ABSTRACT

Research question

The research considers the organisational socialisation process for volunteers in associational golf clubs.

Research methods

Constructivist grounded theory method was used, with qualitative data collected through 28 semi-structured interviews with volunteers at English associational golf clubs.

Results and Findings

The article develops a model for the organisational socialisation of golf club volunteers. The model highlights an extended period of organisational socialisation, which locates assimilation during club membership before volunteering begins. This prior period of assimilation allows individuals to acquire organisational knowledge and make informed decisions about whether to volunteer. It also shapes their actions as volunteers and the meanings they derive from volunteering. Our findings emphasise the importance of participation among members as a precursor to volunteering. They also highlight how, in the absence of orientation support from the club, movement through the socialisation process depends on individuals’ biographical assets.

Implications

The model should help golf clubs, and potentially other voluntary sports clubs, manage their organisational socialisation process to develop established members, improve volunteer recruitment and produce long-term volunteers. Improved management of this process could also enhance the diversity of both members and volunteers.

中文翻译：

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模拟英国协会高尔夫俱乐部中志愿者的组织社会化

摘要

研究问题

该研究考虑了协会高尔夫俱乐部中志愿者的组织社会化过程。

研究方法

使用建构主义扎根理论方法，通过对英国协会高尔夫俱乐部的志愿者进行 28 次半结构化访谈来收集定性数据。

结果和发现

本文开发了一个高尔夫俱乐部志愿者组织社会化模型。该模型突出了组织社会化的延长时期，即在志愿服务开始之前，在俱乐部会员资格期间进行同化。前期的同化使个人能够获得组织知识，并就是否自愿做出明智的决定。它还塑造了他们作为志愿者的行为以及他们从志愿服务中获得的意义。我们的研究结果强调了成员参与作为志愿服务前奏的重要性。他们还强调，在没有俱乐部定向支持的情况下，社会化过程中的运动如何取决于个人的传记资产。

启示

该模型应有助于高尔夫俱乐部和其他潜在的志愿体育俱乐部管理其组织社会化过程，以发展既定成员、改善志愿者招募并培养长期志愿者。改进这一过程的管理也可以增强成员和志愿者的多样性。