Team Performance Management: Volume 15 Issue 3/4

The impact of sports on team performance management

Vanessa Ratten

The purpose of this editorial is to introduce the special issue on the relationship of performance management to sports teams.

Mentor functions in NCAA women's soccer coaching dyads

Eileen M. Narcotta, Jeffrey C. Petersen, Scott R. Johnson

Team performance in sport is not limited to the players, but extends to the coaching staff and their relationships. This study aims to identify mentoring functions reported by…

Team segmentation at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships

Coyte Cooper

The purpose of the research is to identify strategies to maximize fan attendance at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships through the creation of segmented markets based on…

Relationships between pay satisfaction, work‐family conflict, and coaching turnover intentions

Timothy David Ryan, Michael Sagas

The purpose of this study is to examine within college coaches the effects of pay satisfaction and work‐family conflict (WFC) on occupational turnover intentions. Specifically, it…

Managing legitimacy and uncertainty in professional team sport: the NBA's draft lottery

Brian P. Soebbing, Daniel S. Mason

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the complexity of – and conflicts inherent in – managing sports leagues at both the league and franchise level.

Organizational structure and home team performance

William M. Foster, Marvin Washington

The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate that organizational task interdependence has an impact on the performance of home teams in sport.

Volunteer motivation and demographic influences at a professional tennis event

Gina Pauline, Jeffrey S. Pauline

The purpose of the paper is to examine the demographic make‐up of volunteers and their motives for participating in a professional tennis event.

Luxury suites and team selling in professional sport

Heather J. Lawrence, Christopher R. Moberg

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for team selling to sports firms that can be used to more effectively select members for sales and CRM teams and improve the…

NFL head coaches as sensegiving change agents

J. Goosby Smith

The purpose of this paper is to suggest that a key role of the professional US NFL head coach is as a sensemaker, sensegiver, and driver of intentional change.

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