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

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Bentzen, Marte, Kenttä, Göran, Richter, Anne, Lemyre, Pierre-Nicolas·2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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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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  • Coaches are cognisant of the high demands that arise from the role, and usually acknowledge and accept the persistent job insecurity associated with the profession.

    “As coaches are cognisant of the high demands that arise from the role, and usually acknowledge and accept the persistent job insecurity associated with the profession [88]”

    From The Mental Health of Elite-Level Coaches: A Systematic Scoping Review (2024) · cites this paper as [88]

    The Introduction describes high-performance coaching as demanding and insecure, and the Conclusions call job insecurity an expected, integral part of the profession. But the Practical Implications section says coaches may differ in their awareness or acceptance of the competitive sport culture; it does not establish that coaches usually acknowledge and accept job insecurity. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Job insecurity may negatively predict a coach's hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing.

    “preliminary evidence indicates that job insecurity may negatively predict a coach’s hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing [88]”

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Authors
Bentzen, M., Kenttä, G., Richter, A., & Lemyre, P.-N.
Affiliations
  • University of South-Eastern Norway (NO)
  • University of Ottawa (CA)
  • Karolinska Institutet (SE)
  • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NO)
Corresponding author
Bentzen, Marte
Venue
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-09-23
Volume
17
Issue
19
Pages
6939
ISSN
1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3088881876
Cited by
54
References
105
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2
FWCI
7.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • Diva portal (Dalarna University Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
Keywords
job insecurity, elite sport, sports coaches, psychological well-being, psychological ill-being, value incongruence, job satisfaction, burnout, cynicism, work environment
MeSH terms
Affect, Employment, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Job Satisfaction, Personal Satisfaction, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sports, Stress, Psychological

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