The impact of experience and experiential diversity on the performance of national football teams
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2009-08-10
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper investigates the extent to which the performance of national football teams can be predicted by the experiential configurations of team members. We draw upon a database that contains performance data from the 64 matches at the FIFA World Cup 2006 and detailed biographical and career profiles of the 736 players who participated in the tournament. Our findings reveal little support for the notion that shared team experience is associated with higher performance of national teams, in contrast to the findings of previous research pertaining to club teams. In addition, our findings highlight the need to carefully manage experiential diversity in short-run performance settings in order to benefit from access to diverse tacit resources while at the same time avoiding that the integrative capacities of teams become overstretched.
Language
English
Keywords
team composition
team performance
sports teams
international experience
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Start page
1
Event Title
69th Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM) 2009 "Green Management Matters"
Event Location
Chicago, IL USA
Event Date
07.-11.08.2009
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
51138