The positive role of transformational leadership on productivity and mental well-being has long been established …. Transformational leadership behavior may be particularly suited to navigate times of crisis which are characterized by high levels of … complexity and uncertainty. We exploit quasi-random assignment of employees to managers and study the role of frontline managers …

, subjects can apply for leadership, whereas in the control treatment, we assign leadership randomly. Results reveal that women … leaders, we find that sorting into leadership is not related to individual honesty preferences. In the control we find that … leadership, as they align dishonest behavior with their belief on group members' honesty preferences. …

relationship between leadership and the spread of conspiracy theories. We propose that leaders spread conspiracy theories in …

environments, we use a laboratory experiment in which we form groups and assign leadership roles at random. We study an environment …

, little is known about the effect of leadership in group contests. We conduct a group contest experiment, comparing two types … of leadership—leading-by-example and transactional leadership— and investigating the effect of communication between … there is leading-by-example but not when there is transactional leadership. Overall, leaders do not mitigate the over …

or they study emotions out of interest for the emotion itself. While some analyses display a strong overlap between … approaches to emotion research. Ways how to reduce this gap are discussed. …