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| Title: | | The Interplay of Organizational Demography and Institutional Change  |
| Authors: | | Beck, Nikolaus Meyer, Mark |
| Issue Date: | | 2005 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion paper / Universität Erfurt, Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät 2005,002E |
| Abstract: | | Our paper analyzes the interplay of organizational demography with the propensity to adopt an innovative practice. In particular, we examine how the demographical composition of professional German football teams influenced the adoption of the chain-defense-system (?Viererkette?) as well as the success of implementing this system. In doing so we strongly believe that the underlying relationship between organizational demography and the innovation diffusion process is not only relevant for football teams: Other smaller organizations or profit centers whose team structures seem comparable to those of football teams might be subject to similar processes. We hypothesize that a high level of team heterogeneity leads to a greater propensity to change. We also hypothesize that homogeneous teams are more successful in executing a new practice once they have overcome their skepticism. Our results support the hypotheses on change, but do not provide final support for our hypothesis on performance. |
| Subjects: | | Organizational Behavior Economics of Sports Innovation and Invention Diffusion Process Duration Analysis Performance Analysis |
| JEL: | | L83 C41 O33 C25 O31 D23 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Discussion Papers, Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Erfurt
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