THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VOLUNTEER TEAM MANAGEMENT AND TEAM BUILDING EFFECTIVENESS OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN GUANGZHOU, CHINA

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the current status of volunteer team management of private universities in Guangzhou, China. 2) to study the relationship between volunteer team management and team building effectiveness of private universities in Guangzhou, China. and 3) to propose guidelines for the development of volunteer team management of private universities in Guangzhou, China.

The population of this study were members of volunteer teams from 29 private universities in Guangzhou with total number of 630,000 volunteer members. The sample size was calculated with a probabilistic sampling method at 99% confidence level, the required sample were 339 volunteer members. The 470 questionnaires were distributed to collect data with online platform. The total number of valid questionnaires were 451. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to analyze data.

The research found that volunteer team management in private universities in Guangzhou showed generally positive performance. It was positively correlated with team building effectiveness, with leadership styles, communication mechanism, resource allocation, task cohesion, and incentive system having significant impacts. The study proposed guidelines encouraging universities to support student participation and improve team management systems.