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Laurea magistrale interateneo in Scienze dello sport e della prestazione fisica - Immatricolazione dal 2025/2026.The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
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Psychology and organization of volunteering institutions (2024/2025)
Teaching code
4S000547
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Location
VERONA
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-PSI/06 - WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Courses Single
Authorized with reserve
The teaching is organized as follows:
Parte 2
Parte generale
Credits
3
Period
1° semestre LM67 Verona
Academic staff
Francesca Vitali
Learning objectives
The general aim of the course is to present a framework of the main research and intervention topics of the psychology of sport organizations. The specific aims of the course are to deepen the key-concepts of the most recent scientific national and international literature dealing with relations between person and (profit and non profit) sport organizations. Particular attention will be given to professional competencies and skills of kinesiologists.
Prerequisites and basic notions
Basic knowledge of psychology applied to motor and sports sciences.
Program
The course will be divided in two parts. The first introductory part will presents the basic elements of the course: brief historical analysis of organizational sport psychology; disciplinary boundaries; presentation of the most recent fields of study and research (a. organizational performance, b. organizational stress perceived by athletes, coaches, and parents, c. perception of roles in sports teams and organizations, d. success factors in sport and in business, e. contexts and organizations that promote performance in elite sport, f. organizational citizenship behaviours in sport) and intervention organizational sport psychology; analysis of research methodologies in sport and exercise. The second and advanced part will explore some thematic areas: (1) theoretical approaches and definitions of sport organizations; organizational design; definition of adhocracy; distinction between organizational theory and organizational sport psychology; (2) the structure of a sport organization and the study of organizational behavior; hierarchies and power in sport organizations; theoretical models and applications of leadership in sport organizations; (3) the different types of sport organizations and Chelladurai’s classification (1985, 1992); the third sector in sport and exercise; definitions of management and marketing in sport; study of the behaviour, motivations, and decision making of the direct and indirect sport consumers; (4) psychology in sports organizations; definitions, goals, motivations, values, and meaning of sport work; professions in sport and physical exercise in Italy and Europe; the profession of kinesiologist in Italy and in Europe; the process of professionalization; (5) entrepreneurship in sport and exercise; non-profit organizations (NPOs) and volunteering in sport and exercise; volunteering in the non-profit Italian sector.
Didactic methods
Synchronous lessons.
Learning assessment procedures
The exam consists of a written test.
Evaluation criteria
30/30
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
Written test.
Exam language
Italian
