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Original Articles

The associative‐supportive motivation as a factor in the decision to event volunteer

Pages 687-711 | Published online: 22 Nov 2010
 

Abstract

Research into volunteering currently explains the volunteering decision in terms of altruistic, egoistic, solidary, or instrumental reasons. Recent research into reasons for event volunteering provides ambiguous evidence of an additional and often dominant motivation: the desire to support and ensure the success of an event. This paper directly tests for the existence of this associative‐supportive motivation among 488 volunteers in five event organizations and finds this motivation is the dominant motivation among the volunteers in all five organizations. Further, findings reveal that the motive takes two forms: (1) a desire to support the event by direct involvement, and (2) a wish for the event to succeed and personal attachment to the activity or event. Correctly identifying this particular motivation will enable the development of a more accurate theory of event volunteer motivation, and the design of more appropriate polices for the recruitment, selection, development and rewarding of event volunteers.

Résumé

La recherche sur les motivations du bénévolat décrit plusieurs raisons comme l'altruisme, l'égoïsme, ou les dimensions instrumentales. Cette recherche démontre l'existence de system de soutien chez 488 bénévoles associé avec cinq organisations d'événements, et trouve que le désir de soutenir et d'assurer le succès d'un événement est le motif dominant parmi les participants. En outre, les résultats révèlent que le bénévolat prend deux formes : (1) le désir de soutenir l'événement par une participation directe, et (2) l'attachement personnel à l'activité ou l'événement. L'identification de cette motivation particulière pourrait permettre un développement d'une théorie plus précise concernant la motivation des bénévoles, et la conception de politiques plus appropriées pour le recrutement, la sélection, le développement et la récompense des bénévoles.

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