The Importance Of Motivation To Volunteer

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The principle finding from this study was that volunteers who are motivated to volunteer in the future did so because their main reason for volunteering was belonging to a community. This would complement previous studies that reported specific event volunteering motives are associated with being part of the community (MacLean & Hamm, 2007); Other studies have indicated that the volunteer community is at large a welcoming one and people who volunteer have shared sense of belonging that increases a sense of satisfaction from volunteering (Cnaan & Goldberg-Glen, 1991). This type of motivation has been regarded as a type of solidary incentive , which had often been regarded as a secondary incentive to doing something useful or for the community (Caldwell & Andereck, 1994). It is this type of spirit that seems to be cherished by volunteers to anticipate their return to volunteering. People that volunteer can use this to build on communities as well as use their sociological push to resist other people from this acute community. In most ways, this is a positive stance in embracing community involvement as organisational …show more content…

First time volunteers reported a high commitment to sport as their last reason for volunteering and this was associated with an unwillingness to continue volunteering. The interpretation of this finding may be partly explained by the nature of recruitment of first time and returning volunteers. Long-term volunteers are motivated to act on behalf of their sport, while short-term volunteers do so for personal benefit (Harvey et al. 2007). This has been demonstrated in other sport specific events, where volunteers’ motivation were related to the commitment to the sport and belonging to the volunteer community (MacLean and Hamm, 2007). We do not know which volunteer categories were researched in this

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