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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 …
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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 …-wage effect varies from four percent for a broad definition of leadership in 1971 to twenty-four percent for a narrow definition …
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This study examines gender differences in risk-taking behavior among managers in a female-dominated industry. Using …
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human cooperation. Three implications for leadership are derived, which are summarized under the notion CC strategy. Firstly … interdisciplinary exchange of both methods and ideas in leadership research. …
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leadership positions. Our results reveal that the gender of the dominant shareholder is key. The chief executive of firms with a …
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We study the effect on coordination in a minimum-effort game of a leader's gender depending on whether the leader is democratically elected or is randomly-selected. Leaders use non-binding messages to try to convince followers to coordinate on the Pareto-efficient equilibrium. We find that teams...
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Nearly all workers have a supervisor or 'boss'. Yet there is almost no published research by economists into how bosses affect the quality of employees' lives. This study offers some of the first formal evidence. First, it is shown that a boss's technical competence is the single strongest...
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Public speaking is an important skill for career prospects and for leadership positions, but many people tend to avoid …
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people promoted to be managers, team leaders, and supervisors? Gallup data and the famous Peter Principle both suggest that …
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managers, coupled with bonuses based on their leadership rank among all leaders. Our intervention increased worker productivity …In teamwork settings, providing effective leadership can be challenging for team leaders due to multitasking and the … difficulty in measuring and rewarding leadership input. These challenges might lead to underprovision of leadership activities …
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