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We investigate how the selection process of a leader affects team performance with respect to social learning. We use a … selection is either based on competence, on self-confidence, or made at random. Teams with random leaders do not underperform … compared to competent leaders, and they even outperform teams whose leader is selected based on self-confidence. The reason is …

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