Research on leadership in economics has developed in parallel to the literature in
management and psychology and links between the fields have been sparse. Whereas …

Compliance to authority is an integral part of how organizations operate. We use an
experiment to show that compliance to a cue by an authority is a powerful motivating …

Coordination problems resembling weakest-link games with multiple Pareto ranked
equilibria are ubiquitous in the economy and society. This makes it important to understand …

We address gender differences in leader effectiveness and followers' perceptions of leaders'
effectiveness. Our experimental design removes gender-linked factors that might affect …

Previous research offers compelling evidence that leaders suffice to effect efficiency-
enhancements on cooperation, yet the source of this effect remains unclear. To investigate …

We investigate the effectiveness of two leadership institutions in each of two games: a
weakest link and a linear public good game. An “Exemplar” leader is a first mover who …

This paper advances novel theory and evidence on the emergence of informal leadership
networks in groups that feature no formally designated leaders or authority hierarchies. We …

Companies increasingly shift from hierarchical to team-based organizational structures.
Scholars and practitioners alike have emphasized the potential of leadership to foster …

Team leaders often provide incentives for cooperation. A challenging question is how
different incentive schemes and their actual choice by the leader shape the team's culture …

We conduct a laboratory experiment to study gender differences in leadership. We strip the
concept of leadership down to its most basic elements. Questions of style and evaluations of …