Volunteers in feminist Organizations

Metzendorf, Diane Susan; Cnaan, Ram A.

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“…Within the nonprofit literature, women's roles and differential contributions are beginning to be examined. For example, Metzendorf and Cnaan (1992) looked at volunteers in feminist organizations, Astin and Leland (199 1) conducted a cross-generational study of women who lead social change movements, and Heimovics and Herman (1988) compared gender attributions of managerial excellence made by chief executives of nonprofit organizations.…”

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Women on boards of nonprofits: What difference do they make?

Bradshaw

Murray

Wolpin

1996

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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In this article, the authors explore the impact of women on nonprofit boards. From a sociological perspective, they look at the actual proportion of women on boards and, from a more psychological perspective, at the sex of the chief executive officers in order to examine the impact of these variables on board effectiveness, structure, and process. The study results, based on datafrom a cross section ofCanadian nonprofits, indicate that as the percentage of women on a board increases, the dynamics of the board are significantly affected.HILE research on leadership of nonprofit boards of directors is growing W the role of women on these boards is a largely neglected topic, Odendahl and Youmans (1994) identified this gap and questioned why we find greater representation of women on smaller, more community-based, lower-budget, and less powerful and connected nonprofit boards, and why the nonprofits in which women tend to hold leadership roles are assigned lower status. For explanations, Odendahl and Youmans looked toward the institutionalized sexism and racism of the nonprofit sector. They called for more research on the demographics of women's participation on nonprofit boards, along with comparisons of these patterns according to different sectors, organizational characteristics, board objectives and cultures, selection criteria, and gender of the chief executive officers (CEOs).

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Women on boards of nonprofits: What difference do they make?

Bradshaw

Murray

Wolpin

1996

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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“…Adams (1980), Daniels (1988), and Metzendorf and Cnaan, (1992) discussed different volunteers performing different roles. Our findings indicate that the same volunteers perform different roles.…”

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“…This may be accounted for by the division of labor between the "policy volunteers" (the board members) and the "service volunteers" who provide the daily services (Metzendorf & Cnaan, 1992).…”

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“…First, the women's movement argued that women service volunteerism perpetuated the traditional role of women and did not support their new roles as professionals and wage earners (Ellis & Noyes, 1990;Metzendorf & Cnaan, 1992). Second, as people of color began asserting pride in their ethnicity, the idea of noblesse oblige was also sharply challenged (Davis, 1984).…”

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Challenging Human Service Organizations to Redefine Volunteer Roles

Perlmutter

Cnaan

1994

Administration in Social Work

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“…Of course, we would emphasize that research and our data from our interviews clearly show that women derive a sense of self-actualization through volunteerism (Metzendorf and Cnaan 1992). It is an activity that is meaningful and fulfilling to these individuals.…”

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Sacrificing Women: A Study of Ritualized Practices among Women Volunteers in India

Mitra

Knottnerus

2008

Voluntas

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This study addresses issues related to inequality formation and reproduction, especially in regard to gender dynamics operating in a non-western society. Grounded in a post-colonial understanding of urban educated upper and middle class women NGO volunteers in contemporary India, it analyzes how they negotiate new approaches to challenge existing traditional gender roles, yet in critical ways contribute to their reproduction, particularly the traditional concept of ideal Indian womanhood. Employing structural ritualization theory we examine how ritualized symbolic practices related to the traditional concepts of caretaking, sacrifice, and the concept of natural sexual differences continue to be emphasized in a generation confronted with conflicting expectations about modern women's roles. Twenty-one testimonies provide the major source of evidence along with data gathered through participant observation. This research enhances our understanding of the power of rituals and how they can continue to shape the cognitions and activities of actors.Résumé Cette étude traite des problèmes liés aux inégalités de formation et de reproduction tout particulièrement en ce qui concerne la dynamique des genres ayant cours dans une société n'appartenant pas au cercle des sociétés de l'Ouest. En se basant sur une compréhension postcoloniale de volontaires d'ONG constituées de femmes appartenant à la classe moyenne et supérieure urbaine de l'Inde contemporaine, cette étude analyse comment elles négocient de nouvelles approches pour défier les rôles sexuels traditionnels existants, ceci de façon critique pour contribuer à leur reproduction, tout particulièrement le concept traditionnel de la féminité idéale en Inde. En recourant à une théorie de ritualisation structurelle nous A. Mitra (&) examinons comment les pratiques symboliques ritualisées liées aux concepts traditionnels de soins, de sacrifice et du concept de différences sexuelles naturelles continuent à s'accentuer dans le cadre d'une génération confrontée à des attentes conflictuelles concernant les rôles des femmes modernes. Vingt-et-un témoignages fournissent une source majeure de preuves, accompagnées de données rassemblées à l'occasion de l'observation des participantes. Cette recherche permet d'améliorer notre compréhension de la puissance des rituels et la façon dont ils peuvent continuer à façonner à la fois les représentations mentales et les activités.Zusammenfassung Diese Studie behandelt Themenpunkte im Zusammenhang mit der Entstehung und Reproduktion von Ungleichheit, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die Geschlechterdynamiken in einer nicht-westlichen Gesellschaft. Begründet in einem post-kolonialen Verständnis von Frauen aus der städtischen Ober-und Mittelschicht, die eine Ausbildung genossen haben und ehrenamtlich bei nicht-staatlichen Organisationen im heutigen Indien tätig sind, untersucht die Studie, wie die Frauen neue Vorgehensweisen verhandeln, um die bestehenden traditionellen Geschlechterrollen zu hinterfragen, und gleichzeitig jedoch erheblich zu deren...

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Volunteers in feminist Organizations

Cited by 19 publications

References 28 publications

Women on boards of nonprofits: What difference do they make?

Women on boards of nonprofits: What difference do they make?

Challenging Human Service Organizations to Redefine Volunteer Roles

Sacrificing Women: A Study of Ritualized Practices among Women Volunteers in India

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