The Role of Athletic Identity for Career Success: Examining the Mediating Effects of Transferable Skills for Retired Collegiate Athletes in the Workforce

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dc.contributor.advisorSteinheider, Brigitte
dc.contributor.authorFacio, Ashley
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKisamore, Jennifer
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHaslerig, Siduri
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-11T20:16:41Z
dc.date.available2020-05-11T20:16:41Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-08
dc.date.manuscript2020-04-06
dc.description.abstractAthletes who join the workforce after their athletic career ends often still identify as an athlete. Though participation in athletics helps develop skills that are applicable to the workforce, such as mentoring abilities and emotional intelligence, most skills have yet to be identified. This study aims to address this issue by comparing retired collegiate athletes with non-athletes in the workforce and assessing potentially transferable skills, specifically emotional intelligence, mentoring ability, mentoring receptiveness, self-efficacy, and goal adjustment. The study hypothesizes that these skills mediate the relationship between athletic identity and objective and subjective career success. In a sample of 313 retired collegiate athletes and non-athletes in the workforce, athletes only reported significantly higher self-efficacy than non-athletes; however, athletic identity was unrelated to career success and the mediation hypotheses were rejected. This research used a cross-sectional survey design, which did not allow the assessment of when levels of athletic identity decreased and how transferable skills were developed. Future research should use a longitudinal design to assess the relationships between athletic identity and skill development during athletes’ collegiate career and whether and how they apply after their transition into the workforce.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/324388
dc.languageenen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectathletic identityen_US
dc.subjectcareer successen_US
dc.subjectworkforceen_US
dc.subjecttransferable skillsen_US
dc.subjectretired collegiate athletesen_US
dc.subjectPsychology, Social.en_US
dc.subjectPsychology, Developmental.en_US
dc.thesis.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.titleThe Role of Athletic Identity for Career Success: Examining the Mediating Effects of Transferable Skills for Retired Collegiate Athletes in the Workforceen_US
ou.groupCollege of Arts and Sciences::Department of Psychologyen_US
shareok.nativefileaccessrestricteden_US
shareok.orcid0000-0002-4278-4021en_US

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