Explanation of Development Model in Volunteering Management of the Iranian University Sport Events

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mobin Haji Hassani 1
Mahmoud Goodarzi 2
Amin Dehghan Ghahfarrokhi 3
1 PhD Student in Sport Management, Physical Education Department, Humanities Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2 Professor, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor in Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/ntsmj.2023.720975
Abstract
Sports events would not be feasible without volunteers. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explain the development model in the volunteering management of Iranian university sports events. According to the type of data used, the research method was qualitative. Therefore, the present study was conducted through purposive sampling and in-depth semi-structured interviews that were aligned with the scope of the present research. After 11 interviews with expert people in this field, the theoretical saturation was reached. In accordance with qualitative researches, data were analyzed simultaneously with data collection. Also, for analyze the research data was used of the Wolcott (2008) theme analysis method. The double coding method and the Wolcott (2008) theme analysis method were used to analyze the research data. According to the results, 152 sub-themes and 8 main themes; and 120 basic themes and 7 institution themes were discovered from the initial codes. As a result, the development model of the optimal management of Iranian university sports events, volunteering is dependent on the basic strategies based on planning, recruitment, selection and screening, orientation and induction, performance appraisal, rewards and recognition, retention or replacement of the volunteer students.
Keywords
Planning
recruitment
retention
sport events
volunteering

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