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This study explores the perceived organizational support, internal motivation, and work-family conflict of amateur soccer referees of South Korea. The aim is to inform effective strategies for the retention of referees, which is necessary for the sport to function. Past research has addressed perceived organizational support, internal motivation, and work-family conflict, but does not integrate these three domains. We collected data from 260 referees and used structural equation modeling to test hypotheses. The findings of this study are as follows: First, perceived organizational support had a positive effect on internal motivation. Second, internal motivation reduced workfamily conflict. Third, internal motivation fully mediated the relationship between perceived organizational support and work-family conflict. The practical implications for more effective human resource management are discussed in depth and include providing network opportunities for referees, and also constructive feedback from interactions between referees and their coaches.

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This article explores the evolution of elite sport development policy in South Korea with a particular focus on the role of Chaebol (large corporations) and Sangmu (armed forces), which are considered to have been primary driving forces over the past two decades in Korea's increasing success on the Summer Olympic stage. This article aims to evaluate the appropriateness of a Western-based policy community framework applied to South Korean elite sport. The analysis is informed by empirical data drawn from 26 semistructured interviews with senior officials (government and non-governmental) and an analysis of government and non-governmental policy documents. The analysis shows that a modified version of policy community, policy implementation community, has developed in connection with Korean elite sport which was founded on the power of the president and a few senior politicians.