Skills-Based Volunteering as Both Work and Not Work: A Tension-Centered Examination of Constructions of “Volunteer”
@article{Steimel2018SkillsBasedVA,
title={Skills-Based Volunteering as Both Work and Not Work: A Tension-Centered Examination of Constructions of “Volunteer”},
author={Sarah Steimel},
journal={VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations},
year={2018},
volume={29},
pages={133-143}
}The Corporation for National and Community Service defines professional skills-based community service as “the practice of using work-related knowledge and expertise in a volunteer opportunity.” Traditional definitions of volunteer work in organizational communication scholarship, however, are typically based on (1) the bifurcation between work and volunteer activity; (2) low barriers to volunteer entry and exit; (3) the lack of managerial power/control over volunteers; and (4) the altruistic… CONTINUE READING
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