TY - JOUR
T1 - Individual and Organizational Factors in the Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers
T2 - Perspectives of Volunteers
AU - Mook, Laurie
AU - Farrell, Eddie
AU - Chum, Antony
AU - Handy, Femida
AU - Schugurensky, Daniel
AU - Quarter, Jack
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Research Grant #487026.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, University of Alberta Library. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/9/1
Y1 - 2014/9/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.22230/cjnser.2014v5n2a187
DO - 10.22230/cjnser.2014v5n2a187
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85010829756
SN - 1920-9355
VL - 5
SP - 65
EP - 85
JO - Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
JF - Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
IS - 2
ER -