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| Web URL(s): | https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2018am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/113731
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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Keeley, Steven J.;
Fry, Jack D. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Horticulture and Natural Resources, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS |
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| Title: | Career trajectory and satisfaction of Kansas State University golf/turf graduates from 1978-2017 |
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| Section: | C05 turfgrass science
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| Meeting Info.: | Baltimore, Maryland: November 4-7, 2018 |
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| Source: | ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings. 2018, p. 113731. |
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| Publishing Information: | [Madison, Wisconsin]: [American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Canadian Society of Agronomy] |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Career growth; Education program profile; Kansas State University
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| Abstract/Contents: | "A survey was used to understand the career progression and job/career satisfaction of golf course management graduates over the last 40 years. Data was collected from Kansas State University golf course/turfgrass management graduates from 1978-2017, using an online survey. Five-hundred and twenty-five surveys were distributed, and 236 surveys were returned, giving a response rate of 45%. Fifty-five percent of respondents were between the ages of 30-39, 21% were 40-49, 12% were 50-59, 10% were 20-29, and 2% were over 60. All were male. Only five percent of respondents had been hired as superintendents upon graduation, while 30% were hired as 1st assistant superintendents, 28% as 2nd or 3rd assistants, 21% as irrigation/spray technicians or maintenance crew workers, and 15% chose to take jobs that were not on a golf course. The percentage of graduates hired as first assistants was highest from 1979-1989 (71%); in the 1990's the percentage was 46%, from 2000-2009 it was 36%, and from 2011-2017 it was 42%. There were only 14 graduates who took jobs on golf courses in the highest percentage years (1979-1989), while the lowest percentage corresponded to the years of peak enrollment at Kansas State University, and in turfgrass programs nationwide (2000-2009)." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | This item is an abstract only!
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"Poster Number: 1279" |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Keeley, S. J., and J. D. Fry. 2018. Career trajectory and satisfaction of Kansas State University golf/turf graduates from 1978-2017. Agron. Abr. p. 113731. |
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