's technical competence is the single strongest predictor of a worker's well-being. Second, we examine equivalent instrumental …

people promoted to be managers, team leaders, and supervisors? Gallup data and the famous Peter Principle both suggest that …

that has been addressed in the management literature. In a new 'theory of expert leadership' (TEL), this paper blends …-business industry; and (3) leadership capabilities, which include management skills and a leader's innate characteristics. This paper …

We use data on British football managers and teams over the 1994-2007 period to study substitution and complementarity … equal, managers who themselves played at a higher level raise the productivity of less-skilled teams by more than that of … subordinates the skills needed to succeed, since less skilled players have more to learn. We also find that managers with more …

leader" model of leadership. We differentiate between four kinds of leaders according to their level of inherent knowledge … and mechanics compared with leaders who were principally managers or engineers with degrees. There is a notable … careers go on to be the most successful leaders. -- expert leaders ; leadership ; organizational performance ; high …

The supply of women into senior management has changed little despite well-intentioned efforts. We argue that the … idea. It is to use a particular form of random selection of candidates to increase the supply of women into management …

. -- Organizational performance ; firms ; leadership ; fixed-effects ; productivity …

Although it has long been conjectured that having physicians in leadership positions is valuable for hospital …-physician managers. The paper finds a strong positive association between the ranked quality of a hospital and whether the CEO is a … managers, but it is consistent with such claims and suggests that this area is now an important one for systematic future …