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Top 3 Agreed to Statement

Drivers of Participation: COB Clubs and
Organizations During a Pandemic

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Presented by Cody Nicastro
Faculty supervisors: Jeananne Nicholls and Kurt Schimmel

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Background and Methodology
Sample: 88 College of Business students, currently
involved in CoB clubs and/or organizations
Evaluated from a functional approach to participation
motivation
Measurement tool: Participation Function Index
• 24 variables
• Scale of 1 to 7.
• 1 = Not accurate at all
• 7 = Extremely accurate
• 6 Constructs
• Measures volunteering motivations

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Lowest 3 Agreed to Statements
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Construct-Satisfaction Correlation
• Significant relationship present for all constructs
• 0.01 confidence level
• Values-satisfaction correlation: 0.621
• Understanding-satisfaction correlation: 0.792
• Enhancement-satisfaction correlation: 0.848
• Social-satisfaction correlation: 0.546
• Protective-satisfaction correlation: 0.656
• Career-satisfaction correlation: 0.656

“Participating in this organization will look good on my resume.”
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Mean: 6.35/7.0
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93.7% of respondents responded with values 5 or higher.
“I share similar career goals with others in this organization.”
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Mean: 6.09/7.0
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90.5% of respondents responded with values 5 or higher
“I can learn how to deal with a greater variety of people through participating
in this organization.”
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Mean: 5.93/7.0
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85.7% of respondents responded with values 5 or higher.

“My family and/or friends would be disappointed if I stopped participating in
this organization.”
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Mean: 3.34/7.0
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65.3% of respondents responded with values 4 or lower.
“Participating is important to those I know best.”
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Mean: 4.0/7.0
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53.8% of respondents responded with values 4 or lower.
“Others with whom I am close place a high value on participating in this
organization.
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Mean: 4.5/7.0
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53.7% of respondents responded with values 4 or lower.

PFI Construct Reliability
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Value: 0.853 Cronbach's Alpha value
Understanding: 0.749 Cronbach's Alpha value
Enhancement: 0.906 Cronbach's Alpha value
Social: 0.694 Cronbach's Alpha value
Protective: 0.765 Cronbach’s Alpha Value
Career: 0.765 Cronbach’s Alpha value

Other: Construct
Reliability
• Satisfaction: 0.975
Cronbach's Alpha Value
• Attitudes: 0.879
Cronbach's Alpha Value