A comparison of motivations of American and Japanese volunteers in ladies professional golf association tournaments Han, Keunsu and Nguyen, Sheila 2008, A comparison of motivations of American and Japanese volunteers in ladies professional golf association tournaments, The international journal of volunteer administration, vol. XXV, no. 3, pp. 39-49. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A comparison of motivations of American and Japanese volunteers in ladies professional golf association tournaments Author(s) Han, Keunsu Nguyen, Sheila Journal name The international journal of volunteer administration Volume number XXV Issue number 3 Start page 39 End page 49 Total pages 11 Publisher North Carolina State University Place of publication Boulder, Colo. Publication date 2008 ISSN 0733-6535 Keyword(s) volunteers motivation culture professional golf Summary This exploratory study examined and compared primary motives influencing American and Japanese volunteers of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Data were collected from 281 volunteers who participated in LPGA tournament events in America and Japan. Japanese volunteers were found to be more involved in volunteer service due to “Social/Leisure” and “Material” reasons, while American volunteers were found to be associated with “Egoistic” and “Purposive” motivations. There was no significant difference in the “External Influences” factor. The study contributes to personnel and administration research and provides insight on the ways in which the LPGA event volunteers are managed in America and Japan... Language eng Field of Research 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970115 Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, North Carolina State University Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017381 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Business and Law School of Management and Marketing Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:52:43 EST Tue, 22 Dec 2009, 09:56:23 EST Tue, 22 Dec 2009, 10:51:15 EST Mon, 22 Aug 2011, 13:49:03 EST Thu, 01 Mar 2012, 12:53:51 EST Thu, 10 Jul 2014, 13:02:23 EST Fri, 08 Aug 2014, 09:44:34 EST Fri, 08 Aug 2014, 09:48:45 EST Wed, 17 Sep 2014, 18:54:26 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 954 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:52:43 EST