Part-time work and activity in voluntary associations in Great Britain

Kamerade, D

Abstract

This paper evaluates both the economic, or rational choice, and sociological theories to examine the effects of part-time working on employees' activity in voluntary associations. Using longitudinal data analysis of the British Household Panel Survey from 1993 to 2005, this study demonstrates that, in Britain, part-time work increases the likelihood of individual level involvement in expressive voluntary associations (i.e. associations orientated to relatively immediate benefits for their members) but it is negatively related to their involvement in instrumental-expressive (such as trade unions and professionals' associations) and instrumental (political, environmental, and voluntary service) associations. The main conclusion is that time is an important resource for activity in expressive voluntary associations; however, for activity in instrumental and instrumental-expressive associations other factors are more important.

Citation

Kamerade, D. (2009). Part-time work and activity in voluntary associations in Great Britain. Sociological Research Online, 14(5), 2. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.2049

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Feb 27, 2013
• Journal: Sociological Research Online
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.2049
• Keywords: Part-Time Work, Political Groups, Social Capital, Trade Unions, Voluntary Associations
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.2049
• Related Public URLs: http://www.socresonline.org.uk/14/5/2.html
• Additional Information: Funders : Leslie Wilson Research Fellowship (Magdalene College);Cambridge Political Economy Society Trust;ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship