caa a22 4500 60615230X CHVBK 20210128100548.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-014-9484-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-014-9484-8 Mega-sports Events Volunteering: Journeys with a Past, a Present and a Future [Elektronische Daten] [Kostas Tomazos, Sheila Luke] Using narrative inquiry, the purpose of this research is to explore volunteer involvement at a mega-sports event (MSE). It responds to a call for research to provide insight into the background of MSE volunteers (Baum and Lockstone, Int J Event Manag Res 3(1):29-41, 2007). This need reflects the limitations of past MSE volunteer studies that have at a large extent merely generated large lists of expectations and motivations through a predominantly survey-based approach. The context used for this study is the Frontrunner pre-event volunteer programme for the (Glasgow, Mission, vision and values, 2014) Commonwealth Games, and a narrative approach is applied allowing the volunteer experience to be considered from both the individual and group perspectives. The stories suggest that the individuals arrive at volunteering at (Glasgow, Mission, vision and values, 2014) as a result of a dynamic process informed by the pragmatist school of thought. The stories also highlight the underlying meaning of volunteers' involvement through consideration of past lived experiences. International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2014 Mega-event volunteers nationallicence Volunteer involvement nationallicence Narrative nationallicence Tomazos Kostas 199 Cathedral Street, G4 0QU, Glasgow, UK aut Luke Sheila 199 Cathedral Street, G4 0QU, Glasgow, UK aut VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/4(2015-08-01), 1337-1359 0957-8765 26:4<1337 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9484-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9484-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tomazos Kostas 199 Cathedral Street, G4 0QU, Glasgow, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Luke Sheila 199 Cathedral Street, G4 0QU, Glasgow, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/4(2015-08-01), 1337-1359 0957-8765 26:4<1337 2015 26 11266