ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the importance and significance of sport event volunteers, and in particular the unique management environment of sports events that involve large numbers of volunteers. It focuses on the role of volunteers within sport events, thus the discussion concentrates on those events that rely heavily on a significant volunteer labour force. The chapter examines the roles of event volunteers. It also explores a number of unique aspects of sport event volunteers and the nature of the sport event volunteer experiences. The chapter discusses the implications for working with sport event volunteers. It describes the major sport events, the organisations that manage them and the scope of sport event volunteering. There is typically a substantial reliance on volunteers to facilitate all types and sizes of sport events and to fulfil various roles that are undertaken for their successful outcome.
