SRS 215 Volunteer Management Exam 1
Canadian Sport Policy: Vision -
- a dynamic and innovative culture that promotes and celebrates participation and
excellence in sport
Canadian Sport Policy: Goals -
Introduction to sport
Recreational sport
Competitive sport
High performance sport
Sport or development
What are Community Sport Organizations? -
synonymous with local voluntary sport clubs or associations
What are voluntary sport organizations? -
Non-profit organizations
Provides opportunities to participate in organized sport & physical activities
Separate from governments Formal affiliations
Sport volunteers are... -
individual volunteers helping others in sport and receiving either no remuneration
or only expenses. This includes those volunteering for organizations (volunteers) and those
helping others in sport, but not though organizations (volunteers). However, it does not
include travelling which may represent significant additional time inputs
Who are Community Sport Volunteers? -
- Compared to general volunteers, sport volunteers are more likely to be younger,
employed, and included in a higher
- Volunteers tend to become involved through their children
o Conversely general volunteers are asked
- Male and female do not differ in becoming involved because of their children
- Aged 15-34 are typically involved because someone in the organization asked them
- More likely to be involved with more than one voluntary organizations (sport and non-
sport)
- Involved in organizing & supervision activities & events, teaching or coaching
Typical Community Sport Volunteers. -
35-44 years of age
College
Married
Employed full time (income $60,000-$90,000)
Core Volunteers -
Make substantial contribution
Board or committee members (make policy and operational decisions)
High level of involvement (coaches, team manager)
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, Career volunteers
Serious leisure volunteers
Peripheral Volunteers -
Steady and occasional contributors Involved to a certain degree
Desire to help others
Tend to be in service delivery and informal roles in VSOs
Issues facing sport volunteerism -
- Decline in the rate of volunteering
- Increasing demands for volunteers due to increasing requirements
- Increased professionalism of voluntary sport organizations
- Requirement of more sophistication in management of VSOs
- The variation of sport volunteers
What drives Sport Volunteers? -
- Helping the community
- Cultural norms
- Social interaction
- Career advancement
- Diversion
- Obligation
- Recognition
Helping others
Negative decision influencers -
o human capital,
o motivation to shape society
o female gender
Influencers of time committed to volunteering -
o Number of other volunteer positions
o Meeting people
o Shaping society
o Having children
Club membership
Types of motivations -
- Intrinsic motivations:
o Doing the activity for the sake of the activity
- Extrinsic motivations:
o Doing the activity for the end product or "payoff"
- Dual decision: decision to volunteer and how much time to commit
- Utilitarian incentives
o To belong to a society, add something to the resume
- Affective incentives
o Self-interest, social aspect
- Normative incentives
o Unselfish, giving back, concerns about others
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Canadian Sport Policy: Vision -
- a dynamic and innovative culture that promotes and celebrates participation and
excellence in sport
Canadian Sport Policy: Goals -
Introduction to sport
Recreational sport
Competitive sport
High performance sport
Sport or development
What are Community Sport Organizations? -
synonymous with local voluntary sport clubs or associations
What are voluntary sport organizations? -
Non-profit organizations
Provides opportunities to participate in organized sport & physical activities
Separate from governments Formal affiliations
Sport volunteers are... -
individual volunteers helping others in sport and receiving either no remuneration
or only expenses. This includes those volunteering for organizations (volunteers) and those
helping others in sport, but not though organizations (volunteers). However, it does not
include travelling which may represent significant additional time inputs
Who are Community Sport Volunteers? -
- Compared to general volunteers, sport volunteers are more likely to be younger,
employed, and included in a higher
- Volunteers tend to become involved through their children
o Conversely general volunteers are asked
- Male and female do not differ in becoming involved because of their children
- Aged 15-34 are typically involved because someone in the organization asked them
- More likely to be involved with more than one voluntary organizations (sport and non-
sport)
- Involved in organizing & supervision activities & events, teaching or coaching
Typical Community Sport Volunteers. -
35-44 years of age
College
Married
Employed full time (income $60,000-$90,000)
Core Volunteers -
Make substantial contribution
Board or committee members (make policy and operational decisions)
High level of involvement (coaches, team manager)
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, Career volunteers
Serious leisure volunteers
Peripheral Volunteers -
Steady and occasional contributors Involved to a certain degree
Desire to help others
Tend to be in service delivery and informal roles in VSOs
Issues facing sport volunteerism -
- Decline in the rate of volunteering
- Increasing demands for volunteers due to increasing requirements
- Increased professionalism of voluntary sport organizations
- Requirement of more sophistication in management of VSOs
- The variation of sport volunteers
What drives Sport Volunteers? -
- Helping the community
- Cultural norms
- Social interaction
- Career advancement
- Diversion
- Obligation
- Recognition
Helping others
Negative decision influencers -
o human capital,
o motivation to shape society
o female gender
Influencers of time committed to volunteering -
o Number of other volunteer positions
o Meeting people
o Shaping society
o Having children
Club membership
Types of motivations -
- Intrinsic motivations:
o Doing the activity for the sake of the activity
- Extrinsic motivations:
o Doing the activity for the end product or "payoff"
- Dual decision: decision to volunteer and how much time to commit
- Utilitarian incentives
o To belong to a society, add something to the resume
- Affective incentives
o Self-interest, social aspect
- Normative incentives
o Unselfish, giving back, concerns about others
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