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Article: Influence of race and sport coached on the choice to leave the coaching profession.(SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY)
- Article from:
- Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
- Author:
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Though diversity-related strides have been made in many areas of sport, racial minorities are still underrepresented in many contexts. One such example is college coaching, where racial minorities represents a disproportionately low percentage of assistant and head coaches. Past research has shown that this phenomenon can be explained, at least in part, by racial differences in occupational turnover, as racial minorities generally leave earlier than do Whites. The purpose of this study was to explore this issue in greater depth by considering additional variables that could influence coaches' choice to leave: work experiences and sport coached. Industry reports suggest ...