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Coworker knowledge sharing and peer learning among elite footballers: Insights from German Bundesliga players

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  • Werner, Kim
  • Dickson, Geoff

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This research focuses on coworker learning and knowledge sharing amongst elite footballers. The authors provide an in-depth understanding on how elite footballers learn from their peers and which channels are used to share their knowledge. The authors also analyze how peer learning impacts an elite footballer’s development and performance and to what extent elite football clubs actively support peer learning. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 12 elite footballers from first and second division German Bundesliga clubs. The findings demonstrate that peers are very important sources of knowledge for elite footballers. There are four main knowledge sharing channels: observing/imitating, peer exchange/peer communication, labor mobility and knowledge brokers. The findings highlight the positive impact of knowledge sharing on elite players’ development and performance and call for future (knowledge) management tactics to specifically use this untapped potential.

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  • Werner, Kim & Dickson, Geoff, 2018. "Coworker knowledge sharing and peer learning among elite footballers: Insights from German Bundesliga players," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 21(5), pages 596-611.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spomar:v:21:y:2018:i:5:p:596-611
    DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2018.02.001
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