Working with Volunteers in Sport: Theory and Practice
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Explorative studyVolunteerism is increasing becoming critical factor for the modern global economies. Itis reported that volunteers contribute significantly to economies of the US, Canada, New Zealandand UK (Cuskelly et al., 2006). The volunteers are found in every part of the world including,countries, cities, government and nongovernmental organizations and communities. Such peoplededicate their time and effort to provide service without expecting any financial reward. InMalaysia, it is estimated that about 10% of people are actively involved in unpaid work forvarious volunteer originations across the country outside their home. Similarly, study byGreenfield and Marks (2004) in the US indicated that about 40% of population would engage involunteerism at some point during their lives. The benefits of volunteerism in hospital is far morethan economic benefits and it increases social benefits through reducing mortality rates andenhance mental health of patients. The volunteers further gain experience and are likely to secureemployment when opportunities arise. It is therefore important to understand motivation towardsvolunteering in order to enhance how hospital train volunteers. The explorative study is conducted to explore the problem and research questions anddoes not offer conclusive evidence. This study is usually conducted in to help in betterunderstanding the problem that has not been clearly defined (Every-Palmer, 2011). As in thiscase of hospital, the explorative study helps management to determine the nature of the problemand provides insight for future research. To conduct study to determine the how hospital trainand prepare volunteers, focus group discussion (FGD) will be adopted. There will be two FGDs,one consisting of volunteers and the other having hospital’s employees who work with thevolunteers.
The research participants in the group will be guided by the moderator who is theresearcher. To ensure lively and effective discussions, the topics of interest will be discussed oneby one. The broad topics to be discussed relating to volunteerism training include careeradvancement, humanitarian values, gaining understanding through skills, abilities and knowledgegained during practice and finally the social aspect of engaging with others. The focus groupdiscussion will contain 10 members and will last for 2 hours. The information will be analyzedby organizing information into broad themes. The study will provide volunteers’ perceptions oftraining and their motivation to volunteer. FGD is chosen because a wider variety of perspectivescan be obtained within shorter period of time in relation to specific questions on subjects andissues being researched (Coenen & López, 2010). Case study of Uber driversTopic: The working conditions of Uber drivers in the Malaysian capital city, Kuala LampurMalaysia is one of the populous country in the world having population of over 30million people. The Kuala Lampur is the largest city in the country hosting over 1.5 millionpeople (Mohit et al., 2010). There are numerous political, cultural and sporting events takingplace in the city thus favoring cab services. For this study, we will conduct study to investigatethe experiences of Uber drivers by specifically describing the working conditions in the city andexploring how the drivers respond to such challenges. The research question will be, what are thedriver’s experience of working conditions? This question helps in evaluating the description ofworking conditions in relation to income, safety, hours of work and labor relations. Research methodology
This study will use descriptive research design whereby the data will be gathered usingquestionnaires. The population for this study will comprise a total of 200 Uber drives working inthe Kuala Lampur. The research participants will be sampled randomly based on theiravailability. The questionnaire will first be developed to capture all components of the study andrevised by the supervisor. The primary data will be collected through questionnaires comprisingof two sections. The first section will comprise questions that target personal information likegender, age, experience and income. The second section will comprise of close-ended questionsthat allows respondents to rate constructs on a 5-point Likert scale. This section will be lookingon the objectives of the study that affect working conditions of Uber drivers. The questions willbe ranked on a scale where the response to statements will be strongly agree (1), agree (2),neutral (3), disagree (4) and strongly disagree (5). The second part of questionnaire alsocomprised of open ended questionnaires that allows respondents to provide general views andperceptions. Pilot study will be conducted where questionnaires will be administered to 10drivers who will not participate in actual study. The suggestions for improvement in pilot processwill help in final questionnaires that will be distributed physically to 200 Uber drivers. The datagathered will be coded and analyzed using computer software called Statistical Package forSocial Science v. 24 (Handcock et al., 2008). The result will be presented in figures and tables.One major challenge of the study is obtaining higher response rate of the returned questionnaires.Limitations of the studyThere are a number of potential weakness in this study particularly concerningparticipants. There is difficulty of obtaining random sample of drivers to participate in the studyconsidering that they are not localized in one place. There is therefore a possibility that peopleparticipating in the study might not truly be a random sample. Similarly, due to limited time my
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