The impact of managerial change on team performance in professional sports

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 633-650

  Audas, Rick ^a   Dobson, Stephen ^b   Goddard, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Managerial change; Ordered probit; Professional team sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036845454     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-6195(02)00120-0     Document Type: Article

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