SELF-EFFICACY, ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT, JOB SATISFACTION AND SATISFACTION WITH LIFE RELATIONSHIPS: A STUDY AMONG AMATEUR SPORT COACHES IN SOUTH AFRICA
SELF-EFFICACY, ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT, JOB SATISFACTION AND SATISFACTION WITH LIFE RELATIONSHIPS: A STUDY AMONG AMATEUR SPORT COACHES IN SOUTH AFRICA
The study was conducted with the main objective of exploring the relationships between self-efficacy, organisational commitment, job satisfaction and satisfaction with life among a cohort of amateur sport coaches in South Africa. This study is premised within a post-positivism cross-sectional quantitative research design, and a total of 250 conveniently selected amateur sports coaches participated in the study. The statistical analysis of the collected data included descriptive statistics, reliability and validity analysis as well as correlation analysis. Further, confirmatory factor analysis and a structural path modelling were undertaken to assess the relationship between the constructs under investigation. The results of the study indicate that there is a significant positive relationship between self-efficacy and organisational commitment, organisational commitment and job satisfaction, organisational commitment and satisfaction with life and self-efficacy with satisfaction with life. While the study, surprisingly, did not find any significant relationship between self-efficacy and job satisfaction as well as job satisfaction and satisfaction with life, it is important that this aspect also receive attention and importance in the career of amateur sports coaches. Based on these results, it is recommended that further research from a predictive validity perspective be pursued in order to substantiate the findings and to improve the generalisability thereof.
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