Substitution and complementarity between managers and subordinates: Evidence from British football

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-286

  Bridgewater, Sue ^a   Kahn, Lawrence M ^b,c,d   Goodall, Amanda H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c IZA ^*  (Australia)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leadership; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955482503     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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