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June 20, 2026International Review of Sport and Exercise PsychologyOpen Access

Towards an expanding horizon: a systematic critical review of research on dual careers in sport and work

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JSJoar SvenssonLLLukas LinnérAIAndréas Ivarsson

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Overview

Systematic review summarizes research on dual careers in sport and work, highlighting gaps and future directions.

Key Points

  • This review aims to summarize existing research on dual careers of working-athletes and identify key contributions and gaps.
  • Conducted a systematic review of 30 articles focused on working-athletes' dual careers.
  • Used the term 'dual career' and seven postulates for critical analysis of literature.
  • Appraised and synthesized findings to identify research gaps and propose future directions.
  • Research on working-athletes' dual careers is growing but remains limited compared to student-athlete studies.
  • Key contributions from pioneering authors help in understanding support mechanisms for working-athletes.
  • Identified significant research gaps and provided recommendations for future studies to improve dual career support.

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Svensson et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a3630cadb0793dc1a537ccfhttps://doi.org/10.1080/1750984x.2026.2684923
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