Asymmetries in Experiential and Vicarious Feedback: Lessons from the Hiring and Firing of Baseball Managers

We examine experiential and vicarious feedback in the hiring and firing of baseball managers. Realized outcomes play a large role in both decisions; the probability that a manager will be fired is a function of the team’s win–loss record, and a manager is quicker to be rehired if his teams had won m...

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Main Authors: David Strang, Kelly Patterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Sociological Science 2014-05-01
Series:Sociological Science
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Online Access:https://www.sociologicalscience.com/download/volume%201/may(3)/asymmetries-in-experiential-and-vicarious-feeback.pdf