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HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Performance Science
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1375088

Examining the Incentive Effects of Athlete Compensation: A Combined Analysis using SEM and fsQCA

Provisionally accepted
Huan Zhao Huan Zhao 1Hebin Chong Hebin Chong 2*Feiyan Xiao Feiyan Xiao 3Li Tan Li Tan 4*Zhaoxia Liu Zhaoxia Liu 5*
  • 1 Foundation department, Shandong Xiehe University, Jinan, Shandong, China
  • 2 School of Sports Science,Honam University, Gwangju Metropolitan, Republic of Korea
  • 3 Faculty of Physical Education, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Tomsk Oblast, Russia
  • 4 School of Physical Education,Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
  • 5 School of Sports Science, Honam University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

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    In the context of competitive sports, the evaluation of compensation incentive effectiveness is key to the optimization of compensation systems for athletes.This study creates a model of the athlete compensation incentive effect from single and multinomial grouping perspectives, combining empirical research (SEM) with fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) based on a sample of 352 validated data. The results lead to two findings. First, athletes' direct economic compensation, direct non-economic compensation, and indirect non-economic compensation have a significant positive effect on the incentive effect of compensation. Second, that the incentive effect of high compensation has two configurations, namely "economic value" and "economic environmental value". It seems that the effective combination of compensation factors can enhance the motivation effect in a "different way".

    Keywords: Athlete, compensation incentive effect, Compensation Structures, structural equation model, fsQCA

    Received: 26 Jan 2024; Accepted: 10 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhao, Chong, Xiao, Tan and Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Hebin Chong, School of Sports Science,Honam University, Gwangju Metropolitan, Republic of Korea
    Li Tan, School of Physical Education,Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
    Zhaoxia Liu, School of Sports Science, Honam University, Gwangju, 506-714, Republic of Korea

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