The reasons for the reluctance of sports academics in Palestinian universities to volunteer to work in Palestinian sports clubs

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the reason behind the PE academics in Palestinian universities averting from volunteering in Palestinian sport clubs as well as the reasons behind it as stratified by variables, such as: education, specialization, and years of experience. The author employed a descriptive approach and a survey as a tool for data collection distributed at a stratified sample of (25) PE academics in Palestinian universities. The results showed that the reasons for Palestinian Universities academics to avoid volunteering in Palestinian sport clubs are as follows: the economic situation (3.83), the psychological situation (3.48), the academic situation (3.04), and the social situation (2.58), respectively. The results did not reveal any discrepancies among the reasons for avoiding to volunteer in the sport clubs that can be related to intermediate variables (education, specialization, years of experience). The author recommends several remarks; Ensuring a stable management for volunteering in the Palestinian sport clubs via appointing academics to perform administrative and tactical work in the clubs.