Sport Volunteering

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

2020

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This paper explores the use of the concept of the psychological contract in investigating the experience of volunteers and its potential to help develop strategies to attract, retain, and support volunteers and the mission of non-profit organizations who their efforts support, through a systematic review of what we know about the psychological contract in relation to volunteers. Following the PRISMA, PIECES, and Warwick protocols, we conducted a search of empirical research in business and broader social sciences and humanities databases. From the initial 6,042 studies reviewed, 29 met the inclusion criteria that focused on peer-reviewed journal articles published in English. The research questions and findings investigated by these studies were categorized using Alcover, Rico, Turnley, and Bolino's (2017) multiple-exchange model of the PC: PC formation and development, information-seeking behavior, identification (of the nature of the PC), PC fulfillment, and PC breach. We propose new directions for research on PC and volunteering, including suggestions for research methods and contexts.

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The psychological contract and volunteering: A systematic review

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

2020

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“…The continual decline in volunteer coaches is concerning for non-profit sport organizations (Hoye et al, 2020). Retention of volunteer coaches is particularly low amongst female volunteer coaches.…”

Section: Retentionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While a worthy pursuit, the representation of women at the community level should be of equal concern. Given the non-profit, volunteer driven structure of community sport in countries such as Canada, Australia, and the UK, understanding how to best manage and support volunteer involvement is 'crucial for the sustainability of the sport sector' (Hoye et al, 2020). It is important that research not conflate female volunteer coaches' experiences with the experiences of females who pursue coaching as a paid career.…”

Section: Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…C ommunity sport organizations (CSOs) generally offer sport participation opportunities for people of all ages and can provide participants with physical and mental health benefits, enhanced well-being, social connection, and cohesion amongst mem-bers including volunteers (Krustrup & Parnell, 2018;Misener & Doherty, 2013;Stukas et al, 2014). Due to limited resources to pay staff CSOs rely on volunteers to run both recreational and competitive sport programs (Hoye et al, 2020). A significant proportion of CSO volunteers are coaches who play a crucial and distinct role in the management and front-line delivery of sport services (Harman & Doherty, 2014).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Female Volunteer Coaches in Community Sport: A Scoping Review and Research Agenda

Baxter

2021

JAS

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Over the past two decades there has been an increase in female sport participation in countries around the world, however, this has not been matched with an increase in the number of females volunteering to coach at the community level of sport. This paper uses a scoping review methodology to synthesize and analyze the extant research published on female volunteer community sport coaches, to identify gaps in the existing literature, and to provide directions for future research. It identifies a general lack of reported research on female volunteer coaches within community levels of sport and reports that existing research has focused on five themes: female volunteer coach motives, barriers, values, supports, and retention. The paper proposes a research agenda focused on seven key themes: policy and governance, coaching pathways, recruitment, retention, performance, stress and wellbeing, and support, as well as suggestions for research methods to explore these themes.

“…Sport officials play a central role in the facilitation of organized competitive sport (Hoye et al, 2020). Sport organizations rely on officials (umpires, referees, scorers, judges) to ensure that the rules of sport competition are observed and safe play is prioritized (Cuskelly & Hoye, 2013;Sherry et al, 2016).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Female volunteer community sport officials: a scoping review and research agenda

Baxter

European Sport Management Quarterly

2021

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Research purpose: The purpose of this scoping review is to explore the extant literature devoted to female officials at the community level of sport in order to identify existing knowledge and to determine a future research agenda that will address the underrepresentation of women amongst sport officials. Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in female sport participation in countries around the world, however, this has not been matched with an increase in the number of females taking up roles as officials (referees, umpires, judges, scorers, etc.) at the community level of sport.Research methods: This paper uses a scoping review methodology to synthesize and analyse the extant research published on female community sport officials, to identify gaps in the existing literature, and to provide directions for future research. Results and findings: It identifies a general lack of reported research on female officials within community levels of sport and that the existing research that has been published to date has focused on four themes: motives, barriers, supports and retention. Implications: The paper proposes a research agenda focused on seven key themes: policy and governance, officiating pathways, recruitment, support, retention, performance, stress and wellbeing, as well as suggestions for research methods to explore these themes. Summarizing the current research literature on female community sport officials may help researchers, practitioners and policy makers understand the range of issues associated with the experience of female community sport officials and begin to prioritize efforts to address the lack of female sports officials.