ABSTRACT
The individual level of analysis for mother-coaches includes characteristics such as personality, values, coping mechanisms, age, sexual identity, race, and gender. In the coaching profession, work demands are complex as coaches have to manage their responsibilities in the workplace and those associated with their personal and family lives. The value of the multi-level perspective is that by recognizing the complexity coach-mothers operate within, we gain a better understanding of how to explain their opportunities and challenges and work to maximize the former and minimize the latter. Establishing a culture that utilizes a broaden-and-build approach can increase the health and well-being of women coaches, which in turn leads to increased job satisfaction and lower intention to turnover. In a recent study by Naugle, Behar-Horenstein, Dodd, Tillman, and Borsa women athletic department support staff reported higher incidence of burnout than their male counterparts despite the fact that males worked more hours on average than females in the study.
