Volunteers and Volunteering

• Are Special Event Volunteers Different from non-SEO Volunteers? Demographic Characteristics of Volunteers in Four South Australian Special Event Organisations (30p, PDF) Gerry Treuren and Manjit Monga (Conference paper) in Events & Place Making (851p. PDF) - Proceedings of International Event Research Conference (Sydney, July 2002), pp.290-319.
• Are you proud?: The influence of sport and community identity and job satisfaction on pride of mega-event volunteers (Journal article) by May Kim, Min Kil Kim, and Michael A. Odio in Event Management, Vol.14, No.2, 2010, pp.127-136.  Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue, or purchase from publisher's website. 
• Consumer behavior in a religious event experience: An empirical assessment of value dimensionality among volunteers (Journal article) by M.G. Gallarza et al, in International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Vol.3, No.2, 2009, pp.165-180.  Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.
• Cultural Encounters - Australia's Arts and Heritage Volunteers, 2008 - Feature article 3 - (ABS) Australian Bureau of Statistics.
• The Direct and Indirect Influences of Sporting Event Organization's Reputation on Volunteer Commitment (Journal article) by Bang, Hyejin in Event Management, Vol.13, No.3, 2009 , pp.139-152.   (Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.  Or purchase from Ingentaconnect.)
• Does the Observable Special Event Volunteer Career in Four South Australian Special Event Organisations Demonstrate the Existence of a Recruitment Niche? (29p. PDF) - Gerry Treuren and Manjit Monga (Conference paper) in Events & Place Making (851p. PDF) - Proceedings of International Event Research Conference (Sydney, July 2002), pp.218-246.
• Event Volunteering Australia - Online guide  to help managers of volunteers build their knowledge about planning and managing events which involve volunteers, and to help volunteers make the most of the experience and understand and protect their rights as volunteers.
• Event Volunteering - Centre for Volunteering, NSW
• Good Practice Guides from Volunteer Centre Edinburgh -  to help you with volunteer management. 
• Institute for Volunteering Research - UK - free volunteering reports and evaluations available.    
• Introductory Guide to Managing and Involving Volunteers - download from the Volunteer Centre Edinburgh website.
• It's a bit of a minefield" (44p. PDF) - Findings from the Legal Issues and Resources Survey of NSW Volunteering Organisations. Identifies the legal issues and needs of volunteering organisations, the resources they draw on and suggestions about how to improve access to appropriate legal information and resources.
• Managing Event Volunteers, 2000 (33p. PDF) - Australian Sports Commission module in the Volunteer Management Program.
• Managing volunteers - Volunteer Development Scotland.
• Measuring Motivation to Volunteer for Special Events (Journal article) in Event Management, Vol.10, No.1. 2006, pp.47-61.  (Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.  Or purchase from Ingentaconnect.)
• Measuring Volunteer Motivation in Mega-Sporting Events (Journal article) in Event Management, Vol. 11, No.4, 2008, pp.191-200.  (Available to UTS staff and students via UTS Library Catalogue.)
• Mentoring volunteer festival managers: evaluation of a pilot scheme in regional Australia (Journal article) in Managing Leisure, Vol.12, No.2/3, 2007, pp.157-170.  (Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.  Also available from publisher's website.)
• Motivation to volunteer: A case study of the Edinburgh International Magic Festival (Journal article) by Paul Barron and Ivana Rihova in International Journal of Event and Festival Management, Vol.2, Iss.3, 2011, pp. 202 - 217.  Available to purchase via publisher's website. 
• Motivations, Commitment, and Intentions to Continue Volunteering for Sporting Events (Journal article) by  Bang, Hyejin, Won, Doyeon and Kim, Yongjae in Event Management, Vol.13, No.2, 2009 , pp.69-81.  Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.  Or purchase from publisher's website.
• Motivations of Long Term Volunteers at Events (21p. PDF) - Lee Slaughter (Conference paper) in Events & Place Making (851p. PDF) - Proceedings of International Event Research Conference (Sydney, July 2002), pp.232-267.
• The public face of event volunteering at the 2006 Commonwealth Games: The media perspective (Journal article) in Managing Leisure, Vol. 14, Issue 1 January 2009 , pages 38 - 56.  (Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.  Also available from publisher's website.)
• Reconsidering the role of training in event volunteers' satisfaction (Journal article) in Sport Management Review, Vol.9, Issue 2, Sep 2006, pp.165-182.  (Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.)
• Recruiting Volunteers, 2000 (28p. PDF) - Australian Sports Commission module in the Volunteer Management Program.
• Recruitment and Selection of Festival Volunteers (12p. PDF) -  Karen A. Smith and Leonie Lockstone (Conference paper 0207) in 'Re-eventing' the City/Town: Events as Catalysts for Change - Proceedings of 4th International Event Research Conference (Melbourne, July 2007), pp.7-18. 
• Retaining Volunteers, 2000 (26p. PDF) - Australian Sports Commission module in the Volunteer Management Program.
• Satisfaction of Volunteers Involved in Community Events: Implications for the Event Manager (22p. PDF) - Shane Pegg (Conference paper) in Events & Place Making (851p. PDF) - Proceedings of International Event Research Conference (Sydney, July 2002), pp.268-289.
• Serious leisure, career volunteers and the organisation of arts events in a regional Australian city (Journal article) by Lawrence Bendle and Ian Patterson in International Journal of Event Management Research, Vol. 4, No.1, 2008.
• Subject guide - Event vounteering - from the Volunteering Australia website.
• Training Manual - Recruiting and Supporting Volunteers from Diverse Cultural and Language Backgrounds (70p. PDF) -  A Training Program and Manual to help not-for-profits with recruiting and supporting volunteers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, developed by the State Volunteer Centres, the Australian Multicultural Foundation, Judith Miralles & Associates, and Volunteering Australia.
• The Volunteer Coordinator, 2000 (30p. PDF) - Australian Sports Commission module in the Volunteer Management Program.  
• Volunteer Management: A Guide to Good Practice, 2000 (38p. PDF) - Australian Sports Commission publication in the Volunteer Management Program addressing volunteer management in sport and recreation organisations.
• Volunteer Management of the Hi Seoul Festival (13p. PDF) - Sea Youn Kwak (Conference paper 3207) in 'Re-eventing' the City/Town: Events as Catalysts for Change - Proceedings of 4th International Event Research Conference (Melbourne, July 2007).  Proceedings available to purchase from ACEM website.
• Volunteer Management Policy, 2000 (28p. PDF) - Australian Sports Commission module in the Volunteer Management Program.
• Volunteer Management Portal - from Volunteering England.
• Volunteer motives and retention in community sport: A study of Australian rugby clubs by Simon Darcy, Russell Hoye, Graham Cuskelly and Tracy Taylor.
• Volunteer satisfaction and intent to remain: An analysis of contributing factors among professional golf event volunteers (Journal article) by G. Pauline in International Journal of Event Management Research, Vol.6, No.1, 2011.
• Volunteering - from Australian Bureau of Statistics - 4159.0 - General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2010
• Volunteering and risk - Volunteering England Risk Toolkit - A comprehensive guide to risk management in relation to volunteers.
• Volunteers - Queensland Department of Communities website.
• Volunteers and the law - Volunteering England readable guide to legal issues for volunteer managers. 
• Volunteers and mega sporting events: Developing a research framework (Journal article) by T. Baum and L. Lockstone in International Journal of Event Management Research, Vol.3, No.1, 2007.
• Volunteers in public health and emergency management at outdoor music festivals (7p. PDF) - (journal article) in The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 18 No. 4, November 2003.  Earl, Stoneham and Capra report on a study undertaken involving volunteers at an outdoor music festival in Queensland.