 A Comprehensive Interpretation of Voluntary and Under-Remunerated WorkChapter Chapter 2 in Paid and Unpaid Labour in the Social Economy, 2009, pp 11-32 from Springer Abstract: Abstract The aim of the essay is to contribute to development of an unitary interpretation of the supply of labour in nonprofit organizations. The paper shows that agents supply their labour on the basis of a mix of motivations, whose composition is influenced by numerous personal, cultural, and vocational factors. Empirical and experimental analyses, and especially research on under-remunerated workers in nonprofit organizations with an explicit social mission, show that volunteers are also driven by self-regarding preferences, while remunerated workers may have preferences that are different from the maximization of immediate or deferred monetary income. It is possible to take account of this pluralism of motivations and agents by modifying the utility function so that it includes all the different types of motivation. The resulting allocation of workers and volunteers among sectors and enterprises can therefore be considered efficient also in the presence of individuals who are not paid or who are systematically paid less than others. Keywords: Utility Function; Labour Supply; Intrinsic Motivation; Nonprofit Organization; Social Preference (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:aiechp:978-3-7908-2137-6_2 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2137-6_2 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in AIEL Series in Labour Economics from Springer |
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