<p>The purpose of this study was to retrospective investigate perceived demands and barriers for</p><p>golf juniors in their transition from regional to national junior elite competitions, and to find</p><p>out what resources and coping strategies the juniors used to succeed with this transition. The</p><p>developmental model (Wylleman & Lavallee, 2004), The analytical career model</p><p>(Stambulova, 2003) and The athletic career transitions model (Stambulova, 1997; 2003) were</p><p>used as theoretical framework for this study. The interviews were conducted with nine junior</p><p>golf players. A semi-structured interview guide was used consisting of five main themes:</p><p>background information, changes/demands experienced in the transition, resources that helped</p><p>the golf juniors to adjust to the new level, strategies the golf juniors used to adjust to the new</p><p>level and an evaluation of the transition. The result showed that the players perceived the</p><p>practice as more serious with an overall higher quality when they started to compete in</p><p>national competitions. The players increased their training time and started to use a variation</p><p>of exercises that were similar to the different parts of a competition. The competitions were</p><p>also perceived as more challenging with stronger opponents and an increased rivalry between</p><p>the players. Confidence and self-esteem, the will to practice and win are characteristics that</p><p>many players consider to be important internal resources in order to adapt to the national</p><p>junior level. The players observed other players to learn from them and to see what they</p><p>needed to improve. Many players changed their golf coaches around the same time as they</p><p>started to compete at national junior level. The coaches and parents were seen as the most</p><p>important external resources in order to adapt to the national junior level. Many players</p><p>experienced that it would have been hard to play and compete in golf without their parents’</p><p>financial help and support. During the time of the transition, outside golf the players learned</p><p>how to take responsibility and how to take care of themselves through traveling alone,</p><p>meeting new people and living by themselves. The players experienced that the school didn’t</p><p>have any understanding for their need to be free from school. The players also had to give a</p><p>lower priority to some other things in their life in order to have enough time for golf. The</p><p>biggest change was that they had to spend less time with their friends and the different</p><p>activities that they used to do before.</p>

The purpose of this study was to retrospective investigate perceived demands and barriers for golf juniors in their transition from regional to national junior elite competitions, and to find out what resources and coping strategies the juniors used to succeed with this transition. The developmental model (Wylleman & Lavallee, 2004), The analytical career model (Stambulova, 2003) and The athletic career transitions model (Stambulova, 1997; 2003) were used as theoretical framework for this study. The interviews were conducted with nine junior golf players. A semi-structured interview guide was used consisting of five main themes: background information, changes/demands experienced in the transition, resources that helped the golf juniors to adjust to the new level, strategies the golf juniors used to adjust to the new level and an evaluation of the transition. The result showed that the players perceived the practice as more serious with an overall higher quality when they started to compete in national competitions. The players increased their training time and started to use a variation of exercises that were similar to the different parts of a competition. The competitions were also perceived as more challenging with stronger opponents and an increased rivalry between the players. Confidence and self-esteem, the will to practice and win are characteristics that many players consider to be important internal resources in order to adapt to the national junior level. The players observed other players to learn from them and to see what they needed to improve. Many players changed their golf coaches around the same time as they started to compete at national junior level. The coaches and parents were seen as the most important external resources in order to adapt to the national junior level. Many players experienced that it would have been hard to play and compete in golf without their parents’ financial help and support. During the time of the transition, outside golf the players learned how to take responsibility and how to take care of themselves through traveling alone, meeting new people and living by themselves. The players experienced that the school didn’t have any understanding for their need to be free from school. The players also had to give a lower priority to some other things in their life in order to have enough time for golf. The biggest change was that they had to spend less time with their friends and the different activities that they used to do before.

D.Comm. (Leadership Performance and Change) / The purpose of this thesis is to develop a theory, which is based on the career transition phenomenon as experienced by transitioning individuals. Specific focus is given to professionals who transition either to a new profession where a new South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) qualification is required, or to a wholly unrelated non-professional job where no new qualifications are required. This thesis also provides a theoretical overview of the movement from old career concepts to new career concepts and its related influence on both individuals, as well as the organization, as this is the environment in which career transition take place. An interpretive qualitative approach with a specific grounded theory strategy was employed. Data and information was collected by way of memoirs, interviews and literature. The data came from a total of eight participants who each submitted a personal account of their career transitions as they experienced it in the form of a memoir. Additional data was collected via structured interviews, where participants were requested to provide their inputs and comments. These interviews were also a form of member checking, as the questions were developed based on the initial analysis of their memoirs. Information was also collected from literature, where any and all related career transition concepts were explored, and included in the final analysis. The specific application of grounded theory that was followed to analyse the data was Straussarian. This analysis process entails three steps. Firstly, the researcher applied open coding, followed by axial coding, and, lastly selective coding. Each new participant who was analysed was chosen by following the theoretical sampling technique. The qualitative data analysis software programme called ATLAS was utilized to store all data that was collected, including the developed codes and theoretical memos. Mind maps were developed as the analysis progressed and assisted in the development of the final story on career transitions. Data analysis ended when theoretical saturation was obtained.

1987, Taiwan government announced the lifting of martial law. After that, it provides the open space for media industry with free market mechanism. Therefore, it was a popular job working in medium for fresh man. "Management magazine" finishing 1992-2001 ideal corporate ranks, TVBS found on the top 10 three times, but they found that journalists intended to have a career transition was up to 90% in the 2006 survey by "1111 Manpower Bank". These studies were aimed at local journalist career planning process and business model. It has tried to depict a background of journalist in other workplace on the advantages and disadvantages with purposive sampling from depth interviews with ten journalists about their career transition. Ten interviewees indicated that the reason for them to be journalists is due to personal interests. However, in terms of the motive for career transition, "interests" is considered less important and "life stability", "family" and "dissatisfaction with wider social contexts" are instead highlighted. Six of the above interviewees took advantages of "interpersonal network" to seek for new jobs. Three factors make their working performance distinguished from other new colleagues, namely, "interpersonal network", "previous working experiences as journalists", "a sense of responsibility towards the society as a whole and insistence on fulfilling tasks". However, three of the interviewees had returned to the original occupation and one is actively seeking for such a chance. Reasons for that are that working as non-journalists was not as good as they had expected or they simply started again another circle of career transition. In addition, this study also suggests that journalists may be less objective and over-optimistic when evaluating the adequacy of personal capacity for a career transition. This also happens when they need to infer or express viewpoints regarding the world. All above is due to the fact that being a journalist is constantly involved with all sorts of people, occurrences and circumstances. This statement can be supported by Krumboltz's third determinant of career development, which is the possession of "task approach skills". Furthermore, the review of previous studies with respect to summaries of news in southern Taiwan as well as reasons why journalists resign may be of use for future research.

The discourse of dancers' and career transitions has significantly increased since the 1980s, and much of the literature views the topic of dancers and career transitions from European, American and Australian perspectives. No literature from a South African perspective was found, and this research dissertation aims to fill this gap. This research explores the phenomenon of a dancer's career transition from a South African perspective through a microcosm - four interviews conducted with former professional ballet dancers from a single ballet company. The aim was to answer the main research question; What is the experience of South African ballet dancers transitioning from a full-time professional stage performing career to alternative careers or roles? A Phenomenological case study was applied to explore and identify the former dancer's transition experiences. Qualitative data was gathered through in-depth interviews with four former dancers who had been employed full-time by a single company in the Western Cape, South Africa. The transcripts of the data collected were analysed using thematic analysis, and four themes emerged: 1. Loss, grief and coping processes. 2. Preparation for an exit. 3. Support systems. 4. South African experience versus outside South Africa experience. Several established theories and models were used to underpin the interpretations and understandings of the experiences of these former dancers. These include Irina Roncaglia's Career Transition Model for Ballet Dancers (Roncaglia, 2006), Colin Murray Parkes' Psychosocial Transition Theory (1998), Margret Stroebe and Henk Schut's Dual-process Model of Coping and Bereavement (1995), Britton Brewer, Judy Van Raalte and Darwyn Linder's Athletic Identity (1993), and Carolyn Cutrona and Daniel Russell's ideas on types of Social Support (1990) along with an exploration on the profile of South African dancers. The research demonstrates that even though South African ballet dancers find themselves in different training and performing environments compared to their European, American and Australian counterparts, the experiences of dancers' transitioning out of a professional stage performing career have similar themes yet are unique for each individual. The research also comments on suggestions to improve South African dancers' experiences while considering the socio-economic climate of Dance in South Africa. Recommendations for further study are made, borne from the limitations and findings of this research. In closing, although zoomed into experiences from a single ballet company, the four themes provide an answer to the research question, which allows for a new perspective (South African) to be added to the already established dialogue of dancers and career transitions.

The study explored factors related to life satisfaction for military members transitioning to teaching. Schlossberg's (1981) model of human adaptation to transition was used to articulate the career transition factors of readiness, confidence, control, perceived support, and decision independence. The Career Transitions Inventory (Heppner, 1992), Satisfaction with Life Scale (Deiner, 1985), demographic variables, and open-ended questions were used to examine relationships. The data were collected using a secure online survey with a total of 136 usable responses from the Troops to Teachers database. Participants were overwhelmingly male (86%), married (86%), white (79%), and not of Hispanic origin (87%), which were reflective of an earlier Troops to Teachers study (Feistrizer, 2005). A weak correlation was found with life satisfaction and the variables of confidence and control. Stepwise regression revealed that combined control and readiness accounted for approximately 16% of the variance in life satisfaction. Additional relationships were noted between time in transition and income, as well as time in transition and support. Generally, participants were satisfied with life, which may indicate successful adaptation post-military transition. Results supported earlier studies demonstrating that internal/psychological factors (i.e., confidence, readiness, control) are positively linked to successful career transition. However, results did not mirror research on external factors (i.e., support) being related to successful career transition. Participants' insights indicated that preparing for, investing in, and having a positive attitude might benefit others pursuing a mid-life career transition. Further, helping and serving others, recognizing their accomplishments, and finding work/life balance reflected satisfaction in both military and teaching careers. Limitations of the study included low response rates, lack of diversity among the respondents, and findings not generalizable to other populations. Implications for counseling individuals in mid-life military career transitions are to (a) incorporate confidence and control as counseling foci, (b) address social/family and financial supports during transitions, and (c) draw from previous meaningful experiences (i.e., military) to deal with transition. Future research with populations that fully encapsulate stages of transition and are representative of more diversity can further contribute to our understanding of mid-life career transition. / Ph. D.

<p>The purpose of this study was to investigate what factors facilitate young ice hockey players’ continuation or dropout from sport. The study considers active players’, dropout player’s, coaches’ and parents’ perspectives. The main model that is used in the study is push/pull/anti-push/anti-pull framework (Fernandez, Stephan & Fouquereau, 2006). Other models used in the study are the developmental model (Wylleman & Lavallee, 2004) and the career transition model (Stambulova, 2003). The interviews were conducted with eight participants including three active players, one dropout player, two coaches, one parent to an active player and one parent to a dropout player. Semi-structured interview guides based on Athletes Retirement Decision Inventory (ARDI) (Fernandez et al, 2006) were used. The results showed that friends and fellowship in the team were the biggest factors that facilitate for a player to continue in ice-hockey. Underlying factors that can influence a player to dropout are high amount of hard training and a lack of organization in the club. Factors outside ice-hockey that can influence a player to dropout is his will to focus more on school and socializing with friends outside the sport.</p>

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The purpose of this study was to investigate what factors facilitate young ice hockey players’ continuation or dropout from sport. The study considers active players’, dropout player’s, coaches’ and parents’ perspectives. The main model that is used in the study is push/pull/anti-push/anti-pull framework (Fernandez, Stephan &amp; Fouquereau, 2006). Other models used in the study are the developmental model (Wylleman &amp; Lavallee, 2004) and the career transition model (Stambulova, 2003). The interviews were conducted with eight participants including three active players, one dropout player, two coaches, one parent to an active player and one parent to a dropout player. Semi-structured interview guides based on Athletes Retirement Decision Inventory (ARDI) (Fernandez et al, 2006) were used. The results showed that friends and fellowship in the team were the biggest factors that facilitate for a player to continue in ice-hockey. Underlying factors that can influence a player to dropout are high amount of hard training and a lack of organization in the club. Factors outside ice-hockey that can influence a player to dropout is his will to focus more on school and socializing with friends outside the sport.

Recently, since music festivals and ¡§live house¡¨ performances have become popular in Taiwan, the number of independent bands have been increased gradually. Bands nowadays have more advantages than previously, but they also face more challenges, such as commercial factors, keen competitions among other bands, the impact of new music style, including electronic music and Hip Hop, and so on. Above all, the most challenging one is the source of incomes. Therefore, rock musicians always face the difficulty of career change. This study attempts to explore the career development of Taiwanese rock musicians. The questions are listed as follows. First, what are their motivations to be rock musicians? How can they earn their living as rock musicians? Second, what is their career planning and career development? Third, why do some of the rock musicians decide to look for other jobs? What are the processes they have to go through while transferring to other jobs? Can they adjust to new jobs well? The based theories of the study are career development and career planning. The methods of data collection include observation, documental analysis and interview. The study uses triangulation to increase credibility and reliability. The objects are six rock musicians who live in Taipei and Kaohsiung. The conclusions are as follows. (1) The most remarkable motivations to influence the rock musicians in Taiwan are the learning experiences, the career conditions, social environment, and musicians¡¦ personality. (2) According to the result, the career-decision process and career development task correspond to the theories of Ginzberg and Super. (3) Economic problem is the significant motivation that prompts the rock musicians to change to other jobs. Remarkably, they anticipate making the decisions on schedule, not accidentally. Besides, most of the interviewers transfer to other jobs during the five transferring periods which Levinson proposed in his theory. (4) Western rock music influences Taiwanese rock musicians both on music style and outer appearance. (5) Taiwanese rock music style is different in every place associated with the ¡§urban characteristic.¡¨ (6) Famous and mainstream rock bands and musicians can have more economic power to earn their living as rock musicians. (7) Taiwanese rock music workers have to make more improvement as western ones, especially on creative work. (8) Rock musicians of different ages have distinct expectations on their own career life and future. (9) Female rock musicians have more advantages than males on outer appearance, while they are more limited by marriage and family on the other hand. (10) Married or some rock musicians with heavy economic burden may be influenced on their career development. Finally, Few suggestions are generated from this study: First, when one decides to ento this career, he must cultivate his musical ability well. Second, he must take his own responsibility and understand his works¡¦ position in the music market.