Bireylerin Yardım Amaçlı Spor Etkinliklerine Katılım Güdüleri

Öz

Yardım amaçlı spor etkinlikleri, hayırsever birey veya kurumların, gereksinim sahiplerine bağış toplamada kullandıkları bir yöntem olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Bireyler; içerisinde hayırseverliği ve fiziksel aktiviteyi bulunduran bu etkinliklere, farklı güdülerin etkisinde kalarak katılım göstermektedirler. Bu nedenle araştırmanın amacı; yardım amaçlı düzenlenen bir spor etkinliğine katılan bireylerin güdülerini tespit etmek olarak belirlenmiştir. Alanyazın taraması ışığında; İzmir’in Çeşme ilçesinde, kartopu örnekleme yöntemiyle yardım amaçlı düzenlenen bir bisiklet yarışına (Veloturk Gran Fondo Çeşme Bisiklet Yarışı) katılan 26 kişi ile yarı yapılandırılmış derinlemesine görüşme yapılmıştır. Elde edilen verilere içerik analizi uygulanmıştır. Bulguların analizi sonucunda; hayırseverlik ve pro-sosyal davranış, etkinliğin yapıldığı yer (hayırseverlik turizmi), rekreasyonel ve spor ile ilgili güdülerin katılımda etkili olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Özünde sporu barındırdığı için; sağlıklı yaşam, rekabet, başarılı olma arzusu, hedonik dürtüler, yeteneklerin sınanması öncelikli katılım güdüleri arasında yer almıştır. Bununla birlikte; yardım amaçlı spor etkinliklerinin topluma yarar sağladığı yönünde bulgular tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Yardım amaçlı spor etkinlikleri,Hayırseverlik,Pro-sosyal davranış,Spor etkinlikleri,Hayırseverlik turizmi,Güdüler

Motivations for Participating in Charity Sport Events for Participants

Abstract

Charity sport events have occured as method for charitable organizations and philanthropic people. For these events in which include philanthropy and physical activity the participants are being influenced by different motivations. For this reason the aim of this study was to determine the motivation of people who participated in the charity sport events (Veloturk Gran Fondo Bycle Race in Cesme). Following the literature review, the primary data of the study has been collected through the execution of 26 in-depth and semi-structured interviews with chartiy sport events participants in Cesme by snowball sampling method. Content analysis was applied to the extracted data. According to the findings; philanthropy motivation, pro-social behavior, recreational motivations and an individual’s involvement with the sport, the place in which the event is held (philanthropy tourism), were found as the effective reasons on participant. The main reasons is to participate in sport event, so that healthy life, competition, desire to be successful, hedonic impulses, testing of skills, priority motivations. Moreover, the findings show that charity sport events are beneficial for society.

Keywords

• Charity sport events,Charity,Pro-social behavior,Sport events,Philanthropy tourism,Motivation

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