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Team performance and managerial change in the English Football League
Author(s) -
Audas Richard,
Dobson Stephen,
Goddard John
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0270.00039
Subject(s) - football , league , business , set (abstract data type) , marketing , management , public relations , operations management , political science , economics , computer science , physics , astronomy , law , programming language
This paper investigates the relationship between team performance and managerial change in English football using a data set containing information on all match results and managerial job changes in the English Football League between 1972 and 1993. We find that poor recent form drives many managerial terminations, while managerial turnover is more rapid in the lower divisions. Significantly, managerial change appears to have a harmful effect on team performance immediately following a managerial termination.