Shin Eui Hang
Asia Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC USA.
East Asia (Piscataway). 2021;38(1):61-91. doi: 10.1007/s12140-020-09354-7. Epub 2021 Jan 25.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the patterns of professional career paths of the players of the Ladies Professional Golf Association of Japan (JLPGA) Tour. Using the athletes' professional career life cycle model as the theoretical framework, this study will analyze the career development of elite players of the JLPGA from their rookie year to the point of retirement. The year of each JLPGA tournament win by selected players will be examined for the players' entire careers. The players' money ranking for each year of their careers is also analyzed to determine the stages of the players' career life cycles. The tournament win span, i.e., the number of years between a player's first and last JLPGA tournament win, will be computed. The career life cycles of players of different cohorts will be compared to determine whether or not there was any transformation in the structure of career stages of the players over time. The career development patterns of Japanese-born players will be compared with those of the international players of the JLPGA.
本研究的目的是调查日本女子职业高尔夫球协会（JLPGA）巡回赛球员的职业生涯路径模式。本研究将以运动员职业生涯生命周期模型为理论框架，分析JLPGA精英球员从新秀年到退役阶段的职业发展。将考察所选球员在其整个职业生涯中每年赢得JLPGA赛事的年份。还将分析球员职业生涯中每年的奖金排名，以确定球员职业生涯生命周期的阶段。将计算赛事夺冠跨度，即球员首次和最后一次赢得JLPGA赛事之间的年份数。将比较不同群体球员的职业生涯生命周期，以确定球员职业生涯阶段结构是否随时间发生了任何变化。将日本出生球员的职业发展模式与JLPGA国际球员的职业发展模式进行比较。
