Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine volunteer motivation, commitment, and intentions to remain as volunteers at the 2005 BMO Canadian Women's Golf Championship. Volunteers (n = 647) responded to the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (Mowday, Porter, & Steers, 1982), volunteer motivation questionnaire (Strigas & Jackson, 2003a), and qualitative questions regarding intention to remain volunteers. Results indicated that commitment was related to sport specific factors of the particular event; however, motivation to volunteer was associated with being part of the community. A number of factors and relationships between the variables and intentions to remain volunteering were identified. Descriptive statistics indicated that most of the volunteers intended to continue as golf volunteers (97.5%), would volunteer with other sport events (76.4%), and were likely to continue volunteering in general (83.3%). A variety of rationales were discussed. Understanding the factors that impact motivations and commitment, and the relationships between intentions and motivation/commitment to volunteer can help event organizers target volunteer recruitment and retention strategies.
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