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Impact of Job Insecurity on Psychological Well- and Ill-Being among High Performance Coaches
Background: The evaluative nature of high performance (HP) sport fosters performance expectations that can be associated with harsh scrutiny, criticism, and job insecurity. In this context, (HP) sport is described as a highly competitive, complex, and turbulent work environment. The aim of this long...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7579261/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32977389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17196939 |
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author | Bentzen, Marte Kenttä, Göran Richter, Anne Lemyre, Pierre-Nicolas |
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description | Background: The evaluative nature of high performance (HP) sport fosters performance expectations that can be associated with harsh scrutiny, criticism, and job insecurity. In this context, (HP) sport is described as a highly competitive, complex, and turbulent work environment. The aim of this longitudinal, quantitative study was to explore whether HP coaches’ perceptions of job insecurity and job value incongruence in relation to work would predict their psychological well- and ill-being over time. Methods: HP coaches (n = 299) responded to an electronic questionnaire at the start, middle, and end of a competitive season, designed to measure the following: job insecurity, values, psychological well-being (vitality and satisfaction with work), and psychological ill-being (exhaustion and cynicism). Structural equation model analyses were conducted using Mplus. Results: Experiencing higher levels of job insecurity during the middle of the season significantly predicted an increase in coaches’ psychological ill-being, and a decrease in their psychological well-being at the end of the season. However, value incongruence did not have a significant longitudinal impact. Conclusions: These findings cumulatively indicate that coaches’ perceptions of job insecurity matter to their psychological health at work. Consequently, it is recommended that coaches and organizations acknowledge and discuss how to handle job security within the HP sport context. |
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spelling | pubmed-75792612020-10-29 Impact of Job Insecurity on Psychological Well- and Ill-Being among High Performance Coaches Bentzen, Marte Kenttä, Göran Richter, Anne Lemyre, Pierre-Nicolas Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The evaluative nature of high performance (HP) sport fosters performance expectations that can be associated with harsh scrutiny, criticism, and job insecurity. In this context, (HP) sport is described as a highly competitive, complex, and turbulent work environment. The aim of this longitudinal, quantitative study was to explore whether HP coaches’ perceptions of job insecurity and job value incongruence in relation to work would predict their psychological well- and ill-being over time. Methods: HP coaches (n = 299) responded to an electronic questionnaire at the start, middle, and end of a competitive season, designed to measure the following: job insecurity, values, psychological well-being (vitality and satisfaction with work), and psychological ill-being (exhaustion and cynicism). Structural equation model analyses were conducted using Mplus. Results: Experiencing higher levels of job insecurity during the middle of the season significantly predicted an increase in coaches’ psychological ill-being, and a decrease in their psychological well-being at the end of the season. However, value incongruence did not have a significant longitudinal impact. Conclusions: These findings cumulatively indicate that coaches’ perceptions of job insecurity matter to their psychological health at work. Consequently, it is recommended that coaches and organizations acknowledge and discuss how to handle job security within the HP sport context. MDPI 2020-09-23 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7579261/ /pubmed/32977389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17196939 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Bentzen, Marte Kenttä, Göran Richter, Anne Lemyre, Pierre-Nicolas Impact of Job Insecurity on Psychological Well- and Ill-Being among High Performance Coaches |
title | Impact of Job Insecurity on Psychological Well- and Ill-Being among High Performance Coaches |
title_full | Impact of Job Insecurity on Psychological Well- and Ill-Being among High Performance Coaches |
title_fullStr | Impact of Job Insecurity on Psychological Well- and Ill-Being among High Performance Coaches |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Job Insecurity on Psychological Well- and Ill-Being among High Performance Coaches |
title_short | Impact of Job Insecurity on Psychological Well- and Ill-Being among High Performance Coaches |
title_sort | impact of job insecurity on psychological well- and ill-being among high performance coaches |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7579261/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32977389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17196939 |
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