Coaching for survival: The hazards of head coach careers in the German 'Bundesliga'

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 3303-3311

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a   Frick, Bernd ^b   Passos, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; WAGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 70350749465     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701721455     Document Type: Article

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