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Perceived benefits from participation in sports: a gender study

Bonnie Kelinske (Bonnie Kelinske is a Human Resource Assistant in the Human Resource Management Department)
Brad W. Mayer (Brad W. Mayer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management, )
Kuo‐Lane Chen (Kuo‐Lane Chen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Information Systems, all at COBA, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA.)

Women in Management Review

ISSN: 0964-9425

Article publication date: 1 March 2001

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Abstract

This study examines the differences between 64 male and 53 female college students in their perception of various benefits of sports participation. Potential benefits of sports participation include moral reasoning (caring versus fairness), socialization, competition, health and fitness, and leadership traits (masculine versus feminine). Responses to a questionnaire indicate that there is no difference between males and females on perceived benefits of sports participation with regard to moral reasoning, socialization, competition or health and fitness. There was, however, a significant difference between males and females with regard to competition as a motivating factor to participate in sports. There was also a significant difference between males and females in terms of leadership traits. Males perceived that sports gave them more masculine traits than what females perceived. There was no difference, however, between males and females in their perception of femininity leadership traits from sports participation.

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Kelinske, B., Mayer, B.W. and Chen, K. (2001), "Perceived benefits from participation in sports: a gender study", Women in Management Review, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 75-84. https://doi.org/10.1108/09649420110386601

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