Leadership
Subtitle: a personnel economics approach
By: Edward P. Lazear
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 15918; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 15918.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "A theory of leadership is proposed and tested.  Leaders are characterized as those who have the ability to choose the right direction more frequently than their peers.  The theory implies that leaders tend to be more able, place themselves in visible decision making situations more frequently, and are generalists.  Also, the most able leaders should be found in the highest variance industries, where decision making has the greatest payoff.  The theory is tested using data on Stanford business school alumni and is confirmed.  Leaders are generalists rather than specialists, both innately and in their pattern of skill acquisition"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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