High performance sports coaches job satisfaction and intention to change job in public sector sports organizations.

Research object. Relationship between job satisfaction on the intention to change it. The aim. To determine the relationships between employee job satisfaction and the intention to leave in sports organizations. Research tasks: 1. After the analysis of the scientific literature, find out the sources of job satisfaction and the links with the intention to change the job. 2. To determine the factors that determine the dissatisfaction with the work of highperformance sports coaches working in sports organizations. 3. To determine the job satisfaction of high-performance sports coaches of public sector sports organizations and trends in the intention to change jobs. 4. To determine the relationship between the job satisfaction of high-performance sports coaches and the intention to change it. Research methods and subjects. 169 high-performance coaches working in public sector sports organizations participated in the study. A questionnaire survey applied to the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire, short version and statistical analysis. Research results. Estimates of overall job satisfaction and internal satisfaction exceed the 3.50 limit and show that employees are satisfied with internal factors of satisfaction and their work in general. The average scores show the average job satisfaction of employees (74.84 ± 13.93). The mean of extrinsic satisfaction estimates is below 3.50, which indicates employee dissatisfaction with external factors. The overall level of satisfaction does not differ significantly between genders (p > 0.05). The determined level of job satisfaction among men is average (74.03 ± 13.4), among women - high (75.36 ±14.4). The overall level of satisfaction does not differ significantly between different age groups (p > 0.05). The level of job satisfaction among 20–30-year-olds was high (79.18 ± 15.076), among 31–40-year-olds - average (73.58±11.168), among 41–50-year-olds - high (76.59 ± 16.707), among 50 and over - Average (72.22 ± 13.687). There is a significant difference in the overall level of satisfaction between coaches in different cities (p < 0.001). The lowest overall level of satisfaction 7 was found among Vilnius city coaches, but it remains average (60.77 ± 9.427). The highest overall level of satisfaction was found in the city of Šiauliai - high (83.25 ± 11.556). The general level of satisfaction of the coaches of the city of Kaunas is average (73.00 ±14.099), Klaipėda - high (77.58 ± 11.462), Panevėžys - high (77.50 ±14.864). The overall level of satisfaction differs significantly (p < 0.001) among employees not intending to change profession (80,29 ± 12,26), those who sometimes think about it (64.29 ± 8.32) and among those intending to change profession (57.75 ± 16,215). The overall level of satisfaction is significantly different (p < 0.001) among employees who do not intend to change the organization in which they work (81.13 ± 11,186), among those who sometimes think about it (67,62 ± 11,186) and among those intending to change profession (53.14 ±11,838). Mediumlevel negative correlations were found between overall job satisfaction, intrinsic job satisfaction, extrinsic job satisfaction and intention to change profession and organization. Conclusions. 1. Analysis of scientific literature shows that most public health and organizational workers are satisfied with their work because they like what they do. Research shows that there is a significant relationship between autonomy, feedback, skill variety, task identity and their significance with job satisfaction. Also, research shows that there is significant relationship between job satisfaction and intent to leave. 2. It was determined that the factors determining the dissatisfaction with the work of sports coaches who participated in the study are the nature of the boss's leadership, the organization's policy implemented in practice, the ratio of salary to workload, career opportunities provided, mutual agreement among colleagues, praise received for a job well done. 3. It was found that the sports coaches who participated in the study are satisfied with internal satisfaction factors and their work in general, and are not satisfied with external factors. No significant difference was found between job satisfaction in terms of gender and age groups. A significant difference was found between the job satisfaction of coaches from different cities. 4. It was established that the lower job satisfaction of the sports coaches who participated in the study leads to a greater intention to change the organization and profession. The extrinsic level of job satisfaction has a stronger relationship with the intention to change occupation than the intrinsic level of job satisfaction