Research on Educational Sport

Presenting the model of social capital development through volunteering in student sports

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Department of Sports Management, Payame Noor University (PNU), P.O. Box 19395-4697, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to provide a model of social capital development through volunteering in student sports. The present study was conducted based on the purpose of applied research and in terms of collecting exploratory information and using the grounded theory . The statistical population was all professors, experts, specialists and expert professors active in the field of sports management and active in the field of student sports in Iran and theoretical purposive sampling method based on theoretical saturation criteria was used. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview. The collected data were analyzed using open, axial and selective coding and the final model was extracted. Based on the obtained results, causal factors in the categories of students' volunteer value, leisure and entertainment, sports volunteer function and the obligation to prevent high-risk behaviors; Underlying conditions in the context of facilities, economic context, structural-legal context and managerial context; Interfering factors in two dimensions of barriers and facilitators; Strategies in factors such as adaptation of sports venues, macro policy, allocation of funds and financial resources, employment of volunteer forces, promotion and dissemination of volunteer culture, active and continuous participation of students in sporting events and finally the consequences in five dimensions Individual, social, educational, cultural and economic are counted. Attention and grounding for active participation of students in sports volunteering activities leads to moral and academic growth, learning as well as enjoyment of life in the shadow of communication with others and improves individual behavior in social relationships.

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Research on Educational Sport
Volume 11, Issue 31
July 2023
Pages 81-112

  • Receive Date 01 December 2021
  • Revise Date 28 August 2022
  • Accept Date 07 September 2022

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