Explanation of development model in volunteering management of the Iranian university sport events

Sport events would not be feasible without volunteers; therefore, the aim of this study was to Analysis and explanation of development model in volunteering management of the Iranian university sport events. With respect to the main aim of the study, the methodology was qualitative. The sample consisted of those who had the most relevant data from the subject of the study; therefore in this study were used of the purposive sampling documents and interviews that the researcher after 11 interviews with experts people and experienced in this field, reached to theoretical saturation. In accordance with qualitative researches, data were analyzed simultaneously with data collection. Also, for analyze the research data was used of the Wolcott (2008) theme analysis method. The results included the 152 sub-themes and 8 main themes were discovered from the initial codes, from which it was derived of the 120 basic themes and 7 institutor themes. As a result, the development model of the optimal management in Iranian university sport events volunteering is dependent on the basic strategies based on planning, recruitment, selection and screening, orientation and induction, performance appraisal, rewards and recognition, retention or replacement of the volunteer students.