From elite sport to the job market: Development and initial validation of the Athlete Competency Questionnaire for Employability (ACQE)

Koen De Brandt; Yago Ramis; Miquel Torregrossa; Natalia B Stambulova; Francesca Vitali; Babett Lobinger; Sofie Smismans; Defruyt Simon; Sasa Cecić Erpič; Paul Wylleman

doi:10.12800/CCD.V16I47.1694

From elite sport to the job market: Development and initial validation of the Athlete Competency Questionnaire for Employability (ACQE)

Koen De Brandt, Yago Ramis, Miquel Torregrossa, Natalia B Stambulova, Francesca Vitali, Babett Lobinger, Sofie Smismans, Defruyt Simon, Sasa Cecić Erpič, Paul Wylleman

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This paper describes two studies aimed at developing and initially validating an instrument that measures athletes’ competencies required to optimize their employability across three career phases (i.e., active, retirement and new career phase; B-WISER, 2018). Study 1 describes the development of the Athlete Competency Questionnaire for Employability (ACQE). Study 2 examines the ACQE’s factor structure using exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM; N = 954, 46% female; M _age = 26.74 ± 9.90; 54% active, 24% retirement, 22% new career). ESEM supported a 28-item ACQE with four factors: Career & Lifestyle Management, Career Communication, Career Resilience, and Career Engagement & Flexibility. This is the first study to identify athletes’ competencies for optimizing employability across different phases of athletic retirement. The results can inform stakeholders in different fields (e.g., sport, education, employment) about ways to assist athletes in their transition from elite sport to the job market.

Translated title of the contribution	Del deporte de elite al mercado laboral: Desarrollo y validación inicial del cuestionario de competencias de deportistas para la empleabilidad (acqe)
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-48
Number of pages	10
Journal	Cultura, Ciencia y Deporte
Volume	16
Issue number	47
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12800/CCD.V16I47.1694
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Post-athletic career
Employment
Transitions
Erasmus+
Athletic retirement

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De Brandt, K., Ramis, Y., Torregrossa, M., Stambulova, N. B., Vitali, F., Lobinger, B., Smismans, S., Simon, D., Erpič, S. C., & Wylleman, P. (2021). From elite sport to the job market: Development and initial validation of the Athlete Competency Questionnaire for Employability (ACQE). Cultura, Ciencia y Deporte, 16(47), 39-48. https://doi.org/10.12800/CCD.V16I47.1694

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