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abstract: 'Objectives: The purpose of this study was to provide a profile of the
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demographics and employment characteristics of the Australian high
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performance and sport science workforce.
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Design: This study used a cross-sectional, quantitative survey
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methodology to collect data about the Australian high performance and
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sport science workforce.
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Method: 175 Australian high performance and sport science employees
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completed an online survey which captured demographic information and
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work-related characteristics such as role, industry sector, income,
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permanence of employment and hours worked. Descriptive statistics were
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used to summarise information and some comparisons were made between
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position titles, industry sectors and sexes.
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Results: The Australian high performance and sport science workforce is
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predominantly male (76.0\%), <= 35 years of age (50.3\%), located on the
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eastern seaboard of Australia (69\%) and have been in their current
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position for 2-5 years (37.4\%). They are mostly employed on a fixed
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term contract of 2.4 years, by an institute of sport. Income varied,
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with those working in professional sporting clubs and/or employed as
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high performance managers earning the highest wage. On average,
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participants worked well over their contracted hours, with a
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considerable proportion of these hours outside the standard 9-5 working
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week.
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Conclusions: Employees in the high performance and sport science
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workforce in Australia face significant professional issues that relate
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to long and unusual work hours, job insecurity and income disparity.
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Policy makers and the managers of this workforce should consider the
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impact of these issues on work-life balance, staff retention rates and
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the risk of burnout. (C) 2018 Sports Medicine Australia. Published by
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Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Dwyer, DB (Corresponding Author), Deakin Univ, Ctr Sport Res, Geelong,
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Vic, Australia.
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Dwyer, Dan B.; Bellesini, Kylie; Gastin, Paul; Kremer, Peter, Deakin Univ, Ctr Sport
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Res, Geelong, Vic, Australia.
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Dawson, Andrew, Victoria Univ, ISEAL, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.'
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author: Dwyer, Dan B. and Bellesini, Kylie and Gastin, Paul and Kremer, Peter and
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Dawson, Andrew
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author-email: dan.dwyer@deakin.edu.au
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author_list:
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- family: Dwyer
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given: Dan B.
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- family: Bellesini
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given: Kylie
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- family: Gastin
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given: Paul
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- family: Kremer
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given: Peter
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- family: Dawson
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given: Andrew
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2018.07.017
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eissn: 1878-1861
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files: []
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issn: 1440-2440
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journal: JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
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keywords: 'Demographics; Employment conditions; Income; Job security; Policy
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development'
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keywords-plus: CAREER EXPERIENCES
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language: English
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month: FEB
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '25'
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orcid-numbers: 'Dawson, Andrew/0000-0003-1596-6927
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Kremer, Peter/0000-0003-2476-1958
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Gastin, Paul B/0000-0003-2320-7875
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Dwyer, Dan/0000-0002-8177-7262
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Bellesini, Kylie/0000-0001-9945-9679'
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pages: 227-231
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papis_id: 7f7ce1edb4e39232afd6c43d6e1c92c0
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ref: Dwyer2019australianhigh
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researcherid-numbers: 'Dwyer, Daniel/AAY-4381-2020
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Dawson, Andrew/AAE-4674-2022
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Kremer, Peter/I-8202-2019
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Gastin, Paul B/D-4220-2011
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times-cited: '10'
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title: 'The Australian high performance and sport science workforce: A national profile'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000456896400020
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '13'
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volume: '22'
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web-of-science-categories: Sport Sciences
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year: '2019'
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