Motivation and commitment of volunteers at parkrun events

Figures & data

Table 1. Factors influencing the motivation and commitment of volunteers of parkrun in Worcester.

Questionnaire	Subscale	n	M	SD
Occupational commitment questionnaire
	Volunteer roles	90	5.14	1.21
	Parkrun pride	90	5.54	1.18
	Love for sport	88	4.87	1.51
	Love for running	91	5.23	1.48
	Community growth	86	4.73	1.51
Volunteer motivation
	Egoistic	87	3.09	0.92
	Purposive	89	4.35	0.68
	Leisure	90	2.39	1.01
	External	89	2.88	0.78
	Material	86	1.85	0.74

Table 2. Standard multiple regression analysis for motivation variables predicting commitment for a parkrun event.

	Commitment to volunteer			parkrun pride			Love of sport			Love of running			Community
	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Egoistic Motivation	.85	.21	.64**	.61	.20	.48**	.76	.26	.48**	.93	.26	.57**	.61	.28	.37*
Purposive Motivation	.23	.20	.15	.48	.20	.28*	.36	.25	.16	.35	.25	.16	.24	.27	.11
Leisure motivation	−.37	.15	−.31*	−.19	.15	−.17	−.32	.19	−.21	−.50	.19	−.33**	−.39	.20	−.26
External motivation	−.04	.19	−.02	.01	.19	.01	.43	.24	.23	.18	.24	.09	.31	.26	.16
Material motivation	.16	.20	.10	.12	.20	.08	−.11	.25	−.05	.23	.25	.11	.36	.27	.18
R^2		.38			.38			.36			.40			.30
F		10.48**		10.21**		9.59**		11.09**		7.05**

*p < .05, **p < .01

Figure 1. Motivation rating of volunteers by Gender.

Figure 2. Commitment rating of volunteers by Gender.

Figure 3. Commitment rating of volunteers by Employment Status.

Figure 4. Motivation rating of volunteers by Employment Status.

Figure 5. Motivation rating of volunteers by Age.

Figure 6. Commitment rating of volunteers by Age.