Differences in National Identity, Violence and Conflict in International Sport Tournaments: Hic Sunt Leones!

Caruso, Raul; Domizio, Marco Di; Savage, David A.

doi:10.1111/kykl.12147

Cited by 13 publications

(14 citation statements)

References 54 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Therefore, in Table 5, we explore the impact of Migrant Fractionalization on three proxies of poor team coordination: the number of fouls, red and yellow cards. For example, Caruso et al (2017) used these variables as proxies for conflict. We replicate the analysis in columns (3) and (6) of Table 2, but employing each of the three variables as the dependent one.…”

Section: Heterogeneity and Channelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migrant diversity and team performance in a high‐skilled labour market

Addesa

Pazzona

Rossi

2022

Kyklos

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

From a theoretical point of view, the link between workplace diversity and performance in a high-skilled context is ambiguous. Likewise, empirical research at the firm or plant level finds inconclusive and context-specific results. Using a detailed database that covers all the 3,999 matches played by Italian Serie A teams (firms) over a 10-season period, our results reveal a substantial and robust negative effect of fractionalization on performance, whereas no effect is found for polarization. This article also highlights how the negative effect of fractionalization depends on the nature of the tasks to be completed, the wealth of the teams and the level of workers' experience. This work reveals some myopia in hiring practices and suggests that firms should make better decisions in choosing the optimal mix of workers. | INTRODUCTION & MOTIVATIONChallenges such as ageing populations and labour shortages are more relevant than ever before, and high-skilled labour immigration is a potential solution to address them. Consequently, there has been increasing competition for talent worldwide, with national and regional policies being implemented in recent years not only in major Western economies but also in Asian and Latin American countries (Cerna, 2016). For each major economy, attracting highskilled talent is an important aspect of its national strategy to protect and develop its knowledge base, while, at the same time, economic and health crises and growing political tensions over immigration can be counterproductive.Most recent empirical evidence has found that more diverse high skilled migrants provide a positive economic contribution, especially in richer countries (

show abstract

Section: Heterogeneity and Channelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migrant diversity and team performance in a high‐skilled labour market

Addesa

Pazzona

Rossi

2022

Kyklos

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…For a discussion of group identity, see Caruso, Di Domizio, and Savage (2015, 2017) and Savage (2016). …”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a complex model of disaster behaviour

Savage

2019

Disasters

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper outlines why a move towards a complex adaptive systems model of behaviour is required if the goal is to generate better understanding of how individuals and groups interact with their environment in a disaster setting. To accomplish this objective, a bridge must be built between the broader social sciences and behavioural economics to incorporate discipline‐specific insights that are needed to move towards complexity. This is only possible through a deeper understanding of behaviour and how the environment in which they occur can influence actions. It is then that one can counteract the poor behavioural predictions, flawed policies based on myth, inefficient design, and suboptimal outcomes that have flourished in the absence of a complex adaptive systems model. This paper provides a conceptual framework that draws on concepts from across the natural and social sciences, such as behavioural economics, endocrinology, psychology, sociobiology, and sociology in order to build an interactive theory of disaster behaviour.

show abstract

“…Indeed, scholars have found it difficult to disentangle the effects of culture empirically from other possible determinants (such as legal institutions or poverty) that drive violence. Following the literature on the subject (Miguel et al 2008), we believe that soccer, one of the most popular sports in the world (Boeri and Severgnini 2012), which fills stadia with hundreds of thousands of spectators every week, and which was watched by four billion people on television (Caruso et al 2017), or five, as projected by Gianni Infantino for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, offers an interesting quasi-experimental setting (Altman et al 2021) in which to investigate this. Indeed, apart from being of interest to sports science, since it may help to clarify the outcome and determinants of top-tier sports events, this study also contributes to the economic literature studying the relationship between religious affiliation and violence (Canetti et al 2010;Murphy 2011).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

In Hoc Signo Vinces—an Exploratory Study on the Impact of Religion on Violence in Sport

Alfano

Guarino²,

Rotondo³

2023

J Econ Race Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Does religion continue to spur violence even in contemporary times? This work aims to shed some light on the relationship between belonging to a given religion and violent behavior. Whereas religions often preach love and caring for others (meaning that among believers, a decrease in the level of violence may be registered), at the same time, it could be argued that a religious sense of belonging shapes self-identity and that in challenging situations this increases violence, especially towards foreigners. To test this hypothesis, we gathered data about yellow and red cards from the FIFA World Cup, obtaining a dataset of quasi-experimental data on violence, which we integrated with the Religious Characteristics of States Dataset Project. Via a quantitative analysis that employs different estimators, our results show that the more Christians there are in a country, the more violent its national team will be, whereas the more Buddhists there are, the less violent the team will be. No significant relationship is found with regard to Jews or Muslims. Finally, when investigating Christian confessions, Eastern Christians appear to show the most violent behavior.

show abstract

Differences in National Identity, Violence and Conflict in International Sport Tournaments: Hic Sunt Leones!

Cited by 13 publications

References 54 publications

Migrant diversity and team performance in a high‐skilled labour market

Migrant diversity and team performance in a high‐skilled labour market

Towards a complex model of disaster behaviour

In Hoc Signo Vinces—an Exploratory Study on the Impact of Religion on Violence in Sport

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About