A Study of Examining Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Intention to Continue Volunteering of the Volunteers of the 2011 Fubon Taipei Marathon Running Sporting Event in Taiwan

A Study of Examining Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Intention to Continue Volunteering of the Volunteers of the 2011 Fubon Taipei Marathon Running Sporting Event in Taiwan
Author: Shen (Ming) Ming-Ching
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2012
Genre: Job satisfaction
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Many sporting events rely largely on volunteers to perform a variety of functions within their organizations. It is important for event managers or organizers to understand volunteer motivation, job satisfaction, and intention to continue volunteering, as well as to understand how to recruit potential and repeat volunteers and to improve volunteer retention to help ensure the continuation of the sporting events. The present study was to examine volunteers' motivation, job satisfaction, and intention to continue volunteering at the marathon running sporting event. The target population for this study focused on sport volunteers who worked in 2011 Fubon Taipei Marathon Running Sporting Event in Taiwan. With about 600 volunteers involved, data was collected via paper-based survey questionnaires. Three hundred and five surveys were collected, 14 of those 305 were discarded because they were not completed, leaving 291 subjects remaining as useable. The response rate was 48.5% for this survey. Statistical analyses included descriptive statistical studies, independent t -test, one-way-ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression analysis (stepwise regression) were conducted to analyze the relationship among selected demographic characteristics, motivation, job satisfaction, and intention to continue volunteering. The result showed, the volunteers' Person Growth and Community Involvement of motivational factors, Nature of Work of job satisfaction factor, and job satisfaction itself were statistical significant variables that predict volunteers' intention to continue volunteering for future events. In terms of intention, descriptive statistics showed that over 85% volunteers would likely to continue volunteering. In addition, the results also revealed that there were significantly differences between demographic characteristics with seven motivational factors, and six job satisfaction factors. The results of the study suggest that event managers of sport organizations should recruit a diverse group of individuals using different recruiting strategies and marketing promotions to appeal to potential volunteers and repeat volunteers. Event organizers should understand the needs of volunteers in order to design and plan job assignments to achieve their mission of the volunteers. Furthermore, government sectors should build a platform for sport volunteers to store and organize this kind of data. Having a data based platform and understanding volunteer motivations, job satisfaction and different group needs, may help event managers and sport organizations to truly understand where and how to recruit different kinds of volunteers for different kinds of sporting events.

The Impact of Volunteer Experience at Sport Mega-events on Intention to Continue Volunteering

The Impact of Volunteer Experience at Sport Mega-events on Intention to Continue Volunteering
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre:
ISBN:

This study examined the impacts of volunteers' motivation and satisfaction through Olympic/Paralympic volunteering experiences on their intention to volunteer for future community events and the moderating role of previous volunteering experience in the relationships among motivations, satisfaction, and intention to continue volunteering. A sample of volunteers (N = 4,824) was drawn from the data collected by Nielsen during the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Motivating Volunteers and Increasing Satisfaction

Motivating Volunteers and Increasing Satisfaction
Author: Rana Hamadani Spicer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2012
Genre: College students
ISBN: 9781267474216

Abstract: The present study uses E. Gil Clary's Functional Approach to Volunteerism to examine student volunteer motives and the impact on satisfaction and intent to continue volunteering when motives are fulfilled. The study also examines the unique challenge of retaining student volunteers that predominantly have initiated their volunteer relationship due to course requirements. Surveys were completed by 116 college students who either currently or recently served as volunteers. Results indicated that fulfillment of volunteer motives did not impact intent-to-stay, regardless of which volunteer functions were served. However, motive fulfillment did positively impact satisfaction when volunteers where motivated by Values, Social or Enhancement functions, but not when they were motivated by Understanding, Protective or Career functions. Additionally, results indicated that student volunteers are highly motivated by the Career function, but more highly endorsed the Values and Understanding functions.

The Relationship Between Motivation to Volunteer and Intention to Continue Volunteering in Five Rotary Clubs in Fairfield County

The Relationship Between Motivation to Volunteer and Intention to Continue Volunteering in Five Rotary Clubs in Fairfield County
Author: Donna M. Favreau
Publisher:
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2005
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Volunteer labor in the United States is worth billions of dollars, and the President of the United States called for more volunteer work after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Member retention is a necessary focus if volunteer organizations are to provide increasingly important services. While increased and sustained volunteer work is needed, there is insufficient knowledge of what motivates people to do volunteer work and how their motivation might relate to continued volunteering. Using a quantitative approach, this dissertation investigated two research questions: (a) what motivates members of the participating Rotary clubs to do voluntary work with their club, and (b) how did their motivation relate to their intention to continue doing volunteer work with their club?

Internal Marketing

Internal Marketing
Author: Pervaiz K. Ahmed
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136394583

A clear-sighted introduction to a complex subject, 'Internal Marketing' provides the reader with a succinct overview of the most recent thinking and practice. The text begins by defining what internal marketing is and how it can work, and from this foundation: * Outlines state-of-the-art thinking and practice * Demonstrates how internal marketing can be used to facilitate such diverse strategies as TQM, New Product Development and Change Management * Highlights the techniques managers need to understand to use IM effectively within their organizations * Contains a range of international and up to the minute examples and cases of best practice from companies around the world Throughout the book the emphasis is on understanding the principles that have made internal marketing such a potent force within leading corporations. This is combined with a pragmatic assessment of the many challenges involved in making it a reality within an organization.

Sport Policy

Sport Policy
Author: Nils Asle Bergsgard
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2009-11-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136364684

Sport Policy: a comparative analysis of stability and change builds on the growing general interest in the comparative study of sport policy and the more specific interest in processes of policy change and issues associated with policy convergence. In stark contrast to many other areas of public policy such as education, personal welfare and health care there is a paucity of theoretically informed comparative studies in sport. Over recent years there has been a steady increase in public investment in sport and frequently, as a consequence, a sharper debate about how public resources should be used. However, there has been little analysis of the factors that shape the generation of domestic sport policy and little attempt to identify the variables that might influence the policy process. Sport Policy: a comparative analysis of stability and change provides a theoretically informed analysis of the sports systems in Canada, England, Germany and Norway. These economically advanced countries are carefully selected to enable the investigation of the significance of variables and because they share a number of socio-economic and sports-related characteristics, which provides the text with a unique breadth and depth of coverage. This text is a vital addition to the general paucity of literature in this area and is written by an internationally renowned author team.

Divine Support

Divine Support
Author: ShaykhPod Books
Publisher: ShaykhPod Books
Total Pages: 35
Release:
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

In this day and age many muslims struggle to find emotional support in their daily lives. Islam teaches muslims to seek aid and support from Allah, the Exalted, through His sincere obedience. This is the only way to Achieve Noble Character and obtain true and lasting support in both this world and the next. Therefore, this book will discuss this concept and others connected to it. Adopting Positive Characteristics Leads to Peace of Mind.

Sport and Social Entrepreneurship in Sweden

Sport and Social Entrepreneurship in Sweden
Author: Tomas Peterson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2018-02-13
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 3319724967

This edited collection explores the concept of social entrepreneurship in sport, examining how it has been used in Swedish society to date. It explores how this approach in sport could also be used to address wider socio-political issues, including economic, political, cultural and pedagogical in European society. Sport and Social Entrepreneurship in Sweden explores different social entrepreneurship projects which have created new forms of activity and reached groups of children and young people previously disengaged in sport. The authors also highlight the growing momentum of this kind of entrepreneurship in Sweden after a period of societal upheaval that has resulted in a blurring of social borders and the founding of new organisational forms. This book contributes to the formation of a new field of research, involving theoretical and empirical work on the characteristics and possibilities of social entrepreneurship in relation to sport.

Sport Consumer Behaviour

Sport Consumer Behaviour
Author: Kostas Alexandris
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2016-07-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317431510

All successful marketing strategies in sport or events must take into account the complex behaviour of consumers. This book offers a complete introduction to consumer behaviour in sport and events, combining theory and cutting-edge research with practical guidance and advice to enable students and industry professionals to become more effective practitioners. Written by three of the world’s leading sports marketing academics, it covers a wide range of areas including: social media and digital marketing the segmentation of the sport consumer market service quality and customer satisfaction sport consumer personalities and attitudes the external and environmental factors that influence sport consumer behaviour. These chapters are followed by a selection of international case studies on topics such as female sport fans, college sports, marathons and community engagement. The book’s companion website also provides additional resources exclusively for instructors and students, including test banks, slides and useful web links. As the only up-to-date textbook to focus on consumer behaviour in sport and events, Sport Consumer Behaviour: Marketing Strategies offers a truly global perspective on this rapidly-growing subject. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in the sport and events industries, from students and academics to professional marketers.