Why do sports officials dropout? Fabrice Dosseville1 François Rioult2 Sylvain Laborde1,3 CESAMS EA 4260, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, F-14032 Caen, France GREYC-CNRS UMR 6072, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France Deutsche Sporthochschule, Institute of Psychology, Köln, Germany Why do sports officials dropout? MLSA 2013, PKDD’13, Prague 1/8 Introduction I officials’ recruitment and retention is an issue å to understand the reasons of officials’ dropout. Does burnout lead to dropout ? I a stressful occupation I I I players coaches spectators I familial, professionnal, social constraints I social recognition is limited å surprisingly, stress appears to contribute moderately ! Why do sports officials dropout? MLSA 2013, PKDD’13, Prague 2/8 Officials are passionate I social interaction I enjoyment, learning, longevity I love of the sport I harmonious passion å so why do they dropout ? Why do sports officials dropout? MLSA 2013, PKDD’13, Prague 3/8 Method : survey and data analysis I extensive survey for french officials : I I I I I 1,718 participants (25% female) 18 to 68 years old 35 different sports 40% regional, 50% national, 10% international 135 questions : I I I I I I demographic : 10 motivations : 3 official qualities, behavior, functions : 65 evaluation, communication : 30 pressure : 30 preparation : 10 å “Did you sometimes want to stop officiating ?” Why do sports officials dropout? MLSA 2013, PKDD’13, Prague 4/8 Data mining I how to characterize the officials having liked to give up ? I 41% to be characterized mining a boolean matrix : I I I 1,718 rows 1,230 attributes å minimal emerging patterns mining. Why do sports officials dropout? MLSA 2013, PKDD’13, Prague 5/8 Mining minimal emerging patterns I D = Ddropout ∪ Ddropout I mining the minimal transversals I on the complementaries of Ddropout I being frequent in Ddropout Why do sports officials dropout? MLSA 2013, PKDD’13, Prague 6/8 Results I no more pleasure, desire I enduring vocal aggression I local and regional level I no other sport experience I little contact with medias I no supervision å motivation : avoid penalties for their sport club. Why do sports officials dropout? MLSA 2013, PKDD’13, Prague 7/8 Conclusion - Further works Conclusion : I comply with obligation of the sport association I motivated by extrinsic requirement I little commitment I low level competitions I no supervision Further works : I refine the study I differenciating the sports I differenciating the levels Why do sports officials dropout? MLSA 2013, PKDD’13, Prague 8/8