The Contribution of Managers to Organizational Success

Gerd Muehlheusser, Sandra Schneemann, Dirk Sliwka and Niklas Wallmeier

Journal of Sports Economics, 2018, vol. 19, issue 6, 786-819

Abstract: We study the impact of managers on the success of professional soccer teams using data from the German Bundesliga , where we are exploiting the high turnover rate of managers between teams to disentangle the managers’ contributions. Teams employing a manager from the top of the ability distribution gain on average considerably more points than those employing a manager from the bottom. Moreover, estimated abilities have significant predictive power for future performance. Managers also affect teams’ playing style. Finally, teams whose manager has been a former professional player perform worse on average compared to managers without a professional player career.

Keywords: managerial skills; human capital; empirical; fixed effects; professional sports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/1527002516674760

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