[[alternative]]A Study of Sport Volunteers Management in Taiwan's National Sport Organizations

[[abstract]]A Study of Sport Volunteers Management in Taiwan’s National Sport Organizations Abstract The purposes of this study were: 1) to reveal the effect of the preposition factors of sport volunteers management; 2) to reveal the effect of environmental factors of volunteers management; 3) to understand the current development of sport volunteers management. The sample of this study was national sport organizations that financially supported and supervised by National Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (NCPFS) in 1999. In total, there were 34 sport organizations. Research review, questionnaire survey and in-depth interview were applied for the analysis. The conclusions were found as the followings: 1. The primary advantage of sport volunteer was “improvement of the office administration”, second was “advantage of the low-cost human resource”. 2. The primary defect of sport volunteer was “without force of constrain”, second was “sport volunteers are lack of professional capability”. 3. The problems of sport volunteer management included the low retention rate; short of budget and difficult in recruiting. 4. Only 18.6% national sport organizations had the future plan in developing sport volunteer human resource. 5. The motivations of recruiting sport volunteer were “short of human resource” and “the special forces needed from sport volunteers”. 6. The primary recruitment strategies were “students or players who were selected by teachers or coaches” and “the ones recommended by the other sport volunteers”. 7. Materiality welfare reward, such as subsidies, meal offer, uniforms and mementos were applied for keeping the sport volunteers in the National sport organizations. 8. 60.6% of sport volunteers in the national sport organizations have been serving for 3 years, and the main reason lead to their leaving is “no time”. Key words: Volunteer; sport volunteer; volunteer management.