The challenges of the volunteerism process during international sport organizations/events

Noordegraaf, Meliha Atalay; Çelebi, Müberra

doi:10.14687/ijhs.v12i1.3238

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“…Comparing the research results of our and other authors (Brusokas & Mikalauskas, 2019;Kerevičius, 2017;Laskienė & Anusauskaitė, 2008;Noordegraaf & Celebi, 2015;Schlesinger & Nagel, 2016), it can be stated that students are quite positive about volunteering activities in sport. Respondents of both genders had sufficient volunteering experience to reveal specific respondents' attitudes towards volunteering in sport.…”

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confidence: 62%

“…According to the research conducted by Brusokas and Mikalauskas (2019), students are motivated by the desire to continue their involvement in sports. Noordegraaf and Celebi (2015) revealed that sport as a phenomenon remains a more important motive for males because they are not inclined to form emotional connections with other volunteers during volunteering. Anusauskaitė (2007) states that the desire to be among athletes as an important motive to participate in volunteering in sport was expressed almost equally by both females and males.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Students’ Attitude Towards Volunteering in Sport

2021

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This article deals with the issue of volunteering in sport. Participating in sport volunteering is beneficial because it increases social integration, social participation, and social awareness. With the growing importance of volunteering for both the volunteer and society, sport volunteering is becoming a phenomenon that fosters and encourages volunteer initiative. In Lithuania, volunteering in sport is still developing, so it is important to research the motivation of volunteers and direct their energy to volunteering. The aim of the research is to reveal the attitude of students involved in sports towards sport volunteering from the gender point of view. The research was conducted in 2018–2019. The sample of research subjects was formed on the basis of criteria selection – 163 students of higher education institutions (102 from Klaipėda University and 61 from Lithuania Business University of Applied Sciences) participated in the research. The survey (written) was conducted by submitting questionnaires to the respondents in paper or electronic version. The research instrument consisted of 22 closed-ended questions aimed at revealing the attitudes and views of respondents towards volunteering in sport by gender. The methods of mathematical-statistical analysis were applied to data processing; statistical differences were evaluated using Chi-square (χ2) criterion. Main findings and value of the paper: research participants distinguished quite different psychological reasons that lead to volunteering. For male students it is more important to be part of the team (26.6%) and to feel valued, recognized (18.7%), whereas female students emphasize personal development (18.7%) and gaining self-confidence by participating in voluntary activities (12.5%), (p<0.001). It was revealed that there was a statistically significant (p <0.05) difference between the attitudes of male and female students towards the benefits of volunteering for the volunteer himself / herself. Most respondents, both male and female, see the benefits of volunteering in two areas: a way to try themselves in new activities and the opportunity to meet interesting people, share and obtain new ideas. However, male students find volunteering in those areas more beneficial than female students. It has been revealed that male students are ready to spend more time volunteering in sport than females, so this activity is more relevant for them (p<0.001). More than a quarter (28.1%) of the male students from the research could volunteer up to 18 hours a week, while female students (23.4%) could devote up to 12 hours a week. Male research participants indicate the following opportunities: participation in sport activities (18.7%), acquisition of new skills (14.1%), while female participants emphasize better employment opportunities (17.2%), and acquisition of new skills (10.9%). A small percentage of females (3.1%) consider volunteering as an opportunity to participate in sport activities (p<0.001).

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Students’ Attitude Towards Volunteering in Sport

2021

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“…This reduces motivation to volunteer or even eliminates it at all. (McBride, Lough & Sherraden, 2010;Noordegraaf & Celebi, 2015;Oppenheimer, 2008;Pantea, 2012;Plagnol & Huppert, 2010).…”

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Analysis of barriers in sports volunteering

Krajňáková¹,

Šimkus²,

Pilinkienė³

et al. 2018

Journal of International Studies

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Volunteering is an exclusive phenomenon that involves certain obligations in activities, which individuals choose completely on free will. One of the main components in volunteering is that people engage in community work, without receiving any compensation. Volunteering as a form of leisure relies on the fact that during activities individuals acquire certain experience. Research presented here shows the barriers which prevent the spread of volunteering as a form of leisure in sports sector. Barriers can be related to the nature of sports events and inappropriate volunteers appreciation. The barriers also relate to the lack of information, skills, or lack of financial costs, which are mostly related to travel and food. The identified barriers were evaluated in order to reveal which of them mainly prevent the spread of voluntary activities in the sports sector. The main barriers preventing spread of volunteering are inappropriate preparation of voluntary activities in sport organizations and volunteers' age. Also important barriers are inappropriate volunteers' appreciation and lack of information.

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“…Unfortunately, major sporting events are served mostly by "one-time" volunteers -people who don't have experience of successful volunteering as it is indicated by the author G. Pauline (Pauline, 2011). What is more the experts note that the main motivation for volunteerism in sport competitions is a variety of social benefits and career opportunities but it is not the love to the physical training and sports (Noordegraaf, & Celebi, 2015;Erturan-Ogut, 2014;Pauline, 2011). Moreover the role of volunteers is performed by the unauthorized persons who do not have practical experience of such activities but they do not even possess the knowledge about the sport and competitions in which they do the service support.…”

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Osipov¹,

Zhavner²,

Klimuk³

et al. 2017

JPES

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We searched objective criteria to assess the quality of a volunteer's training for service support at major sporting events. We considered the possibility of training volunteers in sports specialties for service support in winter sports competitions. We determined that the volunteer search should be carried out among students in higher schools. This social group has a significant interest in sports, and they can be trained to volunteer according to existing educational programs, and the students can take in-service training during the educational process. We determined that the organizers of the competition assess the main criteria of volunteer's competence. These include practical experience with such activities and foreign communicative competence (the knowledge of foreign languages at a high level). Students matching these criteria are significantly more successful (p < 0.05), and they have a higher percentage of approved applications for voluntary activity in winter sports competitions (World Ski Orienteering Championships of 2017, Winter Student Games of 2019). Meanwhile, we determined that the competition organizers do not pay enough attention to the mental and physical health status of future volunteers and do not consider the level of a youth's health as an important criterion for assessing a student's degree of training for volunteer duty in the sports specialty.

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The challenges of the volunteerism process during international sport organizations/events

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Students’ Attitude Towards Volunteering in Sport

Students’ Attitude Towards Volunteering in Sport

Analysis of barriers in sports volunteering

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