Raedeke Thomas D, Warren Anne H, Granzyk Tracy L
Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
Res Q Exerc Sport. 2002 Mar;73(1):73-86. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2002.10608994.
Although coaching continuity is thought to be important in developing and sustaining quality sport programs, coach turnover is not well understood. Consequently, we used a commitment model to address why some coaches maintain their involvement while others discontinue coaching. For this study, 469 USA Swimming age-group coaches completed a mail survey designed to assess commitment model constructs, including coaching satisfaction, benefits, costs, investments, alternative options, social constraints, and commitment. To test the commitment model, we first used structural equation modeling to assess whether the model provided an adequate fit to the data for current and former coaches. Overall, satisfaction and investments were significantly related to commitment. Moreover, the standardized path coefficients between benefits and costs and satisfaction were also significant. Multivariate analysis of variance andfollow-up analyses revealed that current coaches reported higher commitment as well as less attractive alternative options, higher investments, and higher social constraints compared to former coaches. In replication of past research, we compared current andformer coaches on the benefits and costs associated with coaching.
尽管人们认为教练的连贯性对于发展和维持高质量的体育项目很重要，但教练更替的情况却并未得到很好的理解。因此，我们使用了一个承诺模型来探讨为何有些教练会继续参与其中，而另一些教练则停止执教。在本研究中，469名美国游泳年龄组教练完成了一项邮寄调查，该调查旨在评估承诺模型的构成要素，包括执教满意度、收益、成本、投入、替代选择、社会限制和承诺。为了检验承诺模型，我们首先使用结构方程模型来评估该模型是否能很好地拟合当前和前任教练的数据。总体而言，满意度和投入与承诺显著相关。此外，收益与成本以及满意度之间的标准化路径系数也很显著。方差的多变量分析和后续分析表明，与前任教练相比，现任教练报告的承诺更高，替代选择的吸引力更低，投入更高，社会限制也更高。在重复过去的研究时，我们比较了现任和前任教练在执教相关的收益和成本方面的情况。
