Practice Makes Perfect: Student Employee Transferable Skill Utilization in Campus Recreation

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Risk management is an essential component of effective campus recreational sport programming. However, research on risk management policies, procedures, and practices within recreational sports is both limited and outdated. As such, this study provides an overview of current risk management policies, procedures, and practices across North American collegiate recreational sports departments. Specifically, the results emphasize current training practices for both part-time and full-time staff, practices in establishing and updating emergency action plans, and contents covered in emergency action plans. The results suggest that while the vast majority of recreational sport programs have established risk management procedures and engage in risk management training, they diverge in best practices related to emergency action plans and in terms of contents covered in such plans. Applications of these results for practitioners and institutions are emphasized, including discussions around best practices in risk management.

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Scope of Risk Management Policies and Practices Within Collegiate Recreational Sports: Reinvigorating the Conversation

Knee,

Miller,

Ramos

et al. 2024

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“…Our findings indicated some differences in the current literature. For example, Anderson et al (2018) found the length of employment and age could affect students' transferable skills. Therefore, our finding implies future research efforts are needed as current literature showed limited studies and inconsistent findings on student employees' working experience and their continuous growth of various transferable skills, especially in specialized program areas in campus recreation.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The questionnaire was developed based on previous studies of campus recreation student employees' working experience and demographics (Anderson et al, 2018) and adapted the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education's (CAS's) Framework for Assessing Learning and Development Outcomes (FALDO; Strayhorn et al, 2006) for student instructors' leadership development, relationship building, and communication skills. The first draft of the questionnaire was sent for experts' review, including three campus recreation supervisors and three university faculty in recreation and sport-related disciplines.…”

Section: Measurementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

More Than a Job: Student Fitness Instructors’ Leadership, Communication, and Relationship Building in Campus Recreation

Felty,

Liu

2024

Student employment in campus recreation allows students to gain transferable skills. Previous studies show that students employed in specialized program areas have different experiences. Addressing the gap in research, the purpose of the study was to (a) understand the relationship between leadership development, effective communication, and meaningful interpersonal relationships of student group fitness instructors and (b) investigate if student instructors’ leadership development was associated with their work experience and demographics. A total of 111 student group fitness instructors from 17 different NIRSA institutions completed an electronic questionnaire in the fall of 2021. The results of multiple regression showed both building meaningful relationships and gaining communication skills were significant predictors for students’ leadership development, while the interpersonal relationship was a stronger predictor than communication skills. The study also indicated that student group fitness instructors perceived similar leadership development, regardless of their demographics and working experience in campus recreation.

“…First, consistent with previous studies (McGinty et al, 2008; Royal & Rossi, 1996), the result of this study showed that the more CRC employees experienced SOC, the more they experienced job satisfaction regardless of their job classification and tenure. Considering CRC workplace that needs employees working as a team and have a lot of interactions with employees and participants (Anderson et al, 2018; Scola et al, 2017), CRC employees may easily develop SOC in their workplace, and it can influence the levels of their job satisfaction.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It may negatively affect the satisfaction of operating conditions. In addition, scholars have stated that CRC managers should monitor and help student employees and other employees (Anderson et al, 2018; Kampf, 2013; Turner et al, 2005). Although CRC professional employees work with student employees, they should need to monitor as a supervisor, and it can be pressure for them.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Relationship Between Sense of Community and Job Satisfaction Among Campus Recreation Center Employees

Woo

Jang

Chang

2022

Research on the experience of campus recreation participants has been studied extensively. However, scholars have paid relatively little attention to employees of campus recreation. This study examined the relationship between Sense of Community (SOC) and job satisfaction of employees in Campus Recreation Center (CRC), and the impact of demographic information, including job classification and tenure, on the levels of their SOC and job satisfaction. Survey data were collected from CRC employees, including student employees, graduate assistants, part-time and full-time employees. Results indicated a positive relationship between SOC and job satisfaction that employees experienced. Even though results did not suggest the influence of employee's job classification and tenure on the levels of SOC and job satisfaction, it was found that job classification influenced three of nine factors of job satisfaction (e.g., fringe benefits, operating conditions, and coworker).