Do occupational group members vary in volunteering activity? Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

The goal of our study is to explore how employees in different occupations report volun-teering activities. Starting from the literatures on occupational subcultures and profes-sional norms, the authors hypothesize that both structural constraints and norms of occupations may have an impact on extraorganizational behavior. Analyzing Center on Philanthropy Panel Study data linked with the Institute for Social Research’s Panel Study on Income Dynamics, the authors find evidence that individuals in professional, manage-rial, and military occupations are more likely to volunteer than are individuals in other occupational categories. Controlling for individual demographic and cultural variables, they affirm the explanatory power of occupation on individual volunteering behavior