Esports Players’ Transition out of Esports: Is There Life After Esports?

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dc.contributor.authorHong, Hee Jung
dc.contributor.authorHong, Seung Han
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-27T19:10:36Z
dc.date.available2022-12-27T19:10:36Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-03
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to explore retired/retiring esports players’ experience of transitioning out of esports. To provide in-depth insights into esports players’ transition experiences that may contribute to young players being better prepared for their own transitions, a qualitative approach was applied and four retired professional esports players in South Korea were interviewed. Thematic analysis was applied, and four themes were identified: Pressure and Uncertainty; Lack of Pre-Retirement Planning; Need for Mentorship; Need for Realism about Talent. The findings highlight that esports players experience pressure and struggle with job/finance insecurity during their careers, and that this contributes significantly to their retirement decisions. Lack of pre-retirement planning causes them to be ill-prepared for their life after esports. The study provides empirical evidence which should encourage the industry and stakeholders to establish structured systems to support esports players’ transitions out of esports.
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dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2023.475
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-6-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/103106
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectEsports
dc.subjectcareer planning and development
dc.subjectcareer transitions in esports
dc.subjectesports players
dc.subjectlife after esports
dc.subjectsupport systems.
dc.titleEsports Players’ Transition out of Esports: Is There Life After Esports?
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