%0 Journal Article
%T Rethinking Volunteering as a Form of Unpaid Work
%A Charlotte Overgaard
%J Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
%@ 1552-7395
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0899764018809419
%X This article aims to problematize the ways in which volunteering is presently conceptualized, theorized, and studied by positioning it as a form of unpaid labor. Over six focal points, the article highlights areas that deserve closer scrutiny: the question of when volunteering is work; the formal¨Cinformal and paid¨Cunpaid distinctions of work; the notion of ¡°choice,¡± especially volunteering as the lack of paid work choices; the assumption that volunteer work is similar to informal work; and a recognition that volunteering consists of many different forms of activities, not just one
%K care work
%K choice
%K paid work
%K unpaid work
%K volunteering
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0899764018809419