CFP: Team Performance Management in the Sports Industry

Call for Papers
Team Performance Management in the Sports Industry
Team Performance Management
Guest Editor
Vanessa Ratten, Duquesne University, USA

Sport is a global industry that places emphasis on the role of team
performance (Schnytzer and Weinberg, 2008). Most types of sport involve
team work whether it is on the field or in the workplace. The composition
of a team will influence its performance (Higgs, Plewnia and Ploch, 2005).
It is important for all types of industries to learn from teamwork (Pineda
and Lerner, 2006). As the worldwide economy becomes more competitive it is
important to understand how organizations can deliver superior value
through focusing on team-based performance (Sumanski, Kolenc and Markic,
2007). The aim of this Special Issue in Team Performance Management is to
examine in more detail what makes a good team and how both academics and
practitioners can help their teams improve. Consistent with the objectives
of the journal, this special issue is interested in how to build high
performance teams in the sports context. Professional and amateur sporting
teams and organizations are useful to analyze to see how they enhance
teamwork and performance for their members (Ross, 2008). All different
types of research paradigms including both empirical and conceptual papers
are welcome in this special issue. The special issue will focus on team
performance management in the sports industry and includes, but is not
limited to, the following topics:

• The role of innovation to team performance management
• Sports marketing and entrepreneurial best practices in team performance
• Challenges of working with global teams in sporting clubs
• The role of social networks to develop sporting teams
• Ethics and social responsibility in sporting teams
• Targeting and segmentation strategies in sports-based team management
• Positioning and competitive advantage in sports teams
• How managers of sporting organizations successfully manage their team’s
performance
• Drivers and motivations of a successful sporting team
• Organizational work teams in sporting clubs
• How professional sporting organizations reward and compensate for good
team performance
• The role of team-based performance in sports
• The secrets of successful team building and development in sport
• Managerial examples of effective sporting teams
• Human resource development in sports teams
• The impact of team-work for sales managers in sports organizations
• The role of organizational change and managerial development for sports
teams

Manuscripts must be received by September 30th 2008. All manuscripts will
undergo a double-blind review process. Manuscripts submitted to the
Special Issue of Team Performance Management should not have been
previously published nor be submitted to any other journals during the
review process. As a guide, articles should be approximately 3000-6000
words in length. More information about the journal can be found on:
http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=tpm
Please submit manuscripts by September 30th in a word-compatible format
electronically to:

Vanessa Ratten
A.J. Palumbo School of Business Administration
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh PA 15282 USA
Email: vanessaratten@gmail.com

References
Higgs, M., Plewnia, U. and Ploch, J. (2005) ‘Influence of team composition
and task complexity on team performance’, Team Performance Management,
11(7-8): 227-250.
Pineda, C.R. and Lerner, L. (2006) ‘Goal attainment, satisfaction and
learning from teamwork’, Team Performance Management, 12(5-6): 182-191.
Ross, S.D. (2008) ‘Assessing the use of the brand personality scale in
team sport’, International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing,
3(1/2): 23-38.
Schnytzer, A. and Weinberg, G. (2008) ‘Testing for home team and favorite
biases in the Australian Rules Football Fixed-Odds and Point Spread
Betting Markets’, Journal of Sports Economics, 9: 173-190.
Sumanski, M.M., Kolenc, I. and Markic, M. (2007) ‘Teamwork and defining
group structures’, Team Performance Management, 13(3-4): 102-116.