A theory of leadership is proposed and tested. Leaders are characterized as those who have the ability to choose the … right direction more frequently than their peers. The theory implies that leaders tend to be more able, place themselves in … visible decision making situations more frequently, and are generalists. Also, the most able leaders should be found in the …

communicates the future course of action of the organization. In practice, leaders learn about the best course of action for the … of the mission statement. But resolute leaders also inhibit communication with followers and leader resoluteness is …

The US Civil War provides researchers a unique opportunity to identify wartime leaders and thus to test theories of … leadership. By observing both leaders and followers during the war and forty years after it, I establish that the most able … became wartime leaders, that leading by example from the front was an effective strategy in reducing desertion rates, and …

the role of social interactions with local female leaders for sustaining program impacts. The social interactions are … identified through the randomized assignment of leaders and other beneficiaries to different cash transfer packages. Random … exposure to leaders that received the largest package was found to augment short-term program impacts on households …

Institutions of justice, like prisons, can be used to serve economic and other extrajudicial interests, with lasting …-day trust in legal institutions, such as the police, in areas with high historical exposure to colonial imprisonment; the … resulting reduction in trust is specific to legal institutions …

underlying the emergence of the joint-stock company, and for the debate regarding the link between institutions and economic … development …

. We show through a randomized controlled trial that school principals, i.e., school mangers, can act as leaders to improve … sector managers can signal reform effectiveness through personal commitment, acting as leaders …