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JOURNAL OF RISK AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
卷 14, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jrfm14070324
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financial literacy and self-management; financial well-being; organisational support; career transitions in sport; career development and management
This study explores the financial challenges faced by high-performance athletes during their athletic careers, with athletes typically developing their financial literacy and self-management skills through self-help or trial and error. Athletes mainly rely on support from sponsors, parents, and sport organisations to overcome financial challenges, highlighting the need for more support schemes for high-performance athletes. These findings contribute to both literature and practice by providing empirical evidence on coping strategies and development of financial literacy among athletes.
This paper investigates high-performance athletes' development of their financial literacy and self-management skills and the related organisational support available to them during their athletic careers. The data were collected from 20 retired high-performance athletes (10 male and 10 female) representing six different countries (Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, and the UK). Thematic analysis was applied to the processing of the data and five themes emerged: (1) Funding battles: financial challenges and misjudgements; (2) Coping Strategies; (3) Support from sponsors, parents, and sport organisations; (4) Development of Financial Literacy; and (5) Life After Sport. The data indicates that athletes experienced financial challenges due to a lack of organisational support, reduced or terminated funding, and limited opportunities to access sponsorship. Typically, athletes developed their financial literacy and self-management skills by 'self-help' or 'trial and error'. The findings contribute to both literature and practice by providing empirical evidence on the coping strategies adopted by athletes in order to overcome financial challenges and on the methods used in order to develop their financial literacy and self-management skills. These findings inform sport organisations and governing bodies to develop support schemes for high-performance athletes as well as deepen our knowledge of athletes' career development and transitions focusing on the financial aspect.
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