To Volunteer or Not: Canada, 1987

Vaillancourt, François

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“…This effect of immigrant status is found in other econometric studies (Day and Devlin 1996;Devlin 2001;Vaillancourt 1994).…”

Section: The Effect Of Personal and Demographic Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 79%

“…In essence, volunteering appears to be a "normal good"-something we do more of if we can afford to do so. The same result also emerges in the only other comparable Canadian econometric study to include an income measure (Vaillancourt 1994). …”

Section: The Effect Of Earnings and Wealth Measuressupporting

confidence: 72%

“…Once these factors are controlled for in the econometric analysis, the effect of age by itself becomes negative. This is also found in Vaillancourt (1994) and Wong and Henson (2000) albeit not in Devlin (2001).…”

Section: The Effect Of Personal and Demographic Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 65%

“…Comparisons are difficult, however, because of the differences in the data sets, specifications and subgroups. Vaillancourt (1994) and Day and Devlin (1996) use the 1987 Survey of Volunteering (VAT) which does not have crucial wage data. Statistics Canada studies that use the more recent 1997 or 2000 National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (NSGVP) (respectively Hall et al 1998 and) either provide only cross-tabulations that do not control for the influence of other factors, or, as in the case of Devlin (2001), they focus on the impact of volunteering on earnings, and only verbally discuss the impact of the determinants of the volunteering decision, with no wage or income measures.…”

Section: Volunteering and The Household Production Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In studies that are unable to control for wages (Day and Devlin 1996;Vaillancourt 1994;Wong and Henson 2000) males are less likely to volunteer or the differences are insignificant, although Devlin (2001) finds that males are more likely to volunteer. In the raw tabulations (Appendix available on request from the authors) the proportions who volunteer are very similar for males (0.215) and females (0.207).…”

Section: The Effect Of Personal and Demographic Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Volunteer Activity and the Demands of Work and Family

Gómez¹,

Gunderson

2004

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The importance of volunteer activity for employees, employers and governmental and non-governmental organizations that are increasingly relying on volunteers is discussed, followed by an econometric analysis relating volunteer activity to a variety of characteristics of work and family as well as to personal and demographic characteristics of the volunteers. The analysis is based on Cycle 9 of the Canadian General Social Survey (GSS) of 1994—an ideal data set since it links volunteer activity to a wide range of characteristics of work and family. The results are interpreted through the lens of a household production function framework, highlighting the importance of time cost and income, but also characteristics of work and family.Les déterminants du bénévolat sont abordés ici en accordant une attention particulière au jeu des exigences du travail et de la famille. Des variables d’ordre explicatif incluent des mesures de revenus et de richesse, des caractéristiques du travail et du temps de travail (par exemple, le travail posté, l’horaire flexible, le travail à la maison, la semaine de travail comprimée, le statut syndical, la surqualification, la menace de perte d’emploi, la nature exigeante du travail, les heures travaillées, le prestige de l’occupation et le secteur industriel) et des caractéristiques de la famille (par exemple, l’état matrimonial, la présence ou non d’enfant, la nature du travail du conjoint, l’état de santé, la scolarité et l’appartenance religieuse).Le cadre théorique retenu est celui d’une fonction de production propre au ménage. Il met en lumière l’importance de la prise de décision familiale en matière d’activité bénévole aussi bien que le rôle du ménage en tant qu’unité de production et de consommation. Il fait ressortir le caractère potentiellement substituable du temps et de l’argent aussi bien que l’importance du coût du temps et du revenu, et également les caractéristiques du travail et de la famille.Ici, l’analyse économétrique est fondée sur les réponses de 6 212 répondants du Cycle 9 de l’Enquête sociale générale (ESG) du Canada de 1994. Elle présente un ensemble de données idéales dans ce type d’analyse puisqu’elle relie le bénévolat à un vaste spectre de caractéristiques propres au travail et à la famille. On a fait appel à une analyse de régression logistique, étant donné le caractère dichotomique de la variable dépendante, en lui attribuant le chiffre « un » lorsque la personne s’était adonnée à une activité bénévole formelle au cours d’une période de temps et le chiffre « zéro » lorsqu’elle ne s’y était pas adonnée.Le bénévolat présente une composante importante et productive qui peut améliorer le rendement de divers groupes dans une relation d’emploi : les employés, les employeurs, les gouvernements et les organisations qui, de plus en plus, ont recours à des bénévoles. Cette importance est susceptible d’augmenter dans le futur parce que l’offre et également la demande de travail bénévole vont aller possiblement en s’accroissant. La demande de travail bénévole est suscepti...

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“…This effect of immigrant status is found in other econometric studies (Day and Devlin 1996;Devlin 2001;Vaillancourt 1994).…”

Section: The Effect Of Personal and Demographic Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 79%

Section: The Effect Of Earnings and Wealth Measuressupporting

confidence: 72%

Section: The Effect Of Personal and Demographic Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 65%

Section: Volunteering and The Household Production Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Effect Of Personal and Demographic Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gunderson

2004

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Gender‐related institutional environments, gender pay gap/equality and prosocial behaviors: A cross‐national meta‐analysis

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Liu,

Dong

et al. 2024

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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We adopt a meta‐analytic approach to study the relationship between gender‐related institutional environments/logics at both organizational level and societal level on the one hand and gender heterogeneities in individual prosocial behaviors on the other. Analyzing data from 138 empirical studies covering 35 countries, we obtain evidence of gender heterogeneity in prosocial behaviors under different gender‐related institutional environments/logics. Our meta‐analysis helps obtain several important findings. For instance, a gender gap in pro‐environmental behaviors is more likely to be observed in societies/countries with low gender egalitarianism with women showing less prosocial behavior than their men counterparts. Moreover, women under the same institutional environments also show significantly more anti‐corruption behaviors than do their men counterparts, while this difference is much smaller (i.e., with smaller effect size) given the institutions of high gender egalitarianism. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of the findings for academic research and managerial practice.

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Employer‐supported volunteering benefits: Gift exchange among employers, employees, and volunteer organizations

Booth

Park

Glomb

2009

Human Resource Management

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Gift exchange theory is utilized to explain the growing trend of employers offering employer-supported volunteering (ESV) benefits. This paper views these benefits through the lens of gift exchange and discusses the creation of exchange relationships between the employer and employee and between the volunteer organization and employee. Hypotheses derived from the perspective of the employee are tested with a nationally representative sample of volunteers (n = 3,658). Findings suggest ESV benefits are positively related to hours volunteered by the employee. Volunteer hours predict employee perceptions of skill acquisition. Perceptions of skill acquisition are positively related to perceptions of job success and employer recognition. We discuss implications for business, employees, and volunteer organizations with an emphasis on human resources management policy and practice.Gift Exchange and ESV 2

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To Volunteer or Not: Canada, 1987

Cited by 58 publications

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Volunteer Activity and the Demands of Work and Family

Volunteer Activity and the Demands of Work and Family

Gender‐related institutional environments, gender pay gap/equality and prosocial behaviors: A cross‐national meta‐analysis

Employer‐supported volunteering benefits: Gift exchange among employers, employees, and volunteer organizations

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