(School of Economy and Management,Wuhan Sports University,Wuhan 430079,China) Abstract: The authors probed into the effects of sports event volunteer management on volunteer response (satis-faction and job engagement) from the perspective of social capital. This research indicates the followings: sports event volunteer management activities help volunteers accumulate social capital effectively, so that volunteers have a higher degree of satisfaction and thus engage more in the volunteer job; social capital as an intermediate variable connects volunteer management activities and volunteer response, and social capital’s different dimensions play dif-ferent roles. Key words: sports event volunteer;social capital;degree of satisfaction;job engagement level |