The effect of talent disparity on team productivity in soccer

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 218-229

  Franck, Egon ^a   Nüesch, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ability grouping; Ability level; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949484957     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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