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The Contribution of Managers to Organizational Success: Evidence from German Soccer

Gerd Muehlheusser, Sandra Schneemann, Dirk Sliwka and Niklas Wallmeier

Journal of Sports Economics 19(6), 786–819

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Same team, better manager, more points. Bundesliga managers often switch clubs, which separates their effect from the team's. That effect predicts future results. Schematic, not data. MANAGER FROM THE BOTTOM MANAGER FROM THE TOP same players manager points considerably more
A schematic, not the measured sizes: teams with a manager from the top of the estimated ability distribution win considerably more points than teams with one from the bottom. Managers also shape how their team plays; teams whose manager used to be a professional player do worse on average.

In short

Bundesliga data, using the frequent moves of managers between teams: how much does the manager matter?

What we find

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Gerd Muehlheusser, Sandra Schneemann, Dirk Sliwka and Niklas Wallmeier (2018). “The Contribution of Managers to Organizational Success: Evidence from German Soccer.” Journal of Sports Economics 19(6), 786–819. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527002516674760

@article{muehlheusser2018contribution,
  author = {Muehlheusser, Gerd and Schneemann, Sandra and Sliwka, Dirk and Wallmeier, Niklas},
  title = {{The Contribution of Managers to Organizational Success: Evidence from German Soccer}},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {Journal of Sports Economics},
  volume = {19},
  number = {6},
  pages = {786--819},
  doi = {10.1177/1527002516674760}
}