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The Effect from National Diversity on Team Production – Empirical Evidence from the Sports Industry

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  • Leif Brandes
  • Egon Franck
  • Philipp Theiler

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We analyze the effect of national diversity on sports team performance. Due to language barriers, we expect the team’s productivity to decrease with the number of nationalities, but that the introduction of further nations and further aspects of different cultures might lead to additional skills within the team. We test our hypothesis on a seasonal individual team basis. We do not find that national diversity among team members significantly influences a team’s performance. However, we find that the influence of national diversity on team performance depends on the nature of the underlying task.

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  • Leif Brandes & Egon Franck & Philipp Theiler, 2009. "The Effect from National Diversity on Team Production – Empirical Evidence from the Sports Industry," Schmalenbach Business Review (sbr), LMU Munich School of Management, vol. 61(2), pages 225-246, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sbr:abstra:v:61:y:2009:i:2:p:225-246
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    1. Bernd Frick & Anica Rose, 2017. "Over the top: Team composition and performance in Himalayan expeditions," Working Papers Dissertations 24, Paderborn University, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics.
    2. Stephan Nüesch, 2009. "Are Demographic Diversity Effects Spurious?," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(3), pages 379-388, December.
    3. Moritz Bonn, 2012. "Costs and Benefits of Immigration and Multicultural Interaction," MAGKS Papers on Economics 201240, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
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    9. Göke Stefan & Prinz Joachim & Weimar Daniel, 2014. "Diamonds are Forever: Job-Matching and Career Success of Young Workers," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 234(4), pages 450-473, August.

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    Keywords

    Corporate Venture Capital; Dynamic Social Network Perspective; Innovation Generation; Knowledge Broker; Knowledge Transfer and Creation;
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    JEL classification:

    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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