The Axiological and Teleological Aspects of Soccer as Seen Through the Values Scale of Bosnian — Herzegovinian and Slovenian Soccer Coaches

Abstract

Based on the (self–) assessment of personal values by Bosnian — Herzegovinian soccer coaches and Slovenian soccer coaches, the article presents critical thoughts on the axiological and teleological aspect of sports, especially in regard to soccer which today has imposed itself as a social and cultural phenomenon. For the purposes of this article we used Schwartz’s values questionnaire — The Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ, 2001). Research was conducted in 2017 in cooperation with The Education Center of the Soccer Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Centar za edukaciju Nogometnog/Fudbalskog saveza Bosne i Hercegovine) and The Soccer Federation of Slovenia. An analysis of the results demonstrates that coaches differ in regard to their value hierarchies according to their coaching subgroup (UEFA A, UEFA B and UEFA PRO), and that socio–demographic variables are important in defining the value systems of Bosnian — Herzegovinian soccer coaches as well as Slovenian soccer coaches. The main goal was to determine value hierarchies, to analyze the factor structure of values, to determine the correlation of socio–demographic data with the value systems of Bosnian — Herzegovinian soccer coaches and Slovenian soccer coaches, and to determine whether the values of Croatian soccer coaches coincide with the values of coaches in the region. A factor analysis was conducted on the values of Bosnian — Herzegovinian soccer coaches and Slovenian soccer coaches from which three factors were extracted: self–renunciation, preserving of traditional relationships and personal success.