Article: Gender Differences in the Intent to Leave the Coaching Profession.(Brief Article)

Michael Sagas and Frank B. Ashley, Texas A&M University

The present study aimed to advance the turnover construct of the female deficit model proposed by Hart, Hasbrook, and Mathes (1986) in a sample of collegiate head coaches of women's teams. Prior research on coaches has supported the model by indicating that women turnover from the coaching profession at a greater rate than their male counterparts (Acosta & Carpenter, 1992; Hasbrook, 1988; Lowery & Lovett, 1997), which helps explain why the percentage of women coaching female athletes has continually declined since the inception of Title IX. However, little research has examined a coach's intent to quit the ...

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