What Motivates Volunteers? Attractiveness of Volunteering – Take Account of These 10 Points
Hepo-oja, Nuppu (2022)
Hepo-oja, Nuppu
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022092920602
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022092920602
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Vantaa Triathlon sport event is a triathlon event in the South Finland city of Vantaa. The event is held yearly and has a history of 11 years. The study aims to explain what motivates volunteers in the event. The research problem was to answer what are the factors that motivate Vantaa Triathlon sports events volunteers. This quantitative research used a web-based questionnaire. One hundred fifty volunteers from the event received the questionnaire after the event in June 2022. The web questionnaire included a modified VMS-ISE motivation scale. Fifty-two volunteers that responded to the questionnaire were strongly motivated to support Vantaa Triathlon event. Also, many volunteers wanted to support their sports club by volunteering at the event. An influential motivational factor among the volunteers was their "love of triathlon" as a sport and "love for sports" in general. Most of the volunteers at this event did have a sports background. Vantaa Triathlon event had a strong recommendation rate, and most of the volunteers had previously volunteered in the event. According to the study data, they will also come again to volunteer. Ten recommendations introduce improvements for future events. Those ten steps can also benefit other sports events, clubs, and organizations.