Structure and involvement in a voluntary sport organization
| dc.contributor.author | Williams, T. (Trevor) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-15T20:17:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-15T20:17:05Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 1979 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 1979 | |
| dc.degree.department | Faculty of Education | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Curriculum and Instruction | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts M.A. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | An exploratory, descriptive study was undertaken of a provincial sport association in British Columbia, Canada-- the British Columbia Volleyball Association. The investigation was directed at two of the major dimensions of this voluntary organization, structure and involvement, and utilized aspects of theories developed by Barnard (1938), Etzioni (1969), and Simon (1976). Communication, both formal and informal, was used to identify the structure of the Association and the behaviour and attitude of members were utilized as measures of involvement. In addition, hierarchical level and geographical location were used as moderating variables. Sixty-three members of the Association were interviewed using a structured question-unstructured answer technique and chi-square was used as a statistical test of significance on the data collected. The descriptors "direction" and "media" were used with the data. The data were frequencies of regular communication behaviours occurring once a month or more frequently, and anecdotal records augmented the analysis. The results showed that, (a) the informal structure was used more frequently than formal structure; (b) interaction occurred more frequently in a face-to-face medium; (c) the vertical downward direction was used more frequently; (d) there was no relationship between the predominant structure used and the involvement of members; (e) the geography of the province hindered the interaction of members; and, (f) there was a relationship between commitment and power position. The results were applied to Etzioni's (1969) typology of compliance relationships and it was concluded that there was congruency at the upper hierarchical levels and incongruency at the lowest hierarchical level. Further, a series of propositions were explicated which could form the basis of a grounded theory of sport organization. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 183 pages | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/20140 | |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.title | Structure and involvement in a voluntary sport organization | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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