| 539 | Friday, March 30, 2001 |
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| 7:30 AM-8:30 AM | |
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| Studying Assistant Coaches to Understand the Women’s Coaching Deficit: A Synthesis and Review |
| Since the advent of Title IX, the proportion of women coaching women’s teams has decreased dramatically. Recent studies of assistant coaches by Sagas and Cunningham have offered new perspectives to this disturbing trend. A central theme of their findings is that women, when compared to their male counterparts, do not desire or seek head coaching positions and anticipate leaving the field sooner. In incorporating perspectives from institutional theory, industrial/organizational psychology, social psychology, and sociology, their research has unearthed antecedents and consequences of desire to head coach, commitment to the coaching profession, and turnover intent. Directions for future research are offered. |
Keyword(s): athletics/sports, coaching, research
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| Speakers: George B. Cunningham, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and Michael Sagas, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX |