Nichols, G.S. (2017) Volunteering in Community Sports Associations: A Literature Review. Voluntaristics Review, 2 (1). pp. 1-75. ISSN 2405-4925
Abstract
This review paper focuses on volunteers in community sports associations (CSAs). Such associations are a major context of sports volunteering across Europe, Canada and Australia—the countries in which a multitude of sports clubs are represented by governing bodies of sport. Their importance is not only in the large numbers of volunteers involved but also in the benefits of such associations to society. The clearest of these is the provision of opportunities to take part in sport, at a cost subsidized by the efforts of volunteers and thus contributing to physical health. However, the benefits extend more broadly to the quality of life and the rewards the volunteers themselves receive from association. Many community sports associations have a significant number of members who, while they do not actually play sport themselves, provide opportunities for others and also enjoy the social rewards of membership. The review is structured in the following sections: 1. Introduction. 2. The number of sports clubs, club membership, and volunteering. 3. Explaining a trend toward individual participation in sport and volunteering, and a reduction in the number of CSAs. 4. Conceptualizing community sports associations and volunteering. 5. Motivations of sports volunteers. 6. Challenges facing community sports clubs’ volunteers and leaders. 7. Management and leadership of volunteers in CSAs: Applying a rational systems approach, and the pros and cons of formality. 8. Community sports associations and social capital. 9. The relationship between CSAs and event volunteering. 10. Conclusions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Koninklijke Brill NV. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2017 16:20 |
Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2018 11:55 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1163/24054933-12340015 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Brill Academic Publishers |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1163/24054933-12340015 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:112058 |