Department

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

Success within teams is a result of many factors and may vary across situations and the teams themselves being examined (Morgan, Campione, and Jerrell, 2004). Take for example team success within business. Some may predict that success within teams is due to individual & collaborative efforts, individual & team efficacy, and a shared mental model. But success depends on the context in which the work takes places as well as other factors such as if the work encourages a highly collaborative environment versus work that requires low collaboration within job task completion. One factor not entirely addressed is variance within industry. That is, how is success within athletics achieved? Is it the same, or even like success within a business environment? Moreover, how is high performance within soccer teams, specifically in Major League Soccer, achieved? This study is an attempt to explain variance in team performance within soccer teams in Major League Soccer. We conducted a concomitant time series analysis to determine whether turnover directly or indirectly attributes to team performance. Anecdotally, it is a widespread common belief that poor team performance in sports is due to either poor coaching, or poor individual performance of players. Thus, teams will trade players and/or fire head coaches. This study will attempt to identify how turnover of players and managers contributes to team performance. Archival data obtained from an open-source collection center (mlssoccer.com) was used to gather data.

Date

10-24-2020

Subject

Industrial and organizational psychology

Document Type

posters

Language

English

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License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

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The Impact of Turnover on Team Performance within Major League Soccer Teams

Success within teams is a result of many factors and may vary across situations and the teams themselves being examined (Morgan, Campione, and Jerrell, 2004). Take for example team success within business. Some may predict that success within teams is due to individual & collaborative efforts, individual & team efficacy, and a shared mental model. But success depends on the context in which the work takes places as well as other factors such as if the work encourages a highly collaborative environment versus work that requires low collaboration within job task completion. One factor not entirely addressed is variance within industry. That is, how is success within athletics achieved? Is it the same, or even like success within a business environment? Moreover, how is high performance within soccer teams, specifically in Major League Soccer, achieved? This study is an attempt to explain variance in team performance within soccer teams in Major League Soccer. We conducted a concomitant time series analysis to determine whether turnover directly or indirectly attributes to team performance. Anecdotally, it is a widespread common belief that poor team performance in sports is due to either poor coaching, or poor individual performance of players. Thus, teams will trade players and/or fire head coaches. This study will attempt to identify how turnover of players and managers contributes to team performance. Archival data obtained from an open-source collection center (mlssoccer.com) was used to gather data.