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Volunteering abroad : motives for travel to volunteer at the Athens Olympic Games
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posted on 2007-01-01, 00:00 authored by S Fairley, P Kellett, C GreenVolunteers have become essential to the delivery of sport events. Megaevents, such as the Olympic Games, rely on a large number of volunteers for the successful running of the event, some of whom travel to volunteer. This study investigates the motives of a group of people who volunteered at the Sydney Olympics as they prepared to travel to volunteer at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Four key motives were identified: (a) nostalgia, (b) camaraderie and friendship, (c) Olympic (i.e., subcultural) connection, and (d) sharing and recognition of expertise. The motives identified distinguish event volunteer tourists from other volunteer tourists and from other event volunteers. It is suggested that the recruitment, retention, and reacquisition of event volunteers will be served by understanding the motives and experiences of repeat event volunteers.
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Journal of sport managementVolume
21Pagination
41 - 57Publisher
Human KineticsLocation
Champaign, Ill.ISSN
0888-4773eISSN
1543-270XLanguage
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2007, Human Kinetics, Inc.Usage metrics
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