Looking Beyond Traditional Volunteer Management: A Case Study of an Alternative Approach to Volunteer Engagement in Parks and Recreation

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha L. Barnes ◽  
Erin K. Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Volunteer Management ◽  
Parks And Recreation ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Volunteer Engagement

“What Do We Do For Snacks?”: The Perceived Role of Parks and Recreation Administrators in the Youth Sports Food Environment

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madison Augustine ◽  
Lori Andersen Spruance ◽  
J. Mitchell Vaterlaus
Keyword(s):  
Food Environment ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Youth Sports ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Parks And Recreation ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Sporting Activities

Dietary intake is influenced by multiple systems, as highlighted in the Social- Ecological Model, including community influences like community programs. In this context, parks and recreation administrators may have a role in the types of snacks and beverages provided during youth sports. The current study focused on understanding park administrators’ experiences relative to the youth sports environment, including their responsibility and influence on the food environment. This was an exploratory qualitative case study conducted in Utah. Semi-structured interviews with parks and recreation administrators were completed via phone by a research assistant. A qualitative case study analysis was conducted by two researchers. In addition to the interviews, the websites of all the park and recreation sites were searched and phone calls were made to check physical locations for nutrition fliers/information. Three themes emerged through qualitative case study analysis. The first theme was the administrators’ role in the youth parks and recreation activities. The second theme was the administrators’ awareness of the food environment within youth sports. The final theme was the administrators’ role in influencing more nutritious snacks at these youth sporting activities. The results from this case study suggest that the parks and recreation administrators within Utah valued the importance of nutritional snacks and beverages within youth sporting activities and were supportive of the food environment improving. Several of the parks and recreation administrators in this study agreed that their further involvement (i.e., guidelines on snacks and beverages) in the youth sports food environment could improve the environment and better effect youth who are participating, thus enhancing opportunities to improve overall health and well-being. The results from this study show that administrators could bring awareness to youth sports nutrition and support guidelines for the types of snacks and beverages brought to youth sporting activities. Administrators could work with dietitians to develop information that would be appropriate to distribute to youth sports participants and parents. Providing information about what kinds of snacks to bring has the possibility to improve the conditions of the youth sports food environment. Additionally, consideration for policy changes in youth sports and recreation center facilities could be explored.

Mechanisms adopted by social enterprises for effective volunteer-based operations

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Ávila ◽  
Marlene Amorim
Keyword(s):  
Economic Value ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Formal Structure ◽  
Volunteer Management ◽  
Volunteer Work ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Structured Approach

Purpose This paper aims to describe an exploratory study aiming to identify the mechanisms adopted by social enterprises for effective operations based on volunteer work. Design/methodology/approach An inductive multiple case study method was used addressing three social enterprises whose operations rely on a volunteer workforce. Findings Volunteer-based operations benefit from the establishment of a formal structure, involving different levels of volunteering complemented with other mechanisms, namely, educate and train, empower and connect. Special attention must be given to first-level volunteers, reinforcing the range of practices to motivate and engage them, as they serve as intermediaries between the paid employees and lower-level volunteers. Practical implications The study provides valuable insights for managers for the implementation of effective operations, building on volunteer work, aiming at the generation of social and economic value. Social implications Due to their innovative character, social enterprises are well-positioned to mobilize more and more qualified volunteers for a significant change in their communities. Adopting a more strategic and structured approach to volunteer management can enable these organizations to take advantage of it. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on social enterprise by identifying a set of mechanisms adopted for effective volunteer-based operations. It also contributes to the literature on volunteer management by addressing an underexplored context.

scholarly journals Beyond Welfare Chauvinism and Deservingness. Rationales of Belonging as a Conceptual Framework for the Politics and Governance of Migrants’ Rights

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
EMMA CARMEL ◽  
BOŻENA SOJKA
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Interpretive Analysis ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Migrants Rights ◽  
The Uk

Abstract This article argues that the politics and governance of migrants’ rights needs to be reframed. In particular, the terms “welfare chauvinism”, and deservingness should be replaced. Using a qualitative transnational case study of policymakers in Poland and the UK, we develop an alternative approach. In fine-grained and small-scale interpretive analysis, we tease out four distinct “rationales of belonging” that mark out the terms and practices of social membership, as well as relative positions of privilege and subordination. These rationales of belonging are: temporal-territorial, ethno-cultural, labourist, and welfareist. Importantly, these rationales are knitted together by different framings of the transnational contexts, within which the politics and governance of migration and social protection are given meaning. The rationales of belonging do not exist in isolation, but, in each country, they qualify each other in ways that imply different politics and governance of migrants’ rights. Taken together, these rationales of belonging generate transnational projects of social exclusion, as well as justifications for migrant inclusion stratified by class, gender and ethnicity.

Autobiography, Developmental Theory, and Teacher Education

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
William New
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Developmental Theory ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Autobiographical Texts ◽  
Adolescent Conflict ◽  
Identity Achievement ◽  
Instrumental Approaches

Abstract Instrumental approaches to teaching human development ask students to learn about children at different ages and stages so as to plan appropriate instruction. An alternative approach stresses the connections between psychological theories of growth and the life experiences of the students themselves, with the goals of increasing intrapersonal awareness and identity achievement. In one such course, students wrote autobiographical texts, interviewed each other, and wrote essays on their texts and "official" texts in human development. This case study focuses on the narratives of one woman, who used Erikson's psychosocial theories to analyze her stories of adolescent conflict and school difficulties. (Developmental Psychology-Education)

Theoria Cum Praxi – Modeling Specialised Communication

Glottotheory ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-172
Author(s):  
Kristina Pelikan ◽  
Thorsten Roelcke
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
System Thinking ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
English As Lingua Franca ◽  
Further Development

Abstract As researchers from different nationalities and disciplines collaborate in research projects with joint grants, science becomes more and more global. For conducting the research, project members from several different professional and national backgrounds work together on a daily basis using English as lingua franca (ELF). This results in a very heterogenic linguistic setting, influenced by several mother tongues and languages for specific purposes (LSPs). Systematic approaches have been neglected during the last years while LSP research moved more and more towards applied approaches working on concrete case studies. The present study follows an alternative approach. Applied linguistics and further development of systematic approaches shall here be seen as a circular flow. For instance, communication optimisation during a case study benefits from system-thinking and vice versa. How could the project language of a case study be structured and which long established classifications need to be revised based on these data? Is there a need for a new understanding of applied LSP research?

Prioritizing Local Sport Activities: Determining Organizational Commitment to an Innovative Swimming Program

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brennan K. Berg ◽  
Michael Hutchinson ◽  
Carol C. Irwin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Parks And Recreation ◽  
Sport Activities

This case study illustrates the complexity of decision making in public organizations, specifically highlighting the public health concern of drowning disparities in the United States. Using escalation of commitment theory, students must consider various factors in evaluating the overextended commitments of a local government in a complicated sociopolitical environment and with vital public needs that must be addressed through a local parks and recreation department. Facing a reduction in allocated resources, the department director, Claire Meeks, is tasked with determining which programs will receive higher priority despite the varied feedback from the management staff. To ensure students are provided a realistic scenario, this case offers a combination of fictional and real-life events from Splash Mid-South, an innovative swimming program in Memphis, Tennessee. Students must critically evaluate not only the merits of the swimming program, but the other sport, recreation, and parks programs that also merit an equitable share of the limited resources. Therefore, students are placed in a decision-making role that is common to managers of both public and private organizations. This case study is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate sport management courses, with specific application to strategic management, organizational behavior, and recreation or leisure topics.

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