Do Managers Matter : Evidence from E-sports

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dc.contributor.authorCoates, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorParshakov, Petr
dc.contributor.authorPaklina, Sofia
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-21T17:11:03Z
dc.date.available2019-11-21T17:11:03Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-12
dc.description.abstractGrowing importance of human resources places the role of managers at the core of company efficiency. However, there are studies that demonstrate the efficiency of teams without a manager, so-called self-managed teams, is higher comparing with managed teams. Thus, despite the focus on managerial efficiency in the economic literature, the issue of whether a team needs a manager is far from settled. In this paper, we use a quasi-experimental setting from eSports (competitive video gaming) to understand whether the hiring a manager is of benefit to team performance. The empirical part of the study is based an endogenous switching regression model. This method allows investigating what performance of self-managed team would be if it will have a manager and vice versa. The dataset includes the information of prize money and features of top e-Sports teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (e-Sports discipline) from 2013 to 2017. The main finding of this study is that managed teams perform better than self-managed ones but this is not due to the manager.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study comprises research findings from the «Intangible-driven dynamics in economics and finance» carried out within International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy (ID Lab) of the National Research University Higher School of Economics’ Basic Research Program.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/coep.12442en_US
dc.format.extent18 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articles postprintsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m20phw-x8s6
dc.identifier.citationCoates, Dennis; Parshakov, Petr; Paklina, Sofia; Do Managers Matter : Evidence from E-sports; Contemporary Economic Policy 38,1 (2019); https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/coep.12442en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12442
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/16483
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWestern Economic Association Internationalen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.rightsThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: “Coates, Dennis; Parshakov, Petr; Paklina, Sofia; Do Managers Matter: Evidence from E-sports; Contemporary Economic Policy 38, 1 (2019); https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/coep.12442 ”, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12442. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
dc.rightsAccess to this item will begin on 2021-08-12
dc.subjecthuman resourcesen_US
dc.subjectmanagersen_US
dc.subjectcompany efficiencyen_US
dc.subjectself-managed teamsen_US
dc.subjectendogenous switching regression modelen_US
dc.titleDo Managers Matter : Evidence from E-sportsen_US
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