This paper develops a novel method to identify the causal contribution of managers to team performance. The method … someone who consistently causes their team to produce more than the sum of their parts. Good managers have roughly twice the … impact on team performance as good workers. People who nominate themselves to be in charge perform worse than managers …

complementary skills. However, teamwork may also substitute intensive selection if team members engage in mutual monitoring and peer …Teamwork has become widely embraced in recent decades; however, its adoption carries significant implications that … require thorough understanding. In this paper, we study the relationship between teamwork and selection intensity. The use of …