Document Type : Original research study
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Department of Physical Education and sport sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the role of love of sport on volunteers' satisfaction with sporting events. The research method was descriptive-analytical, which was done by the field method. Statistical population of the study was consisted of all the volunteers participating in the Azerbaijan Cycling Tournament, which included 50 people. All the statistical population was identified as the research sample due to low volume of the statistical population, based on the integer sampling method. Finally, 43 collected questionnaires were analyzed. Results of this study showed that, love of sport has a significant effect on satisfaction of volunteers with sporting events indicating that love of sport improves satisfaction with volunteerism in sporting events.Therefore, to improve satisfaction of the volunteers, sporting events should be enhanced by fostering love of sport among the volunteers.
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