2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Career transition of Japanese female football players

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23700702
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Physical education
Research Institution	Tokyo International University
Principal Investigator	JODAI Keiko 東京国際大学, 商学部, 講師 (00569345)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	キャリアトランジション / キャリアプロセス / 女性アスリート / 結婚
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study was to reveal the career process of Japanese women athletes in Japan on the basis of their love life and marriage, and to verify the usefulness of the Role Exit Model for these players. From this study, Most Japanese female football players do not have anxiety about their career before they play a Top-league and activity. And, they faced retirement involuntarily, and they do not have "role residual" or "role hangover". But, the career process was determined by being conscious of marriage. Therefore, for Japanese women athletes, marriage becomes a decisive factor of career transition. And, The Role Exit Theory and the Role Exit Model should be modified in the context in consideration of a factor peculiar to a woman.