Bonnie L. Parkhouse

Trends in the Selection of Coaches for Female Athletes: A Demographic Inquiry

Abstract Data were collected from 335 collegiate female athletic directors utilizing a questionnaire designed to assess trends in selecting coaches for female athletes between 1974 and 1979. These demographic results revealed: (a) a 37% increase in the number of coaches for female athletes, (b) a greater increase at the assistant (229%) rather than head (8%) coach level, (c) a substantial increase in male coaches (724) in comparison to their female counterparts (44), (d) a significant decline (294) in female head coaches, and (e) a large increase in the number of male head coaches (437). As the bases for this present investigation, current practices and affirmative action strategies were discussed (i.e., gender employment trends, de facto discrimination, federal civil rights legislation). Possible explanations of these findings were offered.

Differential Effects of Sex and Status on Evaluation of Coaching Ability

Abstract The present study tested whether sex bias favoring males exists in the evaluation of basketball coaching ability for male and female coaches varying in professional status (defined by won/loss records and coaching honors). Subjects were male (n = 80) and female (n = 80) high school basketball athletes. Subjects evaluated written coaching philosophy statements from a hypothetical male and female coach described as having either high or low professional status based upon won/loss record and coaching honors. The coaches were evaluated with semantic differential scales which assessed knowledge of coaching, ability to motivate, players desire to play for, and predicted future success. A forced preference procedure in which subjects had to select which of the two coaches they would prefer to play for was also employed. A sex of athlete by sex of coach interaction effect on the four unforced dependent variables indicated strong sex bias favoring males. Overall, male and female subjects rated the male c...

Differences in job satisfaction among suburban and inner-city high school physical education faculty.

Abstract The purpose of the present investigation was to determine whether faculty in suburban and inner-city schools differ with respect to job satisfaction. Subjects were 49 physical education faculty in three inner-city and three suburban Los Angeles-area high schools. The Job Description Index (JDI) was used to evaluate four aspects of job satisfaction: work, colleagues, supervision, and pay. Correlations were calculated among all pairs of job satisfaction values for suburban and inner-city subjects. Results yielded highly significant differences between intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of job satisfaction. These data indicated that subjects dissatisfied with intrinsic job satisfaction factors (work, colleagues, supervision) were satisfied with the extrinsic aspect (pay), and vice versa. The suburban subjects scored high on the intrinsic scales and low on the extrinsic aspect. Inner-city faculty yielded low intrinsic and high extrinsic scores.