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Substitution and complementarity between managers and subordinates : evidence from British football

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Bridgewater, Susan, Kahn, Lawrence M. and Goodall, Amanda (2011) Substitution and complementarity between managers and subordinates : evidence from British football. Labour Economics, Vol.18 (No.3). pp. 275-286. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2010.10.001 ISSN 0927-5371.

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Abstract

We use data on British football managers and teams over the 1994-2007 period to study substitution and complementarity between leaders and subordinates. We find for the Premier League (the highest level of competition) that, other things being equal, managers who themselves played at a higher level raise the productivity of less-skilled teams by more than that of highly skilled teams. This is consistent with the hypothesis that one function of a top manager is to communicate to subordinates the skills needed to succeed, since less skilled players have more to learn. However, we also find that managers with more accumulated professional managing experience raise the productivity of talented players by more than that of less-talented players. This is consistent with the hypothesis that a further function of successful managers in high-performance workplaces is to manage the egos of elite workers. Such a function is potentially more important the more accomplished the workers are-as indicated, in our data, by teams with greater payrolls. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Marketing & Strategic Management
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Leadership, Labor productivity, Soccer -- Management -- Great Britain, Soccer managers -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title: Labour Economics
Publisher: Elsevier BV
ISSN: 0927-5371
Official Date: June 2011
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June 2011Published
Volume: Vol.18
Number: No.3
Number of Pages: 12
Page Range: pp. 275-286
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.10.001
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Version or Related Resource: Bridgewater, S., Kahn, L. M. and Goodall, A. H. (2009). Substitution between managers and subordinates: evidence from British football. IZA DP, 4589, pp. 1-34.

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