed to a body of work tha ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleSociological Forum · September 1, 2011
The robust association between religion and volunteering and education and volunteering can be interpreted in developmental terms as a function of socialization. Churches and schools instill attitudes that predispose the individual to volunteer. Data from ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleJournal for the scientific study of religion · January 2011
Various explanations have been given for the positive association between religiosity and physical health. Using data from two waves of the National Survey of Midlife in the United States (1995, 2005) and retrospective data on the importance of religion in ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleSociological Forum · 2011
The robust association between religion and volunteering and education and volunteering can be interpreted
in developmental terms as a function of socialization. Churches and schools instill attitudes
that predispose the individual to volunteer. Data from ...
Cite
Journal ArticleSociological Quarterly · December 1, 2010
Research has shown that prosocial behaviors of various kinds are passed from generation to generation, but the role played by genetics in the transmission of volunteerism has been unexplored. Data from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Twins and Sib ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Forum · September 1, 2010
Previous research on volunteering finds significant differences by race and social class. We augment these findings by examining a largely ignored measure of social class: tenure status, the distinction between renters and homeowners. We test a theory that ...
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Book · December 1, 2008
Who tends to volunteer and why? What causes attract certain types of volunteers? What motivates people to volunteer? How can volunteers be persuaded to continue their service? Making use of a broad range of survey information to offer a detailed portrait o ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Quarterly · June 1, 2007
Sex segregation in the workplace - the tendency for men and women to work in different occupations and jobs - remains widespread. Domestic chores are also sex-typed, but the extent to which sex segregation is found in other forms of nonwaged work, such as ...
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Journal ArticleNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly · January 1, 2007
Competing demands from work and family make it difficult for women to do volunteer work. An analysis of data from the Young Women's Cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey (1978-1991) shows that homemakers are more likely to volunteer than are full-time ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Marriage and Family · May 1, 2006
Social scientists have documented the influence of family statuses on volunteering, ignoring intrafamily effects. Using newly issued data from the Current Population Survey on the volunteer behavior of 19,626 American couples, we test two competing theorie ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Quarterly · February 1, 2006
In capitalist societies, jobs are sorted not only by occupational status, but also by the employment sector in which they are situated. Research has demonstrated that public- and nonprofit-sector workers have more prosocial values than private-sector worke ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Marriage and Family · May 1, 2004
Sociological theory suggests two reasons that volunteering runs in families. The first is that parents act as role models. The second is that parents who volunteer pass on the socioeconomic resources needed to do volunteer work. Panel data from two generat ...
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Journal ArticleSocial Forces · January 1, 2004
In Bowling Alone Robert Putnam argues that the passing of the "long civic generation," whose values were molded by the Depression and the Second World War, has resulted in a decline in civic engagement. In this analysis we test the generation hypothesis by ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Forum · December 1, 2003
We explore the impact of work histories on voluntary association memberships. Stable work histories are associated with more membership months over a 15-year period, in contrast to a "disorderly" sequence of jobs, which results in fewer membership months. ...
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Journal ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982) · January 2003
There are a number of reasons why volunteering might yield mental health benefits, especially to older people. Volunteer work improves access to social and psychological resources, which are known to counter negative moods such as depression and anxiety. A ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Quarterly · January 1, 2003
The popular assumption that volunteer work helps people get good jobs is tested using panel data from the Young Women's Module of the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience. Volunteering while a young adult has no effect on whether women w ...
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Journal ArticleAnnual Review of Sociology · January 1, 2000
Volunteering is any activity in which time is given freely to benefit another person, group or cause. Volunteering is part of a cluster of helping behaviors, entailing more commitment than spontaneous assistance but narrower in scope than the care provided ...
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Journal ArticleSocial Forces · January 1, 2000
Despite recent gains in educational and occupational achievement, black Americans are still worse off than whites across a broad range of quality-of-life indicators. In this article, we analyze survey data on volunteering, which show that whites volunteer ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Forum · January 1, 1999
We propose that volunteers' attachment to their work is determined by the level of resources they bring to it, the rewards they derive from it, and the context in which the work is carried out. We test this theory using two waves of the Americans' Changing ...
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Journal ArticleSocial Science Quarterly · December 1, 1998
Volunteer work calls for both individual and social resources. While they each make an independent contribution, they also interact with each other. Social capital is most productively used by those richly endowed with individual resources. Using two-wave ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Forum · January 1, 1998
While disagreeing over the reasons why the performance of civic obligations seems to be declining, conservatives and liberals agree that people need to be reminded of their duties as citizens for this decline to be halted. But do these exhortations work? T ...
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Journal ArticleAmerican Sociological Review · January 1, 1997
We construct an integrated theory of formal and informal volunteer work based on the premises that volunteer work is (1) productive work that requires human capital, (2) collective behavior that requires social capital, and (3) ethically guided work that r ...
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Journal ArticleJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion · January 1, 1996
Data from the National Survey of Families and Households are used to determine the impact of religion on marital dependency - the extent to which either spouse believes his or her life would be worse should the marriage end. Spouses belonging to denominati ...
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Journal ArticleSocial Forces · January 1, 1995
A new paradigm in the sociology of religion offers a compelling perspective on processes of religious affiliation. Drawing on rational choice theory, this paradigm views religion as a marketplace consisting of freely choosing individuals and competitive or ...
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Journal ArticleSocial Forces · January 1, 1995
Participation in voluntary associations is usually explained by a Weberian theory that uses human capital variables; however, Durkheimian theory suggests the importance of parental socialization and family status variables. Using a three-wave panel study, ...
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Journal ArticleRural Sociology · January 1, 1994
Abstract Uncertainties facing farm enterprises place a premium on flexibility and adaptability in the work force. A study of 695 North Carolina farm couples is used to examine the extent to which 12 tasks on a farm are shared among family members and hired ...
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Journal ArticleWork and Occupations · January 1, 1992
This article draws on the intellectual traditions of industrial sociology to argue that social organizational variables as well as economic inputs affect production. Using a sample of 683 North Carolina farms, varying in size from 50 acres or fewer to more ...
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Journal ArticleSociology of Sport Journal · December 1991
The restrictive covenants contained in the professional baseball player’s standard contract can be justified on grounds of being the most efficient solution to the problem of transaction costs in an industry where the difficulty of selecting and ma ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Forum · June 1, 1991
The process of religious affiliation is mediated by institutions such as the family, which provide a network of ties to the public sphere. Variations in the likelihood of those with no religious affiliation in high school (N=900) becoming church members by ...
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Journal ArticleSocial Forces · January 1, 1990
An investigation of the processes of disaffiliation from voluntary associations is conducted, focusing on membership in religious denominations, using a panel study to trace different paths from a point of origin in high school denomination. A theory of re ...
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Journal ArticleSociological Quarterly · January 1, 1990
The impact of labor force participation by women on their social activism is examined using data gathered in a study of 695 North Carolina farm families. The traditional gender division of labor into “instrumental’ (male) and “expressive’ (female) activism ...
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Journal ArticleReview of Radical Political Economics · January 1, 1986
Contract farming is promoted by agribusiness as a more efficient method of crop and livestock production. Evidence suggests, however, that contracts diminish control by farmers over their operation while increasing their exposure to risk. Conventional mode ...
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