ArticleJournal of athletic training2015
Athletic trainers' barriers to maintaining professional commitment in the collegiate setting.
Article in Journal of athletic training, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Job satisfaction in sport science and sports medicine, an international cross-sectional survey.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2023Article
- Initial Validation of a Multilevel Model of Job Satisfaction and Career Intentions Among Collegiate Athletic Trainers.Journal of athletic training · 2018Article
- Maintaining Professional Commitment as a Newly Credentialed Athletic Trainer in the Secondary School Setting.Journal of athletic training · 2018Article
- The Organizational Climate in Collegiate Athletics: An Athletic Trainer's Perspective.Journal of athletic training · 2018Article
- Multilevel Examination of Job Satisfaction and Career Intentions of Collegiate Athletic Trainers: A Quantitative Approach.Journal of athletic training · 2018Article
- Athletic trainers' facilitators of professional commitment in the collegiate setting.Journal of athletic training · 2015Article
- Career commitment of postprofessional athletic training program graduates.Journal of athletic training · 2015Observational
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Abstract
contextProfessional commitment simply describes one's obligation to his or her work. For athletic trainers (ATs), the demanding work environment and job expectations may affect their characterization of professional commitment. Our breadth of knowledge regarding professional commitment within athletic training is narrow.
objectiveTo evaluate the professional commitment of ATs in the collegiate setting.
designQualitative study.
settingCollegiate. PATIENTS OR OTHER
participantsThirty-three Board of Certification-certified ATs employed in the collegiate setting (National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I = 11, Division II = 9, Division III = 13) with an average of 10 ± 8 years of clinical experience volunteered. Data saturation guided the total number of participants. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Online journaling via QuestionPro was completed by all participants. Multiple-analyst triangulation and peer review were conducted for data credibility. Analysis followed a general inductive method.
resultsFour themes speak to the factors that negatively affect ATs' professional enthusiasm and commitment: (1) life stage, (2) work overload, (3) organizational climate, and (4) human resources. The latter 3 speak to the effect the workplace can have on ATs' professional commitment, and the first speaks to the effect outside responsibilities can have.
conclusionsOur results suggest that several of the factors that negatively influence the professional commitment of collegiate ATs are modifiable organizational components. Developing resiliency strategies at the individual and organizational levels may help to facilitate improved professional commitment for the AT.
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