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Development Of The Referee Retention Scale, Lynn Ridinger, Kyungun R. Kim, Stacy Warner, Jacob K. Tingle
Development Of The Referee Retention Scale, Lynn Ridinger, Kyungun R. Kim, Stacy Warner, Jacob K. Tingle
Jacob K Tingle
Building upon the current sport officiating research, this study puts forth the Referee Retention Scale (RRS). Through a three-phase process, the researchers developed a valid and reliable scale to predict sport officials’ job satisfaction and intention to continue. The first phase consisted of instrument development, while the second phase included field testing of referees (n=253). After EFA and Rasch analysis, the resultant refined scale from phase 1 and 2 was then administered to 979 referees in phase 3. Phase 3 results using CFA indicated that the 7-factor, 28-item RRS was a valid and reliable tool for measuring and predicting referee …