Betwixt and Between
The Invisible Experiences of Volunteers' Body Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2374593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katharine Venter (0000-0002-3049-0720, University of Leicester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 911-927 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09500170211061226 |
| OpenAlex | W4211152023 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 52 |
Prevailing dualisms of work as formal, paid employment on the one hand or informal, unpaid domestic labour on the other, means volunteering is often overlooked. Although academic interest in voluntary labour is growing, it remains inadequately theorised in the sociology of work. A more sociological meaningful understanding of volunteering is needed. Through an analysis of voluntary body work labour, this article advances theorisation of volunteering as work in two ways. Firstly, the article invokes a total social organisation of labour approach to overcome the paid/unpaid work dichotomy. Secondly, it grounds this theorisation empirically by drawing on the volunteers' insights into their delivery of body work labour to shed new light on the complex ways in which volunteers frame labour within wider social relationships
Economics · Labour economics · Management · Paid work · Sociology · Turnover · Unpaid work · Work (physics · Working hours · Emotional Labor in Professions · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
A Labour of Love
Volunteerism Research
Bathing - the Body and Community Care
Nonprofit Organizations Becoming Business-Like
What Is ‘Body Work’? A Review of the Literature
Socio-Spatial Variations in Community Self-Help
The Feminization of Body Work
Touching intimacy
The Cost of a Calling? Clergywomen and Work in the Church of England
Why ‘Work’? Gender and the ‘Total Social Organization of Labour’
Identity and Volunteering Intertwined
Filling the gaps
Comparative Configurations of Care Work across Europe
Government Funding, Employment Conditions, and Work Organization in Non‐profit Community Services
Beyond choice
The marketization of care
Shifting Boundaries and Interconnections
Care, Work and Feeling
Rethinking Voluntary Work
Unwaged labour intensified
Caring for Nothing
Dealing with the Dead
You Can't Win
Rule breaking in social care
Work beyond employment
White knuckle care work
Rethinking 'mobile work
The outsourcing of social care in Britain
Extending Conceptual Boundaries
Theory Construction in Qualitative Research
Flexible Coding of In-depth Interviews
More Than a 'Little Act of Kindness'? Towards a Typology of Volunteering as Unpaid Work
Volunteering
Conceptualising body work in health and social care
Dressing disrupted
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |