Jumping through hoops: A longitudinal study of leader life cycles in the NBA

Giambatista, Robert C.

doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2004.07.002

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“…Likewise, McTeer et al (1995) found that within-season coaching changes across four professional sports leagues in North America-the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), and MLB-were associated with improved post-change performance improvements during that season, but not in the subsequent season. In contrast, when looking across seasons within a single league, both Giambatista (2004) and Rowe et al (2005) found that inseason coaching changes were disruptive and detrimental to team performance among NBA and NHL teams, respectively. However, coaching changes may have long-term benefits for team performance when they have time to learn Bthe right things to do and the right way to do those things ( Giambatista et al 2005, p. 974).…”

Section: Theory and Hypothesis Development Leader Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…As far back as the early 1960s, organizational researchers have been interested in understanding the impact of leader transitions on team performance in the sports industry (e.g., Cannella and Rowe 1995;Fabianic 1994;Giambatista 2004;Grusky 1960;Guest 1962). Initial work in this area found that in-season coaching changes resulted in short-run team performance improvements following the leader transition (Guest 1962).…”

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Ch-Ch-Ch-changes: How Action Phase Functional Leadership, Team Human Capital, and Interim vs. Permanent Leader Status Impact Post-transition Team Performance

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Section: Theory and Hypothesis Development Leader Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Theory and Hypothesis Development Leader Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ch-Ch-Ch-changes: How Action Phase Functional Leadership, Team Human Capital, and Interim vs. Permanent Leader Status Impact Post-transition Team Performance

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“…When a coach only leads a portion of all of the possible games of a season, it is highly desirable to depict the winning percentage obtained using an interval estimation because we are not sure if this punctual value at the moment of change reflects without error the strength of the team. This fact has not been addressed in past research on basketball, such as Fidel & D'itri (1999), Giambatista (2004) or McTeer, White & Persad (1995. This is also not considered in studies about other sports, such as soccer.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Regarding the experience/expertise of new coaches, Salomo, Teichmann & Albrechts (2000) and Giambatista (2004) considered this variable as a good proxy for evaluating coaches' abilities. In addition, Barros, Frick & Passos (2009) found that the probability of being dismissed was negatively affected by head coaches' experience and their winning percentage.…”

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“…This calibration process yielded a λ=1/50. We strongly believed that this S-shaped curve was a better model for characterizing coaching experience, rather than other forms of learning gains, such as the natural logarithm transformation achieved by Giambatista (2004). Logarithm yields a curve with increased diminishing returns to the extent that experience grows.…”

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New approaches of the effect of midseason coaching change on team performance in the history of the NBA. [Nuevo enfoque sobre el efecto del cambio de entrenador durante la temporada sobre el rendimiento de los equipos en la historia de la NBA].

Martínez¹

2017

Rev. int. cienc. deporte

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This research overcomes some of the drawbacks of the study of Martínez & Caudill (2013) regarding midseason coaching change in the National Basketball Association (NBA), adding new cases and achieving a disparate methodology. Changing a coach is an important managerial decision which does not guarantee improvement in the short term. Only about 12% of new coaches outperformed in a significantly way their predecessors. In order to maximize the probability of success, highly experienced coaches, with a long career as former professional players should be signed. In addition, change should be made before season advances, although it depends of the winning percentage of teams.Key words: coaching change; NBA; sports management. AbstractCorrespondence/correspondencia: José A. Martínez Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. España Email: josean.martinez@upct.es Esta investigación supera varias de las limitaciones del estudio de Martínez y Caudill (2013) sobre el cambio de entrenador durante la temporada en la National Basketball Association (NBA), incluyendo nuevos casos y empleando una metodología diferente. La decisión de cambiar un entrenador es una importante cuestión para los gestores deportivos que no garantiza la mejora del rendimiento del equipo en el corto plazo. Sólo un 12% de los nuevos entrenadores mejoraron de manera significativa el rendimiento de sus predecesores. Con el fin de maximizar la probabilidad de éxito, entrenadores con gran experiencia y con una carrera previa y larga como jugadores profesionales deberían ser contratados. Además, el cambio debería hacerse antes de que avanzara demasiado la competición, aunque ello depende del porcentaje de victorias de los equipos.Palabras clave: cambio de entrenador; NBA; gestión del deporte. Resumen

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The Effects of Leader Succession and Prior Leader Experience on Postsuccession Organizational Performance

Desai

Lockett

Paton

2015

Human Resource Management

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In this article we strive to reconcile equivocal findings about the effects of top leader succession and prior leadership experience on postsuccession organizational performance. In doing so, we draw on insights from theories of human capital, learning, and asymmetric information to better understand the conditions under which leaders increase or decrease postsuccession performance. Employing a sample of 119 newly appointed leaders in the English Premier League (1996–2010), we find the following results. First, relating to the succession event, outside leaders that directly move between leadership positions are associated with higher postsuccession performance while the departure of a prior leader to a leadership position in another organization has a negative effect on postsuccession performance. Second, relating to prior leadership experience, leaders with domestic top leader experience are associated with lower postsuccession performance, while leaders with foreign top leader experience are associated with higher postsuccession performance. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Jumping through hoops: A longitudinal study of leader life cycles in the NBA

Cited by 89 publications

References 37 publications

Ch-Ch-Ch-changes: How Action Phase Functional Leadership, Team Human Capital, and Interim vs. Permanent Leader Status Impact Post-transition Team Performance

Ch-Ch-Ch-changes: How Action Phase Functional Leadership, Team Human Capital, and Interim vs. Permanent Leader Status Impact Post-transition Team Performance

New approaches of the effect of midseason coaching change on team performance in the history of the NBA. [Nuevo enfoque sobre el efecto del cambio de entrenador durante la temporada sobre el rendimiento de los equipos en la historia de la NBA].

The Effects of Leader Succession and Prior Leader Experience on Postsuccession Organizational Performance

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