Impact of Job Insecurity on Psychological Well- and Ill-Being among High Performance Coaches.

ABSTRACT: 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. 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

SUBMITTER: Bentzen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7579261 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature