Payame Noor University Organizational Behavior Management in Sport Studies 2538-4023 9 3 2022 10 23 Explaining the role of the volunteer movement in the development of social capital of the Red Crescent Society (approach of sports volunteers) Explaining the role of the volunteer movement in the development of social capital of the Red Crescent Society (approach of sports volunteers) 71 86 9189 10.30473/fmss.2022.64851.2460 FA Abolfazl Farahani Professor, of Sport Management, payame Noor University, Tehran. Iran. Hamid Ghasemi Associate Professor in Sport Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran. Iran. Narges Sedaghati Ph.D. Student of Sport Management, payame Noor University, Tehran. Iran Journal Article 2022 07 27 The Red Crescent Society is one of the most important and largest relief and philanthropic organizations, and dealing with issues which develop its social capital in the society is what the managers concern of. The purpose of this research was to explain the role of the volunteer movement, especially sports volunteers, in the development of the social capital of the Red Crescent population. This research in terms of type is practical and the qualitative method was used to achieve the research objective. The statistical population of the research consisted of 21executive principals and professional experts. Sampling was done purposefully through the snowball method and continued until theoretical saturation was reached. Data collection was done using semi-structural interview. After summarizing the data, through the thematic analysis(TA) method, the data was coded. It was obtained from 70 primary codes by thematic method and classification of codes and extraction of concepts, patterns or main themes. Finally, according to the results, it can be stated that the social capital of the Red Crescent population has five important components, including The volunteer movement, the organizational structure, organizational culture and attitude, social identity and international essence. Considering the important role of Manpower in this organization, it can be said that the volunteer movement is the result of the other components of the social capital of the Red Crescent community. The development and improvement of the level of social capital of this organization can increase the productivity of this organization in response to incidents. The Red Crescent Society is one of the most important and largest relief and philanthropic organizations, and dealing with issues which develop its social capital in the society is what the managers concern of. The purpose of this research was to explain the role of the volunteer movement, especially sports volunteers, in the development of the social capital of the Red Crescent population. This research in terms of type is practical and the qualitative method was used to achieve the research objective. The statistical population of the research consisted of 21executive principals and professional experts. Sampling was done purposefully through the snowball method and continued until theoretical saturation was reached. Data collection was done using semi-structural interview. After summarizing the data, through the thematic analysis(TA) method, the data was coded. It was obtained from 70 primary codes by thematic method and classification of codes and extraction of concepts, patterns or main themes. Finally, according to the results, it can be stated that the social capital of the Red Crescent population has five important components, including The volunteer movement, the organizational structure, organizational culture and attitude, social identity and international essence. Considering the important role of Manpower in this organization, it can be said that the volunteer movement is the result of the other components of the social capital of the Red Crescent community. The development and improvement of the level of social capital of this organization can increase the productivity of this organization in response to incidents. https://fmss.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_9189_f003ec2f12b8100b499d49aedb14cb0a.pdf