Investigation of the Relationship Between Volunteer Motivation and Leisure Satisfaction in International Sports Organizations

The aim of this study is to compare the relationship between motivation factors and leisure time satisfaction levels of volunteers working in international sports organizations and their analysis according to different demographic variables. The sample group of the research was determined by the purposeful sampling who participated in the international sports organizations; It consists of 99 women and 168 men, totally 267 (Average = 24.00 ± 7.299) sports volunteers. Study data was collected via Demographic information form, Volunteer Motivations Scale for International Sports Organizations and Leisure Time Satisfaction Scale. Descriptive statistics, T-Test for Independent Samples, Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA), Pearson Correlation and Multiple Linear Regression analyzes were applied to the data obtained. According to the analysis results, a positive, moderate relationship was found between the general volunteering motivation and leisure time satisfaction levels of individuals participating in volunteering activities in international sports organizations (r=.431, p .05). Considering motivation and leisure time approaches together with the study results and literature; it can be stated that there is a strong connection between the leisure time satisfaction and motivation factors