Sarah-Louise Weller's Outputs (5)

Value-for-money and the small charity (2023)
Journal Article

This article opens a new research pathway by examining value-for-money (VFM) in the charity sector. There is an initial exploration of literature regarding the definitions of VFM and how it is assessed. Research findings highlight that small charitie... Read More about Value-for-money and the small charity.

Too close for comfort? The challenges and unexpected consequences of immersed ethnography (2022)
Book Chapter

This chapter considers the nature of immersed ethnography and its importance to the study of organizations, and also provides some context for the fieldwork. This is followed by an analysis of some of the methodological challenges, emotion work, and... Read More about Too close for comfort? The challenges and unexpected consequences of immersed ethnography.

Questing for meaningfulness through narrative identity work: The helpers, the heroes and the hurt (2021)
Journal Article

What identity narratives do those engaged in dangerous volunteering fabricate and how do they help satisfy their quest for meaningful lives? Based on a three-year ethnographic study of QuakeRescue, a UK-based voluntary, search and rescue charity, we... Read More about Questing for meaningfulness through narrative identity work: The helpers, the heroes and the hurt.

Identity work, meaningfulness and volunteers (2021)
Journal Article

What identity narratives do those engaged in dangerous volunteering work on and how do they help satisfy their quest for meaningful lives? Based on a three-year ethnographic study of QuakeRescue, a UK-based voluntary, search and rescue charity, we sh... Read More about Identity work, meaningfulness and volunteers.

Volunteering masculinities in search and rescue work: Is there “a place for girls on the team”? (2020)
Journal Article

This article explores performative enactments of gender at work in a UK-based Search and Rescue voluntary organization, QuakeRescue. Based on ethnographic research, we analyze how gender is performatively constituted in this male-dominated setting, f... Read More about Volunteering masculinities in search and rescue work: Is there “a place for girls on the team”?.