Volunteers are a critical component of the work force needed to deliver high quality sports programs for sports competitions. Wide range of people around the world spends their time to be as a volunteer. The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the barriers to recruiting volunteers in sports ...
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Volunteers are a critical component of the work force needed to deliver high quality sports programs for sports competitions. Wide range of people around the world spends their time to be as a volunteer. The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the barriers to recruiting volunteers in sports activities in the Education Department of Karaj City. Research method was practical and also descriptive-analytical in terms of the purpose and the nature respectively. Research population (592 people) consisted of all the staffs involved in organizing interscholastic competitions in Karaj County. Sampling method was multistage cluster sampling for which according to quad areas and in accordance with Morgan's sample size, 234 persons were selected. A researcher-made questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. Face and content validity of the questionnaire were verified by 12 professors in sports management and also by specialists in this field. The overall reliability of the questionnaire was calculated by Cronbach's alpha (0.888).For statistical analysis of the data, descriptive statistics and inferential (analysis one sample t test, explanatory factor analysis) was also used. Based on the factor analysis, 32 variables were grouped with the titles of psychological, legal, informational-communicational, individual, structural, and organizational- administrative.
A five point Likert scale was utilized to investigate the importance of variables for statistical population which accordingly informational-communicational factor with the variance of 27.009, individual factor with the variance of 16.89 and legal factor with the variance of 11.33 represented as the most important obstacles.Therefore, the study results suggest that Sports Education Karaj city authorities should inform and raise awareness among citizens about the benefits of volunteering, volunteering in the organization and structure of the Office of Education to select and recruit volunteers to build.