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Women in voluntary service associations : values and meanings

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This study examines the essential features of women’s experiences as members of a service association. It uses a qualitative method to understand how women make meaning from their membership in an all-female association and a mixed-gender association. The experiences were examined in comparative contexts. The study finds three common features in each association: joining, volunteering, and leading. In the mixed-gender association, women also experienced a process of assimilating into membership activities. The study provides scholars and association practitioners insights into the complex blend of members’ personal and professional interests with implications for membership recruitment and retention.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:IUPUI/oai:scholarworks.iupui.edu:1805/4078
Date12 March 2014
CreatorsNathan, Sarah Katheryn
ContributorsWhite, Robert W. (Robert William), 1958-, Burlingame, Dwight, Huehls, Frances A., Robertson, Nancy Marie, 1956-
Source SetsIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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