The Relationship between Work Ethics and Organizational Commitment of Event Volunteers

The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between work ethics and organizational commitment of event volunteers in sports. The method applied was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population consisted of all volunteers participating in the twelfth nationwide sport-cultural Olympiad of male and female students of universities. Because of the low number of the population, the sample was selected by census sampling method (n=N=133). The data were collected by two questionnaires of Work Ethic by Petty (1990), and Organizational Commitment by Allen and Mayer (1991). Face and content validity of the questionnaires were examined and approved by experts. Collected data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression. The results showed a positive and significant relationship between work ethics and organizational commitment. Also, the results of the regression analysis showed that among dimensions of work ethics, healthy and humane relationships and diligence and perseverance at work had positive and significant roles in predicting the commitment of volunteers. Finally, sport managers are recommended to increase organizational commitment of sport volunteers by providing ethics codes and developing work ethics principles.