abstract: 'Objectives: The purpose of this study was to provide a profile of the

  demographics and employment characteristics of the Australian high

  performance and sport science workforce.

  Design: This study used a cross-sectional, quantitative survey

  methodology to collect data about the Australian high performance and

  sport science workforce.

  Method: 175 Australian high performance and sport science employees

  completed an online survey which captured demographic information and

  work-related characteristics such as role, industry sector, income,

  permanence of employment and hours worked. Descriptive statistics were

  used to summarise information and some comparisons were made between

  position titles, industry sectors and sexes.

  Results: The Australian high performance and sport science workforce is

  predominantly male (76.0\%), <= 35 years of age (50.3\%), located on the

  eastern seaboard of Australia (69\%) and have been in their current

  position for 2-5 years (37.4\%). They are mostly employed on a fixed

  term contract of 2.4 years, by an institute of sport. Income varied,

  with those working in professional sporting clubs and/or employed as

  high performance managers earning the highest wage. On average,

  participants worked well over their contracted hours, with a

  considerable proportion of these hours outside the standard 9-5 working

  week.

  Conclusions: Employees in the high performance and sport science

  workforce in Australia face significant professional issues that relate

  to long and unusual work hours, job insecurity and income disparity.

  Policy makers and the managers of this workforce should consider the

  impact of these issues on work-life balance, staff retention rates and

  the risk of burnout. (C) 2018 Sports Medicine Australia. Published by

  Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Dwyer, DB (Corresponding Author), Deakin Univ, Ctr Sport Res, Geelong,
  Vic, Australia.

  Dwyer, Dan B.; Bellesini, Kylie; Gastin, Paul; Kremer, Peter, Deakin Univ, Ctr Sport
  Res, Geelong, Vic, Australia.

  Dawson, Andrew, Victoria Univ, ISEAL, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.'
author: Dwyer, Dan B. and Bellesini, Kylie and Gastin, Paul and Kremer, Peter and
  Dawson, Andrew
author-email: dan.dwyer@deakin.edu.au
author_list:
- family: Dwyer
  given: Dan B.
- family: Bellesini
  given: Kylie
- family: Gastin
  given: Paul
- family: Kremer
  given: Peter
- family: Dawson
  given: Andrew
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2018.07.017
eissn: 1878-1861
files: []
issn: 1440-2440
journal: JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
keywords: 'Demographics; Employment conditions; Income; Job security; Policy

  development'
keywords-plus: CAREER EXPERIENCES
language: English
month: FEB
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '25'
orcid-numbers: 'Dawson, Andrew/0000-0003-1596-6927

  Kremer, Peter/0000-0003-2476-1958

  Gastin, Paul B/0000-0003-2320-7875

  Dwyer, Dan/0000-0002-8177-7262

  Bellesini, Kylie/0000-0001-9945-9679'
pages: 227-231
papis_id: 7f7ce1edb4e39232afd6c43d6e1c92c0
ref: Dwyer2019australianhigh
researcherid-numbers: 'Dwyer, Daniel/AAY-4381-2020

  Dawson, Andrew/AAE-4674-2022

  Kremer, Peter/I-8202-2019

  Gastin, Paul B/D-4220-2011

  '
times-cited: '10'
title: 'The Australian high performance and sport science workforce: A national profile'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000456896400020
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '13'
volume: '22'
web-of-science-categories: Sport Sciences
year: '2019'