Cilj istraživanja je utvrditi postoje li razlike u
psihološkim karakteristikama kod trenera koji svoj posao
obavljaju duži period i koji su kronološki stariji (35 godina
i više) s onima koji tek zapoèinju trenerski posao i
kronološki su mlaði (do 34 godine starosti). Jedna izmeðu
glavnih karakteristika trenerskog posla je naime puno
stresnih situacija, kojima su izloženi treneri i zato smo
pokušavali ispitati, kako stres utječe na trenere.
Provjeravali smo razlike u osobinama ličnosti, motivaciji
postignuća, značaju rukovoðenja, socijalnih vještina,
emocionalnoj inteligenciji i vrijednostima. Za sve ove
karakteristike aplicirali smo psihološke upitnike.
Na uzorku 275 slovenskih trenera ustanovili smo da
su mlaði treneri savjesniji i više otvoreni prema kulturi i
isprobavanju novih pristupa, imaju veću toleranciju i bolje
znaju upravljati emocijama. Stariji treneri češće
upotrebljavaju demokratsko nego autokratsko rukovoðenje
i češće spominju probleme u radu. Neke razlike
izmeðu trenera mogle bi biti uzrokovane razlikama u
razini edukacije, koje su postigli mlaði i stariji treneri –
mlaði treneri bolje su obrazovani.
Našli smo dvije smjernice koje idu u korist starijim
trenerima - češće naglašavaju izvrsnost i češće
upotrebljavjaju delegiranje, dok se kod mlaðih trenera
pojavljuje težnja ka češćoj prijaznosti. Naši rezultati
pokazuju, da su stariji treneri izloženi većemu stresu i to se
odražava na njihovim vrijednostima do trenerskog posla.The purpose of the research was to investigate the
differences between the psychological characteristics of
coaches who have been working in their field for a longer
period of time and are older (age 35+) and those of
younger (up to age 34) coaches who have recently begun
their coaching careers. One key characteristic of the
coaching profession is the significant stress to which
coaches are often subjected, and we attempted to
investigate whether large amounts of stress affect the
coaches\u27 psychological characteristics. We compared
differences in personality traits, achievement motivation,
leadership characteristics, social skills, emotional
intelligence, and values. To assist in analysing each of
these characteristics, we applied suitable psychological
questionnaires. 275 Slovene coaches participated in this
study, and we found the younger coaches to be more
conscientious, more interested in cultural activities, more
open to new experiences, and more tolerant. Furthermore,
we observed that the younger coaches have achieved a
better level of control over their emotions. Older coaches
tend to be more democratic leaders, use less autocratic
approaches, and report job – related problems more
frequently. Some of these differences may be attributed to
disparate levels of education, as younger coaches are
generally better educated than their older counterpairs.
We found two characteristics that favour the older coaches
– they tend to emphasise the importance of excellence and
are more likely to delegate leadership tasks, whilst
younger coaches could be described as friendlier. Our
results show that older coaches are exposed to more stress,
which is reflected mainly in their attitudes towards their
professional values
