title: Where are the women in women's sports? Predictors of female athletes' interest in a coaching career.
abstract: In this study, we used social cognitive career theory (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) to examine the development of female athletes' career interest in coaching and, specifically, the impact of contextual factors (female coaching role models, working hours, and perceived discrimination) on coaching self-efficacy and outcome expectations. Participants were 205 predominantly White, heterosexual female student athletes. A path analysis indicated that role models and working hours predicted coaching self-efficacy, which predicted coaching outcome expectations. Additionally, coaching self-efficacy, coaching outcome expectations, and contextual factors predicted coaching interest. Practical implications are discussed as well as suggestions for further research in this relatively unexplored area.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. moranmil@vt.edu
authors.forename: Kelli
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moran-Miller
authors.forename: Lisa Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Flores
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013177:Sports; D016526:Workload; D055815:Young Adult