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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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Article provided by LMU Munich School of Management in its journal Schmalenbach Business Review.

Volume (Year): 61 (2009)
Issue (Month): 2 (April)
Pages: 225-246

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Handle: RePEc:sbr:abstra:v:61:y:2009:i:2:p:225-246

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  1. Stephan Nüesch, 2009. "Are Demographic Diversity Effects Spurious?," Working Papers 0097, University of Zurich, Institute for Strategy and Business Economics (ISU).

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