Exploring the design and results of a pilot study: a test of volunteer function inventory among episodic youth volunteers in events tourism
List of Authors
  • Azizan Marzuki , Khairun Najiah Ahmad

Keyword
  • Volunteer Function Inventory (VFI), youth, events tourism, episodic volunteer, pilot study

Abstract
  • This study aims to explore the Volunteer Function Inventory (VFI) by Clary, Snyder, Ridge, Copeland, Stukas, Haugen and Miene (1998) as an instrument to measure the motivation among episodic youth volunteers in events tourism in Malaysia. Meanwhile, episodic volunteering is an emerging trend within the nexus of event volunteering resulting from the need for a flexible volunteering experience among individuals. The exploration of VFI derives from results obtained from a pilot study from youth volunteers during Citrawarna@Kuala Lumpur 2016. A total of 78 sets of questionnaires were distributed and analyzed using SPSS. Based on the data collected, the predominant type of episodic volunteers was in the age group of 18-23. Independent t-test result revealed that there was no significant difference in scores for males and females for all six functional motivational constructs adopted from Clary et al., (1998). Cronbach’s alpha values were reported within the range of .89 and .94. The outcomes of this study are expected to validate Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) as one of the instruments to measure Malaysian youth motivation to volunteer. Recommendations for further directions for studies related to events tourism to a larger population are also proposed for the use of scholars in this area of study.

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