Imperial College London
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Dr Jan-Michael Ross

Business School

Associate Professor of Strategy
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5105jan.ross Website

 
 
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Location

 

276Business School BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Fonti:2023:10.1177/01492063221117525,
author = {Fonti, F and Ross, J-M and Aversa, P},
doi = {10.1177/01492063221117525},
journal = {Journal of Management},
pages = {325--362},
title = {Using sports data to advance management research: a review and a guide for future studies},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01492063221117525},
volume = {49},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Sports contexts are increasingly used in management research to test and develop theory and explore managerially relevant phenomena. This growth in publications is likely driven by a series of advantages that sports data confers to management researchers. However, such positive features are not a panacea, as several drawbacks are also associated with leveraging sports data, which can limit their usefulness for management scholars. In this paper, we aim to provide management researchers guidance to leverage the advantages and avoid the drawbacks of leveraging sports contexts. To do so, we identify and review 249 papers published over the last 50 years that used sports data to advance managerial theories and shed light on managerial phenomena. After outlining how these works contributed to the growth of several key conversations in management research, we discuss the advantages of using sports data by outlining how they can advance management research both conceptually (e.g., theory building and radical theorizing) and empirically (e.g., triangulation and replication). We then discuss the potential drawbacks of research using sports data and suggest ways to compensate for them. We close by outlining several new directions in which scholars can leverage sports data to further advance management research.
AU  - Fonti,F
AU  - Ross,J-M
AU  - Aversa,P
DO  - 10.1177/01492063221117525
EP  - 362
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 0149-2063
SP  - 325
TI  - Using sports data to advance management research: a review and a guide for future studies
T2  - Journal of Management
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01492063221117525
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/98882
VL  - 49
ER  -
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