Designing and Defining a Volunteering Model for Sport Students in Iran

The purpose of this research work was to design and define a volunteering model for sport students in Iran. The research method used was of descriptive-correlation type, and was based upon the structural equation modeling. This statistical research work included all the physical educational managers, MSc students and experts in the physical education department, professors and elites in sport management, strategic council of physical education and sport activities, and the ministry of physical education. The number of research samples in the random sampling method was determined to be 389 people. In order to ensure the reliability of the questionnaires through Cronbach's alpha, the reliability of the sport student volunteering management questionnaire was estimated to be 0.88. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, exploratory factor analysis test, and confirmatory factor analysis. Based on the findings of this study, eight areas were identified in the field of volunteering management in sport students, which included planning, organizing, recruiting, knowing and teaching, choosing and selecting, preservation and maintenance, and appreciating and performance evaluation. According to the nature of sport program performance in physical education that is done in a high level in terms of human force and costs, the low budget of this organization in protracted years and use of volunteer force in studying student sport seem to be very important.