All Outputs (4)

Value-for-money and the small charity (2023)
Journal Article
Evans, C., & Weller, S. L. (2023). Value-for-money and the small charity. Public Money and Management, 43(8), 802-810. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2022.2047287

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.

Questing for meaningfulness through narrative identity work: The helpers, the heroes and the hurt (2021)
Journal Article
Weller, S. L., Brown, A. D., & Clarke, C. A. (2023). Questing for meaningfulness through narrative identity work: The helpers, the heroes and the hurt. Human Relations, 76(4), 551–576. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267211043072

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
Weller, S. L., Brown, A. D., & Clarke, C. (2021). Identity work, meaningfulness and volunteers. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1), Article 12365. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2021.12365abstract

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
Weller, S. L., Clarke, C. A., & Brown, A. D. (2021). Volunteering masculinities in search and rescue work: Is there “a place for girls on the team”?. Gender, Work and Organization, 28(2), 558-574. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12592

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”?.