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Voluntas (2015) 26:288314 DOI 10.1007/s11266-013-9430-1
ORIGINAL PAPER
Applying Social Role Theory to Genderand Volunteering in Professional Associations
Rachel Fyall Beth Gazley
Published online: 5 December 2013 International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University 2013
Abstract In the context of professional societies and trade associations, social role theory hypothesizes that womens and mens volunteer roles will also reect gendered choices that persist even after controlling for parenting, professional experience, education, race, country of residence, and other potentially mitigating factors. Our sample includes 12,722 members of 23 diverse US-based international professional societies who participated in a survey of volunteer behavior in 2007. Using probit regression analysis, we nd that gender continues to inuence volunteer behaviors within professional settings. Instead of a pattern of male and female preferences for certain roles, we nd that women are consistently less likely than men to engage in most volunteer activities common to professional association life. However, this gender disparity is partly neutralized when women are older and fully employed. Overall, social role theory provides a signicant but incomplete perspective for understanding the volunteer behavior of professional society members.
Rsum Dans le contexte des corporations et des associations professionnelles, la thorie du rle social suppose que les rles des hommes et des femmes dans le bnvolat retent aussi des choix de genre qui persisteraient mme aprs avoir considr certains critres de parentalit, dexprience professionnelle, dducation, de race, de pays de rsidence et dautres facteurs potentiellement attnuants. Notre
This research was conducted in collaboration with the American Society of Association Executives.
R. Fyall (&)
School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Room 410A, 1315 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USAe-mail: [email protected]
B. GazleySchool of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Room 410C, 1315 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USAe-mail: [email protected]
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chantillon contient 12,722 membres de 23 corporations professionnelles internationales bases auxtats-Unis, qui ont particip une enqute portant sur le comportement des bnvoles en 2007. Par une analyse de rgression probit, nous avons dtermin que le genre continue dinuencer les comportements des bnvoles dans un environnement professionnel. Pourtant, au lieu dobtenir un modle des prfrences des hommes et des femmes pour certains rles, nous avons dcouvert que les femmes sont systmatiquement moins susceptibles...