• DOI:10.1007/S11266-017-9859-8
Corpus ID: 151874029

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 J. Steimel},
  journal={VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations},
  year={2018},
  volume={29},
  pages={133-143}
}

• Sarah J. Steimel
• Published 2018
• VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

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… Expand