The Nonprofit Sector and Gender Discrimination

Gibelman, Margaret

doi:10.1002/nml.10303

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“…Although this is quite consistent with animal shelter employee demography (K. Intino, Humane Society of the United States, personal communication, April 16, 2009) and nonprofit organizations in general (Gibelman, 2000), a more gender-balanced sample would help to assuage external validity concerns. It would also permit a better test of our initial finding that females appear to have more positive experiences with volunteers than do males.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchsupporting

confidence: 63%

Employee experiences with volunteers

Rogelberg

Allen

Conway

et al. 2010

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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Volunteers frequently serve public and nonprofit organizations, among them libraries, parks and recreation departments, social service groups, and religious organizations. Research on volunteers and volunteerism traditionally focuses on antecedents to volunteering and outcomes for volunteers. In this study, we attempt to build on the existing literature by examining the volunteer experience from the paid employee' s vantage point. Using a sample of employees who work alongside volunteers in animal care organizations (N ϭ 270), we examine how employees described the volunteers with whom they interact. Although these assessments were generally positive, there was considerable variability. This appears to be explained, in part, by each organization' s volunteer resources management practices.Results also indicate that employees who reported less satisfactory experiences with volunteers also reported being more stressed, overworked, and less committed to the organization, and having a greater intention to quit. Importantly, these results held up even after controlling for general job satisfaction. Implications of these findings for theory and practice are discussed. V OLUNTEERS SERVE IN MANY public and nonprofit organizations: libraries, parks and recreation departments, social services, religious organizations, schools, public health and safety offices, community and economic development agencies, nursing facilities, emergency services, and the arts. Volunteers often fill administrative, consulting, leadership, or direct service roles. Recent Bureau of Labor statistics (2008) indicate that about 61.8 million people, or 26.4 percent of the U.S. population, volunteered through ConclusionsGiven the great extent of volunteerism in public, private, and nonprofit organizations, we set out to examine how employees perceive and are potentially affected by volunteers. Employee experiences

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Section: Limitations and Future Researchsupporting

confidence: 63%

Employee experiences with volunteers

Rogelberg

Allen

Conway

et al. 2010

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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“…Although accountability in nonprofit firms continues to increase, less is documented on the presence of the glass ceiling in the nonprofit sector (Gibelman, 2000). Gibelman's studies "substantiate the existence of the glass ceiling phenomenon among the agencies studied.…”

Section: The Glass Ceiling In the For-profit And Nonprofit Sectorsmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…And, similar to the for-profit sector, women earn less. Although less abundant, research conducted on the gender pay gap in the nonprofit sector (Gemeinhardt and Werner, 1995;Conry, 1998;Gibelman, 2000;Ruhm and Borkoski, 2003;Mesch and Rooney, 2005) indicates that women are paid significantly less in this sector as well.…”

Section: Pay Equity In the For-profit And Nonprofit Sectorsmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…The fact that there were not enough women of color in this sample to report significant similarities or differences tells us that that recruitment of women of color, not advancement, is the challenge facing development organizations. Previous research has shown that women of color face disproportionate barriers to upward mobility and salary in the profit and nonprofit sectors (Gibelman, 2000). Future research should attempt to include race and ethnicity to determine if similarities or differences exist among women in the development profession.…”

Section: Research Directionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2004). In the nonprofit sector, women are both underrepresented and underpaid in management (Gibelman, 2000;Hallock, 2002). Although studies have focused on the wage gap between male and female managers (Mesch and Rooney, 2005;Gose, 2004; "Differences in Pay for Men and Women in Top Charity Jobs," 2004;Salamon and Sokolowski, 2005), little has been written on the proportion of women in nonprofit management.…”

Section: Women In Management: For-profit and Nonprofit Sectorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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