Author: Hyejin BangPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Examining Organizational Commitment of Volunteers in Non-profit Sport and Recreation Organizations
Author: Hyejin BangExamining Organizational Commitment of Volunteers in Non-profit Sport and Recreation Organizations
Author: Hyejin BangDissertation Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Sport Management
Author: Pedersen, Paul M.Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1800883285
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Bringing together preeminent international researchers, emerging scholars and practitioners, Paul M. Pedersen presents the comprehensive Encyclopedia of Sport Management, offering detailed entries for the critical concepts and topics in the field.
New Perspectives on Sport Volunteerism
Author: Berit SkirstadPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317515730
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
The book highlights ‘new perspectives’ on volunteerism in sport, covering frameworks, methods, context and variables on several levels from community sport clubs to international events. In analysing the processes of control within voluntary sport clubs, a new theoretical framework – critical realism (CR) – challenges how we think about theory and how scientific inquiry should proceed. Further themes raised are: Should sports clubs be viewed as a crossing between a traditional volunteer culture dominated by collective solidarity, and a modern volunteer culture focused on the individual benefits? Are former athletes a new group of possible volunteers? Can personal narratives of experiences of being a volunteer in a big international event provide us with new insight that has not previously been considered? Identity is suggested as a motive for understanding volunteers at sporting events. Two new theoretical models are presented, one on the development of volunteer commitment and the other on a framework that incorporates both individual- and institutional-level variables. All chapters have recommendations for future research. The testing of these theories and influencing factors will provide new directions in the research of sport volunteerism. This book was originally published as a special issue of European Sport Management Quarterly.
Understanding Sport Management
Author: Trish BradburyPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 131732840X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Sport management is a rapidly developing industry which continues to grow in size and scope on an international scale. This comprehensive and engaging textbook offers a complete introduction to core principles and best practice in contemporary sport management. Adopting an issues-based approach and drawing on the very latest research, it demonstrates how theory translates into practice across all the key functional areas of sport management, from governance and leadership to tourism and events. Written by a team of experts from across the globe, the book explores sport management from a truly international perspective and looks at all levels from professional, high-performance sport to non-profit and grassroots. With extended real-world case studies and an array of helpful features in every chapter, it addresses crucial topics such as: managing organisational performance communication and social media sponsorship and marketing the impact of sport on society future directions for sport management. Complemented by a companion website full of additional teaching and learning resources for students and instructors, this is an essential textbook for any degree-level sport management course.
Working with Volunteers in Sport
Author: Graham CuskellyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134174691
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
This is the first academic text to examine the role of volunteers in sport, linking theory and research to provide clear guidelines for successful volunteer management. The authors are well known for their research in this subject and cover the key issues.
Volunteering As Leisure/leisure As Volunteering
Author: Robert A. StebbinsPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 9780851999210
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Volunteerism is a topic of increasing importance in this age of budget cuts, declining employment and amid the threat posed by other competing leisure pursuits. There are both social and economic benefits of volunteering. As we are becoming more reliant on volunteers, there is a need for a better understanding of why people take up volunteering, and how to recruit, manage, motivate, and support volunteers most effectively. In order for organisations that host volunteers to achieve the most from their volunteers, they must understand how to give them the best "leisure" experience. This book examines critical aspects of contemporary volunteerism, from the perspective of a variety of volunteering contexts. It will appeal to academic researchers and students in disciplines such as leisure, recreation, tourism, management and sociology as well as practitioners in the voluntary sector (including volunteers), National and Local Government and those organising special events that depend on voluntary support.
Sport and the Communities
Author: Allan EdwardsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317678419
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Over the past three decades there has been widespread commitment to an understanding that sport can play a key role in community development. The role of sport within communities has been promoted with a wide range of goals such as environmental considerations, encouragement of civic pride, enhancement of confidence and self-esteem and development of social cohesion as well as the fostering of a fit and healthy workforce. To address these issues, a number of programmes have been funded and supported to develop the role of sport in communities worldwide and to increase participation and access to sport and physical activities in rural areas. In addition we are witnessing the development of new sports communities through social media such as Facebook and My Space. The concern is that we need to revisit the concept of ‘community and sport’ and to investigate the current understanding of these terms in view of the evolving role of sport in a range of national settings. This book will present the platform upon which this process can be undertaken and offers a fundamental re-evaluation of the relationship that currently exists between sport and communities throughout selected parts of the world. This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
Encyclopedia of Sport Management
Author: Paul M PedersenPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1035317184
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 1131
Book Description
This thoroughly updated second edition of the Encyclopedia of Sport Management is an authoritative reference work that provides detailed explanations of critical concepts within the field.