Collective Agency for Service Volunteers A Critical Realist Study of Identity Representation

Policy makers promote volunteering in part because it is a powerful mechanism for expanding local community services. Volunteers, however, are subject to processes and power dynamics within organizations, which limit their collective agency. This article reports key findings of a study of rural ambu...

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Published inAdministration & society Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 193 - 215
Main Authors Stirling, Christine, Bull, Rosalind
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Abstract Policy makers promote volunteering in part because it is a powerful mechanism for expanding local community services. Volunteers, however, are subject to processes and power dynamics within organizations, which limit their collective agency. This article reports key findings of a study of rural ambulance volunteers’ agency. The study demonstrated that collective identity is part of the ensemble of power that allows volunteers’ interests to be marginalized within organizations. Findings highlighted barriers for volunteers who were unhappy with the organizational support they received. A critical realist analysis revealed that rural location and community discourses underpinned the volunteers’ lack of collective agency.
AbstractList Policy makers promote volunteering in part because it is a powerful mechanism for expanding local community services. Volunteers, however, are subject to processes and power dynamics within organizations, which limit their collective agency. This article reports key findings of a study of rural ambulance volunteers' agency. The study demonstrated that collective identity is part of the ensemble of power that allows volunteers' interests to be marginalized within organizations. Findings highlighted barriers for volunteers who were unhappy with the organizational support they received. A critical realist analysis revealed that rural location and community discourses underpinned the volunteers' lack of collective agency. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
Policy makers promote volunteering in part because it is a powerful mechanism for expanding local community services. Volunteers, however, are subject to processes and power dynamics within organizations, which limit their collective agency. This article reports key findings of a study of rural ambulance volunteers' agency. The study demonstrated that collective identity is part of the ensemble of power that allows volunteers' interests to be marginalized within organizations. Findings highlighted barriers for volunteers who were unhappy with the organizational support they received. A critical realist analysis revealed that rural location and community discourses underpinned the volunteers' lack of collective agency. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright holder.]
Policy makers promote volunteering in part because it is a powerful mechanism for expanding local community services. Volunteers, however, are subject to processes and power dynamics within organizations, which limit their collective agency. This article reports key findings of a study of rural ambulance volunteers’ agency. The study demonstrated that collective identity is part of the ensemble of power that allows volunteers’ interests to be marginalized within organizations. Findings highlighted barriers for volunteers who were unhappy with the organizational support they received. A critical realist analysis revealed that rural location and community discourses underpinned the volunteers’ lack of collective agency.
Author Bull, Rosalind
Stirling, Christine
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Snippet Policy makers promote volunteering in part because it is a powerful mechanism for expanding local community services. Volunteers, however, are subject to...
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SubjectTerms Ambulance service
Ambulance services
Collectives
Communities
Community service
Community Services
Community volunteers
Critical realism
Discourse
Discourses
Group identity
Identity
Location
Marginality
Organizational support
Policy Making
Power
Power Structure
Public services
Representation
Rural Areas
Services
Social policy
Studies
Volunteers
Subtitle A Critical Realist Study of Identity Representation
Title Collective Agency for Service Volunteers
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