Overconfidence is a well-established behavioral phenomenon that involves an overestimation of own capabilities. We introduce a model, in which managers and agents exert effort in a joint production, after the manager decides on the allocation of the tasks. A rational manager tends to delegate...

Mehr Flexibilität im Arbeitsmarkt hat kürzere und flüchtigere Beziehungen zwischen Arbeitgeber und Arbeitnehmer zur Folge. Damit erodieren Vertrauen und Loyalität, wodurch Betriebe mehr Manager benötigen, um die Folgen einzudämmen. Die Autoren zeigen am Beispiel der Niederlande, dass...

This research investigated employees' psychological dispositions of positive affect, negative affect, and cynicism as potential influences upon their perceptions of psychological contract fulfillment or violation. Leader-member exchange (LMX) was hypothesized to serve as a partial mediator of...

This article explains why leadership-as-practice development (LAPD) is a preferred leadership development approach in the contemporary digital era. Rather than dwelling on generic leader competencies that may not apply to the setting, learning is brought into “lived” (not simulated)...

Effective teaming depends on the abilities and attributes of the team members, and also on the the context of the organization and group. The importance of team member attributes varies with domain and within a profession. Team managers may display different preferences as to the ideal...

Prior economic research is very critical about family CEOs and family management. Nepotism, altruism, lower managerial abilities, and a small pool of qualified family candidates are cited as reasons that speak against family management. Still, the empirical reality is different. A surprisingly...

Social innovations create social change or disruptions in society. These disruptions can be both positive and negative. Social perceptions on the benefits as well as the costs of change may influence society's reaction to the social innovation. A change in social perception may trigger Black...

The concept of competence in science education is in the midst of individual and collective performance. The complexity of the activity of running school has found a certain specific of its management that is materialized in two dimensions of the school activity: the variety of categories of...

Firms with narcissistic CEOs are more likely to experience the turnover of non-CEO executives; this effect is amplified for executives with pay closer to the CEO's pay. Stock price reactions to narcissism-induced departures are more negative the longer the non-CEO executive's tenure. If...

We investigate the joint impact of managers at different hierarchical levels on firm performance in Major League Baseball. We separately quantify the contribution of upper and middle managers and the impact of their match quality—the degree to which managers cooperate effectively across layers...