Individual and Organizational Factors in the Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers: Perspectives of Volunteers
This study builds upon earlier studies of the degree of interchangeability between volunteers and paid staff in nonprofit organizations. While these earlier studies were from an organization perspective, this study is from the perspective of volunteers, and looks at individual and organizational cha...
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| author | Laurie Mook Eddie Farrell Antony Chum Femida Handy Daniel Schugurensky Jack Quarter |
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| description | This study builds upon earlier studies of the degree of interchangeability between volunteers and paid staff in nonprofit organizations. While these earlier studies were from an organization perspective, this study is from the perspective of volunteers, and looks at individual and organizational characteristics in all types of organizations—nonprofits, for-profits, government agencies, and others. The findings indicate that 10.8% of volunteers reported replacing a paid staff member, 3.1% permanently. Volunteers also reported being replaced by paid staff: 7.6% reported being replaced, 2.1% permanently. The study suggests that organizations utilize a co-production model and appear to interchange their paid staff and volunteers when needed in tasks requiring higher-level skills.
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Cette étude se fonde sur des études antérieures qui portaient sur le niveau d’interchangeabilité entre Cette étude se fonde sur des études antérieures qui portaient sur le niveau d’interchangeabilité entre bénévoles et salariés dans des organismes à but non lucratif. Tandis que ces études antérieures adoptaient une perspective organisationnelle, cette étude-ci adopte celle des bénévoles et examine les caractéristiques individuelles et organisationnelles de toutes sortes d’organisations—à but non lucratif, à but lucratif, gouvernementaux et coopératifs. Elle se fonde sur deux sous-échantillons provenant d’une enquête aléatoire par téléphone avec 768 individus provenant de partout au Canada. Les résultats indiquent que 10,8% des bénévoles disent avoir remplacé un salarié, 3,1% en permanence. Les bénévoles disent d’autre part que des salariés les ont remplacés : 7,6% ont ainsi été remplacés par des salariés, 2,1% en permanence. L’étude semble montrer que les organisations utilisent un modèle de co-production et paraissent échanger leurs salariés et bénévoles au besoin pour des tâches requérant des habiletés de haut niveau. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-436e681d0a72474592a11e613bc65dc42022-12-21T23:14:28ZengCanadian Centre for Studies in PublishingCanadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research1920-93552014-12-015210.22230/cjnser.2014v5n2a187Individual and Organizational Factors in the Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers: Perspectives of VolunteersLaurie Mook0Eddie Farrell1Antony Chum2Femida Handy3Daniel Schugurensky4Jack Quarter5Arizona State UniversitySt. Michael's Hospital, TorontoSt. Michael's Hospital, TorontoUniversity of PennsylvaniaArizona State UniversityUniversity of TorontoThis study builds upon earlier studies of the degree of interchangeability between volunteers and paid staff in nonprofit organizations. While these earlier studies were from an organization perspective, this study is from the perspective of volunteers, and looks at individual and organizational characteristics in all types of organizations—nonprofits, for-profits, government agencies, and others. The findings indicate that 10.8% of volunteers reported replacing a paid staff member, 3.1% permanently. Volunteers also reported being replaced by paid staff: 7.6% reported being replaced, 2.1% permanently. The study suggests that organizations utilize a co-production model and appear to interchange their paid staff and volunteers when needed in tasks requiring higher-level skills. RÉSUMÉ Cette étude se fonde sur des études antérieures qui portaient sur le niveau d’interchangeabilité entre Cette étude se fonde sur des études antérieures qui portaient sur le niveau d’interchangeabilité entre bénévoles et salariés dans des organismes à but non lucratif. Tandis que ces études antérieures adoptaient une perspective organisationnelle, cette étude-ci adopte celle des bénévoles et examine les caractéristiques individuelles et organisationnelles de toutes sortes d’organisations—à but non lucratif, à but lucratif, gouvernementaux et coopératifs. Elle se fonde sur deux sous-échantillons provenant d’une enquête aléatoire par téléphone avec 768 individus provenant de partout au Canada. Les résultats indiquent que 10,8% des bénévoles disent avoir remplacé un salarié, 3,1% en permanence. Les bénévoles disent d’autre part que des salariés les ont remplacés : 7,6% ont ainsi été remplacés par des salariés, 2,1% en permanence. L’étude semble montrer que les organisations utilisent un modèle de co-production et paraissent échanger leurs salariés et bénévoles au besoin pour des tâches requérant des habiletés de haut niveau.https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/187À but non lucratifBénévolesSalariés |
| spellingShingle | Laurie Mook Eddie Farrell Antony Chum Femida Handy Daniel Schugurensky Jack Quarter Individual and Organizational Factors in the Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers: Perspectives of Volunteers Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research À but non lucratif Bénévoles Salariés |
| title | Individual and Organizational Factors in the Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers: Perspectives of Volunteers |
| title_full | Individual and Organizational Factors in the Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers: Perspectives of Volunteers |
| title_fullStr | Individual and Organizational Factors in the Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers: Perspectives of Volunteers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Individual and Organizational Factors in the Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers: Perspectives of Volunteers |
| title_short | Individual and Organizational Factors in the Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers: Perspectives of Volunteers |
| title_sort | individual and organizational factors in the interchangeability of paid staff and volunteers perspectives of volunteers |
| topic | À but non lucratif Bénévoles Salariés |
| url | https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/187 |
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