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Player Retention

Player Retention is a theoretical construct within the domain of player development that denotes the extent to which players maintain ongoing engagement and continued participation in a sport or gaming environment over time, distinguished from related constructs by its specific focus on sustained involvement as an indicator of developmental continuity and system effectiveness.

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309

Authors

154

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2017–2026

46

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Publications

102

Sunk Costs in the NBA: Why Draft Order Affects Playing Time and Survival in Professional Basketball

Barry M. Staw, Ha Hoang · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1995 · 415 citations

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The possession game? A comparative analysis of ball retention and team success in European and international football, 2007–2010

Christian Collet · Journal of Sports Sciences · 2012 · 294 citations

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Using Self-Determination Theory to Explain Sport Persistence and Dropout in Adolescent Athletes

Tomás García‐Calvo, Eduardo Cervelló, Ruth Jiménez Castuera et al. · The Spanish Journal of Psychology · 2010 · 208 citations

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The prevalence, influential factors and mechanisms of relative age effects in UK Rugby League

Kevin Till, Stephen Cobley, Nick Wattie et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · 2009 · 187 citations · Full text

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Volunteer retention in community sport organisations

Graham Cuskelly · European Sport Management Quarterly · 2004 · 161 citations

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Authors

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  1. AD
    Anders Drachen

    University of York, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 140 citations

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  2. PC
    Peter Cowling

    University of Bradford, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 90 citations

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  3. PT
    Pin-Yun Tarng

    National Taiwan University, Taiwan

    3 publications · 96 citations

    3

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  4. RS
    Rafet Sifa

    Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems, Germany

    3 publications · 115 citations

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  5. SD
    Sam Devlin

    University of York, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 90 citations

    3

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Institutions

154

  1. National Taiwan University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    682 citations

  2. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    369 citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    700 citations

  4. Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems

    Sankt Augustin, Germany

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    263 citations

  5. Victoria University

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    363 citations

  6. Aalborg University

    Aalborg, Denmark

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    115 citations

  7. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    420 citations

  8. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    96 citations

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  2. Journal of Sports Sciences

    3 publications · 445 citations

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  3. Games and Culture

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  5. Atlantic Economic Journal

    AEJ · 2 publications · 82 citations

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