The Routledge Handbook of Volunteering in Events, Sport and Tourism

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This timely handbook examines the most contemporary, controversial and cutting-edge issues related to the involvement of volunteers in the fields of events, sport and tourism. Split into thematic sections, the primary areas covered include: key disciplinary approaches to understanding volunteerism, international contexts, managing volunteers, the impacts and legacies of volunteering and future trends in these sectors including online and digital volunteering. Commonalities and differences of volunteering in these sectors are drawn out throughout the volume. A diverse range of case studies are examined including the 2007 UEFA Under 21 Championship hosted by Poland, the development of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, the Vancouver, London and Pyeong Chang Olympic Games, Belgium’s National Day in 2019, the Puffing Billy railway in Australia, as well as many other examples looking at destination services organizations, museums, grassroots associations, corporate events, community events and visitor attractions. Drawing on the academic and practical expertise of over 50 authors from across the globe, the handbook provides an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in volunteering in these sectors, encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries and areas of study in order to advance volunteering research and practice in the fields of events, sport and tourism. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors 1 Introduction PART 1 Disciplinary approaches to volunteering 2 Economics and volunteering 3 Geography, place and international development volunteering 4 How a political ecology lens can help assess and improve conservation volunteer tourism 5 Psychology of volunteering 6 Volunteering in international sports events from a public administration perspective PART 2 Volunteering in tourism and sport 7 Destination service volunteering 8 Visitor attraction: volunteering in cultural heritage tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand 9 Herding 6,000 volunteers 10 Deconstructing volunteer tourism 11 The freefall of volunteer leaders in Australian grassroots associations 12 Volunteering in community sports organisations and associations PART 3 Volunteering at events 13 Enhancing volunteer skills through mega sport events: evidence from London 2012 Olympic Games 14 London, Vancouver, and PyeongChang Olympics: a comparison of volunteer motivations 15 Volunteering at community events: from volunteering for an event to volunteering as an event 16 Volunteering and charity fundraising events 17 Helping through sport and events within corporate volunteering: benefits for volunteers and companies 18 Volunteering at business events: insights from China PART 4 Managing volunteers 19 Designing a volunteer program 20 Volunteer stewardship management models for volunteer programs 21 Volunteer motivation 22 Volunteer recruitment and selection: evidence from the visitor attraction sector 23 Exploring retention and rewards in community sport volunteering 24 The role of organisational culture in sustaining volunteers in heritage attractions: the case of Puffing Billy Railway PART 5 Impacts and legacies of volunteering 25 Understanding volunteering impact and legacy, a sustainability approach 26 “It’s just a fun day out really”: perceptions of volunteering and mega-event volunteer legacy 27 Creating a social legacy from event volunteering 28 Widening the scope of evaluating volunteer tourism: beyond impact measurement PART 6 Critical issues in volunteering 29 Ethics of volunteering in tourism: ethics of the heart 30 Diversity and inclusion in sport volunteering 31 Intercultural learning or just having fun? What volunteer tourism providers can learn from educational volunteering programmes to enhance intercultural competencies 32 Service learning and volunteering: a case study of service learning in Chinese business events volunteering 33 Volunteering and obligation: positive and negative 34 Glocal citizenship: lofty ideals in regional space PART 7 New directions in volunteering research 35 Profiling research on volunteering in events, sport and tourism 36 Trends in volunteering 37 Informal volunteering 38 Methods for researching volunteers 39 The future of volunteering and work Index