Schmid, Michael J; Örencik, Merlin; Schmid, Jürg; Nagel, Siegfried; Conzelmann, Achim (2021). Vocational careers of retired Olympic athletes from Switzerland: A person-oriented study. International review for the sociology of sport, 57(8), pp. 1253-1278. Sage 10.1177/10126902211062432
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For many high-performance athletes, competing in the Olympic Games is a major goal. Achieving this goal requires more than ever substantial investments of time and personal resources towards the sports career over several years. Thus, some athletes neglect other areas of life (e.g. education), which can pose a problem for the time after high-performance sport, while other athletes pursue a dual career. Previous studies have shown that former high-performance athletes achieved higher levels of education and better vocational positions than the general population. Due to the advancing professionalization and commercialization of high-performance sport, the question emerges whether these results are valid for athletes that are more recently retired. In addition, cross-cultural generalisability of these findings are of interest. For this purpose, 341 former athletes representing Switzerland at the Olympics were surveyed about their athletic, educational, and vocational careers. It turns out that these athletes obtained more degrees of higher education than the general population. Relative to their siblings, they have higher school-leaving certificates and work in more prestigious occupations. Following the holistic-interactionistic paradigm, person-oriented analyses was performed and revealed nine – mostly satisfactory – vocational career patterns. Hence, involvement in high-performance sport facilitates rather than hinders a successful vocational career.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW) 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW) > Sport Psychology and Research Methods 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW) > Sport Sociology and Management |
UniBE Contributor: |
Schmid, Michael Johannes, Örencik, Merlin Kantigin, Schmid, Jürg (B), Nagel, Siegfried, Conzelmann, Achim |
Subjects: |
700 Arts > 790 Sports, games & entertainment |
ISSN: |
1012-6902 |
Publisher: |
Sage |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Edith Desideria Imthurn |
Date Deposited: |
29 Mar 2022 17:36 |
Last Modified: |
18 Dec 2023 19:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1177/10126902211062432 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Elite athletes, cluster analysis, high-performance sport, Olympians, second career, professional caree |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/167361 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/167361 |
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