MOTIVES IN VOLUNTEERISM IN SPORTING EVENTS: SCALE DEVELOPMENT STUDY
Abstract
Numerous numbers of big sporting events have
been held and will be hosted in Turkey. However, insufficient number of studies
related with the determination of volunteers, who are very important for such
big organizations, have been carried out in Turkey. It is very important to
ascertain the motives and the barriers of volunteerism. To be able to influence
on better qualified and more people to volunteer work in sport organizations
Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop a scale for to measure the
motives and barriers of volunteerism which is acceptable for the Turkish
culture. 770 university students from 4 different universities participated in
the study. The results of factor analysis indicated that "Motives of
Volunteerism" scale was composed of 22 items under 6 factors and possessed
the psychometric properties to accurately and reliably measure the underlying
factors that can motivate people to work voluntarily in big sporting events. In
addition, results of factor analysis showed that "Barriers of
Volunteerism" scale was composed of 20 items under 6 factors and possessed
the required psychometric properties to accurately and reliably measure the
underlying factors that can result in unwillingness to work voluntarily in big
sporting events.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Sports Medicine
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Bariş Sözeri
This is me
ORTA DOĞU TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ, BEDEN EĞİTİMİ VE SPOR BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye
Ünal Karlı
ORTA DOĞU TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ, BEDEN EĞİTİMİ VE SPOR BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye
Mehmet Settar Koçak
ORTA DOĞU TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ, BEDEN EĞİTİMİ VE SPOR BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye
Publication Date
April 15, 2008
Submission Date
March 14, 2017
Acceptance Date
May 28, 2008
Published in Issue
Year 2008 Volume: 13 Number: 2