Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

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The Effects of Managers on Organizational Performance in NBA and KBL Teams: The Moderating Role of Player Capabilities

프로스포츠 산업 조직 구성원의 역량에 따른 관리자의 역할: 미국프로농구(NBA)와 한국프로농구(KBL)의 감독과 선수단 전력 수준에 관한 실증연구 분석

  • Received : 2022.11.09
  • Accepted : 2022.12.26
  • Published : 2022.12.31
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Abstract

The role of venture CEO and their intrinsic capabilities on organizational performance can be determined by the level of resource synchronization initiated by the focal managers. Despite the important role of venture CEOs, a systematic lack of in-depth theoretical and empirical studies on ruminating the relationship between the effects of a CEO's capabilities and organizational performance depending on the level of resource synchronization exist for the rationale of investigation. To supplement the limitations of previous studies, this research empirically analyzes the role of managers specifically synchronizing organizational resources that affect organizational performance in the professional sports industry. Based on the entrepreneurship theory and resource-based view (RBV), this research conceptualizes the roles of venture CEO and basketball head coach in the professional sports industry as very similar in terms of organizational structure and performance mechanism embedding entrepreneurial characteristics necessary for managing organizational resources. In this research, we hypothesized (1) organizational resource synchronization will mediate the positive relationship between the ability of professional basketball head coach and organizational performance and (2) the indirect effect of the professional basketball head coach's capabilities on organizational performance mediated by resource synchronization will be moderated by the capabilities of players. To test these hypotheses, we utilized the PROCESS macro model 58 with the empirical data of 9 seasons (2013~2014-2021~2022) of 30 National Basketball Association (NBA) and 10 Korean Basketball League (KBL) teams. The statistical results showed that (1) resource synchronization mediates the positive relationship between professional basketball head coach capabilities and organizational performance and (2) the capabilities of players moderated the indirect effects of the abilities of head coaches on team performance via resource synchronization. This paper contributes to both academic and practical domains of entrepreneurship by empirically testing the research model through objective professional sports data.

벤처기업 CEO의 본질적인 역량과 역할은 관리자로서 조직의 자원을 얼마나 효율적으로 운영하는가에 달려있으며, 자원의 효율적 운영은 조직성과에 큰 영향을 미친다. 이러한 중요성에도 불구하고 CEO의 역량, 벤처기업 자원의 효율적 운영, 조직성과, 구성원의 역량 간에 어떤 관계가 존재하는지에 관한 이론적 고찰과 실증연구는 매우 부족한 실정이다. 기존 선행연구의 한계점을 보완하기 위해 본 연구에서는 프로스포츠 산업 조직 구성원의 역량에 따른 관리자의 감독역할에 대해 기업가정신(entrepreneurship)의 이론과 자원기반관점(resource-based view)을 프로스포츠 산업에 접목하여 이에 대한 실증분석을 진행하였다. 구체적으로, 벤처기업 CEO와 프로스포츠 감독의 역할이 조직구조와 성과 메커니즘의 측면에서 매우 흡사하며 조직의 자원을 효율적으로 운영하고 성과를 도출하는 측면에서 모두 기업가(entrepreneur)적 특성을 반드시 내재해야 한다고 본다. 프로스포츠팀 관리자로서의 감독역량과 조직성과 간의 관계에서 조직의 자원 효율성의 매개효과와 조직 구성원 역량에 대한 조절효과를 설명하고자 한다. 미국프로농구(NBA) 30개 구단과 한국프로농구(KBL) 10개 구단의 9개 시즌(2013~2014시즌 - 2021~2022시즌)의 감독과 팀 데이터의 실증분석 실행에 있어 프로세스 매크로 58 모형을 적용하여 본 연구의 가설을 검증하였다. 본 연구의 실증분석 결과, 미국프로농구와 한국프로농구 데이터 모두에서 (1) 프로농구팀의 자원 효율성은 감독의 역량과 승률 간의 정(+)의 관계를 매개하고, (2) 조직 구성원의 역량은 농구팀의 자원 효율성을 통한 감독역량이 승률에 미치는 간접효과를 조절(p<.05) 하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 비교적 객관적이면서도 정확하게 조직성과를 측정할 수 있는 프로스포츠 데이터를 활용하여 프로스포츠 산업에서 벤처기업의 CEO와 유사한 기업가적 임무를 수행해야 하는 감독 및 조직 구성원의 역량이 조직의 성과에 미치는 영향을 실증분석하는 한편, 스포츠산업 분야와 경영학 연구를 융합하였다는 의의가 있다.

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