Job Stress and Its Impact on Job Satisfaction among Football

Abstract

Research Objective: This study aimed to identify the sources of job stress, measure the level of job satisfaction, and analyze the relationship between them among football coaches in clubs of the Al-Jafara Plain region.

Methodology: The researcher used the descriptive survey method on a purposive sample consisting of (24) coaches from clubs in the Al-Jafara Plain region. Data was collected using a questionnaire consisting of three dimensions (Organizational Stress, Professional Stress, and Job Satisfaction).

Research Sample: The final sample consisted of (24) coaches from first and second-division clubs in the Al-Jafara Plain region.

Results: The results revealed high levels of organizational (2.52) and professional (2.55) stress, contrasted with a moderate level of job satisfaction (2.22), alongside a strong, statistically significant inverse correlation between stress and job satisfaction with a correlation coefficient of (-0.786).

Conclusions: The study sample suffers from high levels of stress, especially external (audience, media) and internal (job instability). Job satisfaction is moderate and is negatively affected by the increase in these stresses.

Recommendations: The study recommended the necessity of providing greater job security for coaches, improving incentive systems, designing specialized training programs in stress management, and adopting a more balanced media discourse.