Dominant Statuses and Involvement in Types of Instrumental and Expressive Voluntary Associations

Palisi, Bartolomeo J.; Jacobson, Perry E.

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“…In contrast, expressive groups are internally oriented, and their activities and relationships are viewed as ends in themselves (Gordon and Babchuk, 1959;Palisi and Jacobson, 1977;Edwards, Edwards, and Watts, 1984). Therefore, we expect the rates of involvement in instrumental associations and expressive groups to differ.…”

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“…This expectation is based on research from a variety of time periods showing that rates of memberships in organizations, especially instrumental associations, are highest for higher socioeconomic people, middle-aged people, males, white people, and married individuals (Palisi and Palisi, 1984;Edwards and White, 1980;McPherson and Lockwood, 1980;Knoke and Thomson, 1977;Nelson, Baker, and Nelson, 1978;Curtis, 1971;Hyman and Wright, 1971;Wright and Hyman, 1958;Palisi and Jacobson, 1977;Booth, Babchuk, and Knox, 1968). However, research has shown no consistent relation between membership in associations and rural or urban location (Curtis, 1971;Wright and Hyman, 1958).…”

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National Trends in Voluntary Association Memberships: 1974-1984

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Korn²

1989

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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Using national data from the General Social Surveys, the authors study changes in the number of voluntary associations in America between 1973 and 1984. Memberships are categorized as total volun tary associations, instrumental associations, and expressive groups. The average number of memberships was higher than usual in 1974 for almost all socioeconomic and demographically defined subsam ples. In the election year of 1980, memberships in total voluntary associations, instrumental associations, and expressive groups all tended to be lower than they had been in other years for many subsamples, and in 1984 some types of individuals had low rates of memberships. Multiple regression analyses showed that education was a good predictor of memberships in the three types of associa tions in all years, while occupational prestige and income were only weakly associated with memberships. Occupational prestige was more closely associated with membership in instrumental associations than it was with membership in expressive groups.

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National Trends in Voluntary Association Memberships: 1974-1984

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Korn²

1989

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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“…Attempts at determining the factors related to participation in voluntary associations and civic affairs often focus on members' status characteristics, such as: race, sex, age, income, and level of education (Palisi and Jacobson 1977;Williams and Ortega 1986); or from a ''family life cycle'' perspective, that considers the effects of age, marital status, and presence of children (Knoke and Thomson 1977;Rotolo and Wilson 2004). Others argue that socioeconomic differences explain variations in patterns of joining (McPherson 1981;Wilson and Musick 1997).…”

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Civic Engagement Among Small-Group Participants: Creating Community or Self-Absorption?

Marcello¹,

Perrucci

2009

Sociological Spectrum

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Small support groups are a relatively new form of voluntary association appearing in the American landscape. Examining the larger implications of the ''small group movement'' for civic life has led some to see an overall positive effect on wider community activities, while others have viewed small-group participants as self-absorbed and withdrawing from participation in civic activities. Using a national sample of small-group participants, we examine the effects on civic engagement stemming from the social characteristics of participants, the type of small group (religious, secular, or mixed), and the opportunity to develop social capital through participation in small groups. Findings indicate that members of religious small groups do not actively engage in civic affairs, but members of secular and mixed groups do participate in a broad range of civic activities. Differences in social participation can be attributed to characteristics of the small groups (formalization and cohesion) and to some characteristics of members (education). When small support groups offer members the opportunity to acquire civic skills, to exchange information, and to develop self-efficacy, there is more interest and activity in civic affairs.

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“…Throughout the current quantitative donations literature, this narrow focus on finances limits our understanding. It casts nonprofits as fully instrumental when research shows that nonprofits are instead highly expressive organizations (Frumkin, 2002;Palisi & Jacobson, 1977;Paxton et al, 2020). It also assumes only a single motive for giving by donors-rational attention to the financial characteristics of nonprofits-that stands in contrast to research on donors themselves, which shows far more social motivations (Konrath & Handy, 2017).…”

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Donations in social context

Ressler

Paxton

Velasco

2020

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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Many nonprofit organizations rely on donations to fund their programs, and a robust literature predicts donations in large-scale quantitative studies. The focus, however, is almost exclusively on the financial characteristics of the organizations, leaving the social context underexplored. In this article, we theorize how ecological context, organizational identity, and social network ties can shape donations. We use the new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) release of e-filed nonprofit reporting forms to consider 95,518 501(c)3 nonprofits around 2015. Using lagged regression models, we find that organizations within a more favorable ecological context, those that use appeals to religion, and organizations with more volunteers report more donations. Furthermore, stressing affiliation with a geographic location is associated with more donations only under certain ecological conditions. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of these results for nonprofit organizations and social theories regarding what influences donations to organizations.

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Dominant Statuses and Involvement in Types of Instrumental and Expressive Voluntary Associations

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National Trends in Voluntary Association Memberships: 1974-1984

National Trends in Voluntary Association Memberships: 1974-1984

Civic Engagement Among Small-Group Participants: Creating Community or Self-Absorption?

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