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  • Organisational and occupational commitment as predictors of volunteer coaches’ burnout

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    Engelberg, Terry
    Stipis, Catherine
    Kippin, Brydie
    Spillman, Sara
    Burbidge, Kate
    Year published
    2009
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    Volunteer coaches play a significant role in the provision of sport and have a great impact on those they coach. Issues such as increasing numbers of athletes, coupled with more stringent legislation affecting safety and child protection, are putting added pressure on coaches. Some of the consequences are burnout and high drop out rates. The purpose of this research is to examine the organisational and the occupational commitment of volunteer coaches in community-based sporting organisations and the implications of such commitment for coaches' experience of burnout. This research is a work in progress conducted in Townsville, ...
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    Volunteer coaches play a significant role in the provision of sport and have a great impact on those they coach. Issues such as increasing numbers of athletes, coupled with more stringent legislation affecting safety and child protection, are putting added pressure on coaches. Some of the consequences are burnout and high drop out rates. The purpose of this research is to examine the organisational and the occupational commitment of volunteer coaches in community-based sporting organisations and the implications of such commitment for coaches' experience of burnout. This research is a work in progress conducted in Townsville, northern Queensland. Volunteer coaches in various sports including hockey, rugby league, basketball, soccer, and surf lifesaving completed a survey instrument which assessed their demographic and background characteristics (including experience, qualifications, and hours dedicated to coaching) organisational and occupational commitment, and burnout. The findings of the analyses conducted to date indicate that affective occupational commitment is a predictor of two aspects of burnout: reduced professional efficacy and exhaustion and cynicism; normative organisational commitment was a moderate predictor of reduced professional efficacy only. These findings suggest that commitment to the coaching role may be an important aspect of volunteer coaches' sense of self. Future research should focus on further exploring the impact of commitment components on coaches' burnout to better understand their interrelationships and their implications for coaches' wellbeing.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Journal on Volunteering
    Volume
    14
    Publisher URI
    http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org
    Copyright Statement
    © 2009 Australian Journal on Volunteering. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published
    Subject
    Sport and Leisure Management
    Psychology not elsewhere classified
    Sport and Exercise Psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/52721
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