Voluntary organisations and marketisation: a dynamic of employment degradation. Issue 2 (18th March 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cunningham, Ian; Hearne, Gary; James, Philip
• Is Part Of: Industrial relations journal. Volume 44:Issue 2(2013:Mar.)
• Page Start: 171
• Page End: 188
• Publication Date: 2013-03-18
• Subjects: Industrial relations -- Periodicals; 331.1942
• DOI: 10.1111/irj.12008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0019-8692

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>This article uses survey data to explore how far the terms and conditions of voluntary sector staff in Scotland are undergoing a process of reform against the backdrop of the sector's greater engagement in contracting for outsourced public services and a more challenging public expenditure environment. Its findings reveal that they have been undergoing a widespread process of diminution, which would appear to be becoming both deeper and broader. They further argue that this process has been intimately connected to a harsher funding environment and therefore raise the prospect of it intensifying further as the current British government's deficit reduction programme progresses.</p> </abstract>