The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to measure the degree to which Florida High School athletic directors utilize risk management within their athletic program and (2) to determine whether selected demographic factors (i. e. undergraduate major, years of experience as Athletic Director, level of education, etc.) have an effect on the performance levels of these risk management behaviors. A 42-item survey was used to collect data related to specific risk management behaviors and 12 demographic items. Descriptive statistics were calculated for each factor on the demographic section of the survey, the composite scores for each of the individual items on the survey, for all of the items combined (grand mean), and for the composite scores of each conceptual area (i.e. medical concerns, facilities, etc.). A one-way ANOVA was then used to test for significance among the independent variables (selected demographic factors) and dependent variables (risk management behavior scores of the (1) grand mean, (2) conceptual area means, and (3) individual item means). Results of the study suggest that (1) the risk management behaviors being performed within Florida High School athletic departments are being performed on a rather consistent basis and that (2) the two primary factors that influenced FHSAA athletic director's performance of risk management behaviors were current employment status and current coaching status. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Sport Management, Recreation
Management and Physical Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
of Doctor of Philosophy. / Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2004. / Date of Defense: April 22, 2004. / Sports, Liability, Tort, Law, Sports Law, Negligence, Athletics, Sport, NCAA, NAIA / Includes bibliographical references. / Annie Clement, Professor Directing Dissertation; Tonya Toole, Outside Committee Member; E. Newton Jackson, Jr., Committee Member; B. Cecile Reynaud, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168056 |
| Contributors | Aaron, Thomas C. (authoraut), Clement, Annie (professor directing dissertation), Toole, Tonya (outside committee member), Jackson, E. Newton (committee member), Reynaud, B. Cecile (committee member), Department of Sport Management (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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