Abstract
The aim of this study was to reveal the motivators and problems of soccer players that pursue their professional careers in Turkey. In this qualitative research, convenience sampling and criterion sampling, which are kinds of nonrandom sampling methods was used to determine the participants. Eight male soccer players from the Genclerbirligi Soccer Team who were complied with the research criteria, voluntarily participated in the study. The demographic information form and semi-structured interview form were used as data collection tools. All interviews were recorded by audio and video recording devices. Data was analyzed by content analysis. The findings showed that; this study was supported the "mercenary", "ambiotis" and "nomadic cosmopolitan" items, which are in typologies that motivates athletes to migrate to a host country. In addition, language and cultural differences were the main problems for migrant athletes. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that besides the items in the typologies, "positive information" can facilitate the migration of athletes to a host country. Furthermore, it expressed the importance of inquiry on the cultural structure of the host country for migrant athletes, in order to minimize negative influences of problems.
Highlights
In today‟s world, the important and popular phenomenon term „globalization‟ effects and changes the lives of people and societies
Four participants of this study mentioned two types of problems in their outside life and the other four participants (P2, P4, P5, and P8) stated that they did not encounter any problems. This preliminary study that supported the "mercenary", "ambiotis" and "nomadic cosmopolitan" items in the typologies that motivates the athletes to migrate a host country, carried out with professional soccer players who were temporarily migrating to Turkey
This research revealed a facilitator that does not involved in typologies, but encourages participants to be a migrant soccer labour in a host country, this facilitator is "positive information"
Summary
In today‟s world, the important and popular phenomenon term „globalization‟ effects and changes the lives of people and societies. This leads to the reshaping of all areas of human life for decades. For this reason, globalization is the most debatable term recently in social science, because of the significant change of the structure of modern society. The general business community has been using outsourcing as a corporate strategy for many years and, outsourcing has only recently surfaced in the sports industry or sport business (Burden & Li, 2009; Li & Burden, 2002). Because the commercialization of the sport industry started later than the general business world
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