Sport Volunteering

<p>Volunteers are central to sport at all levels from mega-events to grassroots clubs. <i>Sport Volunteering</i> is a definitive guide to the issues associated with managing volunteers in sport. </p><p>The book focuses on the psychology of the voluntary experience the challenges inherent in managing a volunteer workforce for not-for-profit and other groups and the development of volunteers. It provides a perspective on the roles of volunteers in the development and delivery of sport in a range of contexts – events clubs associations and other non-profit groups – and explores important contemporary issues such as sustainability diversity and the management of risk.</p><p>This book is essential reading for anybody studying sport volunteering or managing volunteers in sport and a valuable resource for students of sport development sport management sport business sport events sport administration sport policy community sport sport facilities sport operations event management or sport coaching. </p>