Anticipated career satisfaction, affective occupational commitment, and intentions to enter the sport management profession Academic Article

abstract

• The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of internships on students career-related affect and intentions. Data were gathered from 138 upper-level undergraduate sport management students (71 interns, 67 noninterns). A doubly multivariate repeated measures model indicated that, although they did not differ at the beginning of the internship, interns had less positive attitudes toward the profession than did noninterns at the end of the internship. Structural equation modeling indicated that affective occupational commitment fully mediated the relationship between anticipated career satisfaction and intentions to enter the profession. The results contribute to the extant literature by demonstrating that internships can influence career-related affect and intentions.

authors

• Dixon, Marlene

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF SPORT MANAGEMENT

author list (cited authors)

• Cunningham, G. B., Sagas, M., Dixon, M., Kent, A., & Turner, B. A.

citation count

• 39

complete list of authors

• Cunningham, GB||Sagas, M||Dixon, M||Kent, A||Turner, BA

publication date

• January 2005

publisher

• Human Kinetics  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Sport Management  Journal

keywords

• Behavioral And Social Science

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1123/jsm.19.1.43

start page

• 43

end page

• 57

volume

• 19

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1123%2Fjsm.19.1.43