Research proposal on the formation of university sports volunteers
Abstract
Universities must be understood as part of the social context, since their framework for action and functioning is developed within the environment itself. The reality of university volunteer services contributes resources for the benefit of society, so that universities, through volunteering, play a vitally important role in the current situation. The main objective of this proposal is to extend the existing research on the conditions and structural characteristics of university volunteering services that promote social inclusion and sports volunteering among other areas. In the light of the above, a multilevel model for the analysis of university volunteering is used as a starting point. The multi-level model takes into account the context of the universities themselves (macro level), the characteristics of the volunteering and sport services (meso level) and the individual characteristics of volunteering (micro level). Currently, there is a diverse organisation of volunteering structures in Spain which, on the one hand, is concerned with the promotion of social inclusion and, on the other hand, with the university sports movement. Most of the existing research on volunteering is linked to the non-university European context. The expected results will provide very important information for the management and organisation of future volunteering programmes, both in the university environment and in existing volunteer organisations outside the university community, in activities, clubs and sporting events, regardless of their size (small to large events), as well as in other types of volunteering, such as social, environmental, socio-sanitary or civil protection, which can be carried out at a national or international level.
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