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 …

managers, this investigation uses firm-level evidence from the British 1998 Workplace Employment Relationship Survey (WERS 98 … female managers into specific responsibilities, are avoided in the research presented here. The results show that workplaces … where the presence of women at management is higher are driven in a more democratic fashion, with more interpersonal and …

We study the influence of leadership on organisational performance and worker wellbeing using data from the 2004 and … panel of organisations reveal that virtuous leadership is significantly and positively linked to an upbeat assessment of … organisational performance, and an increase in worker wellbeing. Specifically, the estimates reveal that an increase in leadership …

managers do not receive higher pay all else equal, which implies that middle management ability is not fully tradable …We study the impact of and reward to middle management ability using data from 245 stores of a nationwide retailer. The … company scores six broad areas of management practice, the most important of which turns out to be "commercial awareness …