Because of publicity given to volunteerism by the Reagan administration, increasing attention is being paid to the role of voluntary programs in human services. National volunteer agencies have become critical of professional social workers' resistance to dealing with volunteers. Social work schools are being urged to include more courses on…

This paper explores the differential development of Connecticut's voluntary Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) projects as they move from grass-roots organizations that are akin to social movements to street-level bureaucracies and finally to managed professionalized agencies. The federal government has identified an appropriate continuum…

Voluntary organizations offer a unique opportunity to interpret participant relationships, leadership influences, and organizational effectiveness unencumbered by employment relationships. Regardless of organizational structure or purpose, all organizations are affected to some degree by their leadership and their membership. Based on the…