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<p>In following paper, based on Clary et al.’s (1998) Volunteer Functions Inventory model, author wants to investigate which group of factors is the most and least important motive for participation in sports events volunteering in Poland for the study group. Data were collected in cooperation with two leading Academic Sports Federation – AZS Warszawa, AZS Kraków. 87 sports volunteers took part in the online survey.</p>
<p>The results show that the Values and Understanding factors attained the highest mean score, whereas the lowest scores were for the Social factor. This result is obtained in both age and sex group. Data show that Career factor was a significantly more important motive for people who want to connect a career in the sports industry. The research did not show any statistically significant relationships between the rank of the event and individual factors.</p>
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In following paper, based on Clary et al.’s (1998) Volunteer Functions Inventory model, author wants to investigate which group of factors is the most and least important motive for participation in sports events volunteering in Poland for the study group. Data were collected in cooperation with two leading Academic Sports Federation – AZS Warszawa, AZS Kraków. 87 sports volunteers took part in the online survey.
The results show that the Values and Understanding factors attained the highest mean score, whereas the lowest scores were for the Social factor. This result is obtained in both age and sex group. Data show that Career factor was a significantly more important motive for people who want to connect a career in the sports industry. The research did not show any statistically significant relationships between the rank of the event and individual factors.

Motives for Participating in Sports Events Volunteering in Poland

Department of Management, Organization and Economics

Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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In following paper, based on Clary et al.’s (1998) Volunteer Functions Inventory model, author wants to investigate which group of factors is the most and...

Motives for Participating in Sports Events Volunteering in Poland

Publicado en línea: 26 nov 2021

Páginas: 55 - 66

Recibido: 11 oct 2021

Aceptado: 09 nov 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2021-0025

Palabras clave
Volunteering, sport, motivations, Volunteer Functions Inventory

© 2021 Joanna Bańbuła, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Motives for Participating in Sports Events Volunteering in Poland

Publicado en línea: 26 nov 2021

Páginas: 55 - 66

Recibido: 11 oct 2021

Aceptado: 09 nov 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2021-0025

Palabras claveVolunteering, sport, motivations, Volunteer Functions Inventory

© 2021 Joanna Bańbuła, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
Volunteering, sport, motivations, Volunteer Functions Inventory