{"title":"Influence of Social Factors and Motives on Commitment of Sport Events Volunteers","authors":"Farideh Sharififar, Zahra Jamalian, Reza Nikbakhsh, Zahra Nobakht Ramezani","volume":53,"journal":"International Journal of Sport and Health Sciences","pagesStart":767,"pagesEnd":772,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/14391","abstract":"In sport, human resources management gives special\nattention to method of applying volunteers, their maintenance, and\nparticipation of volunteers with each other and management\napproaches for better operation of events celebrants. The recognition\nof volunteers- characteristics and motives is important to notice,\nbecause it makes the basis of their participation and commitment at\nsport environment. The motivation and commitment of 281\nvolunteers were assessed using the organizational commitment scale,\nmotivation scale and personal characteristics questionnaire.The\ndescriptive results showed that; 64% of volunteers were women with\nage average 21\/24 years old. They were physical education student,\nsingle (71\/9%), without occupation (53%) and with average of 5\nyears sport experience. Their most important motivation was career\nfactor and the most important commitment factor was normative\nfactor. The results of examining the hypothesized showed that; age,\nsport experience and education are effective in the amount of\nvolunteers- commitment. 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