We consider a leader and a subordinate he appoints who engage in team production. The public observes the organization's performance, but is unable to determine the separate contributions of the leader and of the subordinate. The leader may therefore claim credit for the good work of his...

How much knowledge should leaders have of their organization's core business? This is an important question but not one that has been addressed in the management literature. In a new 'theory of expert leadership' (TEL), this paper blends conceptual work with recent empirical evidence. It...

The article provides a critical discussion of the literature on 'patrimonialism' and 'neopatrimonialism' as far as the use in Development Studies in general or African Studies in particular is concerned. To overcome the catch-all use of the concept the authors present their own definition of...

This paper is an attempt to understand the effects of leaders on organizational performance. We argue for an expert leader model of leadership. We differentiate between four kinds of leaders according to their level of inherent knowledge and industry experience. After controlling for confounding...

Recent research suggests that much of the cross-firm variation in measured productivity is due to differences in use of advanced management practices. Many of these practices - including monitoring, goal setting, and the use of incentives - are mediated through employee decision-making and...

Intellectual property rights are legal constraints that limit entry in industries where incumbentsare innovators. The set of legal constraints is the same for all industries, withoutconsidering that the externalities created by entry are not necessarily negative for the incumbentor that the...

Ziel dieser Studie ist die Untersuchung, ob mobile Achtsamkeitsmeditationen eine Wirksamkeit auf die individuelle Achtsamkeit bei Führungskräften entfalten. Die Führungskräfte stammen aus einem Dienstleistungsunternehmen mit Konzernanbindung in Deutschland und verteilen sich auf die untere...

Viele Kommunikationsmanager stehen vor der Herausfoderung, agile Strukturen zu implementieren und ihr Team agiler zu gestalten - keine leichte Aufgabe, denn es gilt vieles zu beachten. Es bedarf einer neuen Unternehmenskultur, neuer Prozesse und Tools, neuer Kompetenzen und...

Based on practitioners’ experience of making things work on the ground, severalcommon themes emerged. These themes prompted questions about how success can bereplicated, how to overcome obstacles, and what role government can play.The themes were:• scaling down and linking up;• cutting...

tieren in der Literatur einige Ansätze, die versuchen, sich dem Problem der Wahl des geeigneten Führungsstils situativ zu nähern – ein Vorhaben, das trotz aller erforder-lichen Vereinfachung interessante (Partial)Erkenntnisse zeitigt. Zu diesen Ansätzen gehören neben den bekannten, schon...