TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived organizational support as a mediator between distributive justice and sports referees’ job satisfaction and career commitment
AU - Kim, Seungmo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Australia and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies.
PY - 2017/3/15
Y1 - 2017/3/15
N2 - The primary purpose of the current study was to examine the relationships between distributive justice and sports referees’ job satisfaction and career commitment through perceived organizational support (POS). Although sports officials are a key element of sports along with athletes and coaches, little research has empirically examined such officials’ psychological well-being as critical human resources based on a vocational approach. A sample of 212 part-time and full-time paid referees from 12 sports in Hong Kong, participated in a questionnaire pertaining to distributive justice, POS, job satisfaction, and career commitment. The results of this study revealed no direct effects of distributive justice on job satisfaction and career commitment. However, the results indicated that distributive justice could indirectly influence referees’ job satisfaction and career commitment via organizational support.
AB - The primary purpose of the current study was to examine the relationships between distributive justice and sports referees’ job satisfaction and career commitment through perceived organizational support (POS). Although sports officials are a key element of sports along with athletes and coaches, little research has empirically examined such officials’ psychological well-being as critical human resources based on a vocational approach. A sample of 212 part-time and full-time paid referees from 12 sports in Hong Kong, participated in a questionnaire pertaining to distributive justice, POS, job satisfaction, and career commitment. The results of this study revealed no direct effects of distributive justice on job satisfaction and career commitment. However, the results indicated that distributive justice could indirectly influence referees’ job satisfaction and career commitment via organizational support.
KW - career commitment
KW - distributive justice
KW - job satisfaction
KW - organizational support
KW - Sports referees
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U2 - 10.1080/11745398.2016.1147363
DO - 10.1080/11745398.2016.1147363
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84961213314
SN - 1174-5398
VL - 20
SP - 169
EP - 187
JO - Annals of Leisure Research
JF - Annals of Leisure Research
IS - 2
ER -
