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Power, performance, and expectations in the dismissal of NBA coaches: A survival analysis study

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  • David B. Wangrow
  • Donald J. Schepker
  • Vincent L. Barker

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•NBA coach dismissals examined using a Cox Proportional Hazards event-history model.•Results show that dismissal is caused by more than just organizational performance.•Three dimensions of power found to influence the likelihood of dismissal.•Curvilinear relationship found between team performance and likelihood of dismissal.•Ownership/key stakeholder expectations found to alter the likelihood of dismissal.Researchers focusing on coach dismissal often examine organizational performance as an antecedent; however, there has been minimal attention to the ways in which countervailing dimensions of power associated with coaches and ownership influence dismissal decisions, while still considering performance as well as expectations. To understand how power, performance and expectations affect coach dismissals, the authors examine the tenures of coaches in the North American-based National Basketball Association and use survival analysis to test a model of coach dismissals using 31 years of observations. The authors find that coach dismissal is a process influenced not only by team performance, but also expectations and a coach’s power that accrues from both structure and prestige. Additional findings suggest that expert power influences the likelihood of coach dismissal, but only after the coach has been in the job for several years. Finally, the authors found a non-linear relationship between performance and the probability of coach dismissal, suggesting that single events (i.e., wins or losses) have less influence on the probability of dismissal when performance is very poor or above average.

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  • David B. Wangrow & Donald J. Schepker & Vincent L. Barker, 2018. "Power, performance, and expectations in the dismissal of NBA coaches: A survival analysis study," Sport Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(4), pages 333-346, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsmrxx:v:21:y:2018:i:4:p:333-346
    DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2017.08.002
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    1. Salaga, Steven & Juravich, Matthew, 2020. "National Football League head coach race, performance, retention, and dismissal," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 23(5), pages 978-991.
    2. Jonathan A. Jensen, 2023. "Searching for the "Holy Grail" of sponsorship-linked marketing: A generalizable sponsorship ROI model," Papers 2305.09473, arXiv.org.

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