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The contribution of managers to organizational success : evidence from German soccer
Hentschel, Sandra; Mühlheußer, Gerd; Sliwka, Dirk - 2014
We study the impact of managers on the success of professional soccer teams using data from the German "Bundesliga". We evaluate the performance impact of individual managers by estimating regression models that include both team and manager fixed effects, where we are exploiting the high...
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A theory of expert leadership
Goodall, Amanda H. - 2012
that has been addressed in the management literature. In a new 'theory of expert leadership' (TEL), this paper blends …-business industry; and (3) leadership capabilities, which include management skills and a leader's innate characteristics. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009539227
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Female workers, male managers : gender, leadership, and risk-taking
Rinne, Ulf; Sonnabend, Hendrik - 2019
This study examines gender differences in risk-taking behavior among managers in a female-dominated industry. Using data from international top-level women's soccer, we provide evidence that male coaches show a lower level of risk-taking than female coaches on average. We also find a U-shaped...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130097
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How do you find a good manager?
Weidmann, Ben; Vecci, Joseph; Said, Farah; Deming, David J. - 2024
This paper develops a novel method to identify the causal contribution of managers to team performance. The method requires repeated random assignment of managers to multiple teams and controls for individuals' skills. A good manager is someone who consistently causes their team to produce more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014584405
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Does management matter in schools?
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2014
We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year …-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational … outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434591
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Managerial practices and students' performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Schivardi, Fabiano; Sulis, Giovanni - 2014
the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408867
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What drives differences in management?
Bloom, Nicholas; Brynjolfsson, Erik; Foster, Lucia; … - 2017
Partnering with the Census we implement a new survey of "structured" management practices in 32,000 US manufacturing … plants. We find an enormous dispersion of management practices across plants, with 40% of this variation across plants within … the same firm. This management variation accounts for about a fifth of the spread of productivity, a similar fraction as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641779
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Not so lucky any more : CEO compensation in financially distressed firms
Kang, Qiang (contributor); Mitnik, Oscar A. (contributor) - 2008
There is a debate on whether executive pay reflects rent extraction due to "managerial power" or is the result of arms-length bargaining in a principal-agent framework. In this paper we offer a test of the managerial power hypothesis by empirically examining the CEO compensation of U.S. public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779098
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Social connections and incentives in the workplace : evidence from personnel data
Bandiera, Oriana (contributor); Barankay, Iwan (contributor) - 2008
We present evidence on the effect of social connections between workers and managers on productivity in the workplace. To evaluate whether the existence of social connections is beneficial to the firm's overall performance, we explore how the effects of social connections vary with the strength...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793735
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Distributive justice and CEO compensation
Jasso, Guillermina (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper develops a framework for studying individuals' ideas about what constitutes just compensation for chief executive officers (CEOs) and reports estimates of just CEO pay and the principles guiding ideas of justice. The sample consists of students pursuing a Master of Business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003666463