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Leiharbeit im Profifußball – Sind ausgeliehene Bundesligaspieler stärker motiviert? / Labour Leasing in Professional Football – Are Temporary Players More Ambitious?

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  • Müller Michael

    (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für Organisationsökonomik, Scharnhorststr. 100, Raum 123, 48151 Münster)

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Previous studies on labour leasing have focused primarily on working conditions of temporary workers and on the strategic decision of employing them. This paper tries to gain first insights into the performance of temporary workers. The labour market for professional football players is especially suited for this kind of research due to the observability of the players’ performance. This exemplary market has certain analogies to conventional labour markets. Uncertainty caused by the labour leasing creates incentives for temporary players to increase their performance levels in the periods of their leasing. Empirically, temporary players exhibit higher levels of effort when they are leased, which they cannot reproduce in a following long-term employment. In addition to the performance development, factors influencing the leasing behaviour of the Bundesliga clubs are analysed. It can be shown that specific modifications of the institutional framework influence the leasing decisions.

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  • Müller Michael, 2015. "Leiharbeit im Profifußball – Sind ausgeliehene Bundesligaspieler stärker motiviert? / Labour Leasing in Professional Football – Are Temporary Players More Ambitious?," Arbeit, De Gruyter, vol. 24(3-4), pages 173-194, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:arbeit:v:24:y:2015:i:3-4:p:173-194:n:5
    DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2016-0013
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