Employment status and the attitudes and behavior of higher status women volunteers, 1975 and 1992: A case study
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- William T. Markham, Retired (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This study examines the relationships between employment status and women's attitudes toward and participation in a higher status voluntary service organization. Data were gathered in 1975 and 1992 from a sample of chapters of the International Association of Women (a pseudonym). The 1992 sample included three percent who reported a racial or ethnic identification other than white. Drawing on several theoretical perspectives, we expected to find differences in the attitudes and level of participation of employed versus non-employed members that would have important effects on organizational functioning. However, few differences in the attitudes of members employed full time, part time, and not in the labor force were found in either 1975 or 1992. There were, however, differences in behavior. Employed members reported spending much less time on organizational activities and were less likely to assume leadership roles, but these differences diminished between 1975 and 1992 as employed women became numerically dominant in the organization, suggesting that the growing presence of employed women in IAW led to the development of informal norms and new policies about the amount of time members should devote to the organization and a corresponding loss in the total number of volunteer hours devoted to it.
Employment status and the attitudes and behavior of higher status women volunteers, 1975 and 1992: A case study
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Sex Roles 34 (May, 1996), 695-716
- Language: English
- Date: 1996
- Keywords
- Employment, Volunteerism, Women, Labor force