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  • Exploring the relationship between commitment, experience, and self-assessed performance in youth sport organizations

    Author(s)
    Engelberg, Associate Professor Terry
    Skinner, James
    Zakus, Dwight
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Zakus, Dwight
    Skinner, James
    Engelberg, Associate Professor Terry PT.
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    Youth sport organizations are dependent on the work of dedicated volunteers to function efficiently. However, these organizations are facing increasingly stringent management and legislative challenges and a closer scrutiny on their performance by sport governing bodies and other regulatory agencies. This study examined the links between organizational commitment, commitment to the volunteer role, and two aspects of volunteer performance (involvement and knowledge). A sample drawn from Little Athletics centre volunteers in Queensland in a variety of roles completed a survey instrument to assess the above links. Findings show ...
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    Youth sport organizations are dependent on the work of dedicated volunteers to function efficiently. However, these organizations are facing increasingly stringent management and legislative challenges and a closer scrutiny on their performance by sport governing bodies and other regulatory agencies. This study examined the links between organizational commitment, commitment to the volunteer role, and two aspects of volunteer performance (involvement and knowledge). A sample drawn from Little Athletics centre volunteers in Queensland in a variety of roles completed a survey instrument to assess the above links. Findings show that organizational commitment and experience as a centre volunteer predicted involvement, and that commitment to the role and experience predicted knowledge. These findings suggest that commitment to a volunteer role may be an important aspect of the volunteers' identity and therefore closely linked to time devoted to organizational activities; commitment to the organization itself may better explain volunteers' knowledge of organizational functioning. The findings are discussed in relation to the need to view commitment as an attachment to a volunteer role, as well as to an attachment to the organization as a whole.
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    Journal Title
    Sport Management Review
    Volume
    14
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2010.05.003
    Subject
    Sport and Leisure Management
    Business and Management
    Commercial Services
    Marketing
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/35610
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