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Author:   Neil Longley
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781786430908

ISBN 10:   1786430908
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   26 October 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents: Preface 1. An introduction to personnel economics and its application to sport Neil Longley PART I RECRUITING AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT 2. The failed promise of the draft in the NFL and NBA David Berri 3. The golden generation: the personnel economics of youth recruitment in European professional soccer Joachim Prinz and Daniel Weimar PART II PAY, PERFORMANCE, AND INCENTIVES 4. Determining the drivers of player valuation and compensation in professional sport: traditional economic approaches and emerging advances Christian Deutscher 5. Multi-period contracts as risk management in professional sports Joel Maxcy PART III TEAMWORK, AND THE IMPACTS OF MANAGEMENT 6. Impacts of co-worker heterogeneity on team performance Robert Simmons 7. Pay dispersion and productivity in sports Leo Kahane 8. Magicians, scapegoats and firefighters: the peculiar role of head coaches in professional soccer Bernd Frick Index

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`For his Personnel Economics in Sports, Professor Longley collects a star lineup to bring the hot topic of personnel economics to bear on recruitment, the relationship between pay and performance, and management impacts. I've placed my copy right next to the rest of the important references in sports economics.' -- Rodney Fort, University of Michigan, US

'For his Personnel Economics in Sports, Professor Longley collects a star lineup to bring the hot topic of personnel economics to bear on recruitment, the relationship between pay and performance, and management impacts. I've placed my copy right next to the rest of the important references in sports economics.' -- Rodney Fort, University of Michigan, US

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Edited by Neil Longley, Full Professor, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US

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