Designing a Model for Promoting Volunteer Work in Sports with a Social Capital Approach

Subject Areas : Management

Halimeh Piri ¹ , Shahriyar Kharrazian ^{2 *} , Azam Nakhaie Niazi ³

1 - PhD student of the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2025-01-31 Accepted : 2025-09-06 Published : 2025-09-12

Keywords: Volunteering, Sports Volunteers, Social Capital, Social Solidarity, Sports. ,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a model for promoting volunteer work in sports with a social capital approach. The nature of the present study is descriptive survey type and data collection was conducted in the field. The research population included all specialists and professors in the field of sports management and experts in the field of volunteering and sociology in sports in the country, as well as people with a history of volunteering and cooperation with sports federations, which was estimated to be 599 people based on an inquiry from the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and the Joint Office of Sports Federations. Given the large number of samples and the lack of access to the entire community, 250 people were selected as the research sample through the Morgan table and the available sampling method, and finally 220 complete and reviewable questionnaires were referred to the researcher. The data collection tool was a researcher-made volunteer management questionnaire, the validity of which was examined by factor and confirmatory analysis and was approved by ten sports management professors. The reliability of the instrument was also calculated and confirmed by Cronbach's alpha of 0.91. The results showed that the social capital approach has an effect on the promotion of volunteer work in sports. Also, in the relationship between the social capital approach and the promotion of volunteer work, idealistic volunteering, altruistic volunteering, civic volunteering, developmental volunteering, volunteering and personal development, and social volunteering have the greatest impact, respectively. If the relevant authorities plan and implement their programs with the approach of developing the volunteering process, they can promote volunteering in sports.

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