requires repeated random assignment of managers to multiple teams and controls for individuals' skills. A good manager is … appointed by lottery, in part because self-promoted managers are overconfident, especially about their social skills. Managerial …. Selecting managers on skills rather than demographics or preferences for leadership could substantially increase organizational …

brightest managers to the public sector abound. This paper studies self-selection into managerial positions in the public and … ability is always higher in the private sector. As a result, relatively many of the more able managers self-select into the …

We study the impact of managers on the success of professional soccer teams using data from the German "Bundesliga". We … evaluate the performance impact of individual managers by estimating regression models that include both team and manager fixed … effects, where we are exploiting the high turnover of managers between teams to disentangle the managers' contributions. We …

American business seems to be infatuated with its workers' "leadership" skills. Is there such a thing, and is it … leadership positions in high school earn more as adults, even when cognitive skills are held constant. The pure leadership … adults, and leadership skills command a higher wage premium within managerial occupations than other jobs. We find evidence …

mobility in the CEO market, even though firms demand general CEO skills. The empowerment mechanism explains why CEOs are …

-wage profile is much steeper than in domestic firms, especially for managers as opposed to blue-collar workers. Second, the higher … lifetime wage income for managers in internationally active firms relies on the stronger accumulation of experience that these …

managers, coupled with bonuses based on their leadership rank among all leaders. Our intervention increased worker productivity …