Facilitating student-athletes’ dual career transition: A Scandinavian university case study.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Linnér ◽  
Natalia Stambulova ◽  
Kristoffer Henriksen
Keyword(s):  
Student Athletes ◽  
Career Transition ◽  
Dual Career

scholarly journals Exploring the Life Form of a Student Athlete Afforded by a Dual Career Development Environment in Finland

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Korhonen ◽  
Aku Nikander ◽  
Tatiana V. Ryba
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Recent Effort ◽  
Dual Career ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Ecological Dynamics ◽  
Private Domain

The current paper introduces a case study conducted in one of the most well-established athletic talent development environments in Finland, with the focus on the environment’s ecological dynamics and organizational culture, in light of its recent effort to rebrand itself as a dual career development environment. Our analysis has been inspired by the holistic ecological approach and ecological dynamics, wherein the authors have considered a dual career development environment from the point of view of its transactions with agentic individuals and affordances for student athletes in the study domain, the sports domain, and the private domain. The authors believe our findings can provide other sports environments with insight into what to consider when transforming the organizational culture of an environment to better aid their student athletes in realizing their dual career goals.

Rethinking dual careers: success factors for career transition of professional football players and the role of sport entrepreneurship

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Sofia Ramos ◽  
Jonas Hammerschmidt ◽  
Antonio Sérgio Ribeiro ◽  
Francisco Lima ◽  
Sascha Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Career Transition ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Professional Football ◽  
Dual Career ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dual Careers ◽  
Athletic Career

PurposeThe purpose of this longitudinal study is to examine the dual career and entrepreneurial experiences of professional football players and their influence on the career transition process to entrepreneurship or employment.Design/methodology/approachThe study examined a Portuguese employer–employee data set from 1991 to 2017 using the logit model, a binary choice regression model that allows predicting the probabilities of two possible qualitative and binary outcomes.FindingsEntrepreneurial experience is the key driver for retired football players to pursue entrepreneurship. Having a dual career and working during the athletic career leads to higher chances of continuing in the labor market as an employee. Higher education levels did not significantly influence the decision to pursue a second career but having secondary education increases the chances of continuing as an entrepreneur.Research limitations/implicationsFirst, the study aims to shed light on success factors in career transition of professional football players who engage in a dual career. Second, the authors introduce sport entrepreneurship as a possible activity alongside an athletic career.Practical implicationsAthletes can benefit from the experience they gain during a dual career in the process of career transition. Working in the final year of an athletic career represents a promising strategy to gain work experience alongside sport without jeopardizing sporting success.Originality/valueThis study adds evidence to the contemporary discourse on dual career theory and career transitions and reconciles the theory of sport entrepreneurship and dual careers.

Spanish female student-athletes’ perception of key competencies for successful dual career adjustment

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Perez-Rivases ◽  
Juan Pons ◽  
Susana Regüela ◽  
Carme Viladrich ◽  
Susana Pallarès ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Athletes ◽  
Female Student ◽  
Dual Career ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
Career Adjustment

#NCAAInclusion: Using Social Media to Engage NCAA Student-Athletes in Strategic Efforts to Promote Diversity and Inclusion

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (S1) ◽  
pp. S35-S43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yannick Kluch ◽  
Amy S. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Student Athlete ◽  
Media Campaign ◽  
Sports Industry ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Inclusive Excellence

In an increasingly diverse sports industry, inclusive excellence becomes an important axiom to engage a variety of stakeholders. This case study outlines the development of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Social Media Campaign launched by the NCAA’s Minority Opportunities and Interest Committee in partnership with the national Student-Athlete Advisory Committees. The goals of this campaign were to provide the more than 500,000 student-athletes in the NCAA with a platform to create a dialogue on diversity and inclusion on their campuses as well as to communicate the benefit of inclusive environments to the student-athlete experience. By outlining the steps from the campaign idea to its implementation, this case study provides students with the ability to (a) understand a major sport organization’s planning process for a national social media campaign focused on diversity and inclusion, (b) analyze current diversity trends in the sports industry using the NCAA as an example, (c) trace the NCAA membership’s engagement with the campaign, and (d) determine to which extent a campaign such as this one can serve as a starting point for anchoring inclusive excellence in the fabric of intercollegiate athletics departments.

An Intervention to Support Collegiate Student-Athletes in the Transition to Meaningful Lifetime Physical Activity

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-83
Author(s):  
Melinda B. Smith ◽  
Diane L. Gill ◽  
Erin J. Reifsteck
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Division Iii ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Psychological Wellness ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities

Former student-athletes (SAs) experience unique barriers to maintaining their physical activity, such as loss of team support, less motivation without specific goals, and identity-related changes. Informed by a self-determination theory framework, the authors developed a 6-week Pilates-based intervention to support the physical and psychological wellness of SAs by fostering self-determined motivation and basic psychological needs satisfaction as they make the transition to physically active alumni. In this case study, the authors outline the development and implementation of the program with final-year SAs (N = 12) at a Division III institution. Feasibility was demonstrated through high adherence and positive participant feedback suggesting they valued their experiences in the program and felt more confident in pursuing new forms of physical activity beyond college sports. To extend this type of programming at other institutions, the authors recommend that sport psychology professionals consider unique institutional barriers and opportunities for supporting SAs in their transition to meaningful lifetime activity.

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