WHO MAKES A GOOD LEADER? COOPERATIVENESS, OPTIMISM, AND LEADING-BY-EXAMPLE.

We examine the characteristics of effective leaders in a simple leader-follower voluntary contributions game. We focus on two factors: the individual's cooperativeness and the individual's beliefs about the cooperativeness of others. We find that groups perform best when led by those who are coopera...

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Publicado en:Economic Inquiry Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 953 - 968
Autores principales: GÄCHTER, SIMON, NOSENZO, DANIELE, RENNER, ELKE, SEFTON, MARTIN
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Oct2012
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          GÄCHTER, SIMON
          NOSENZO, DANIELE
          RENNER, ELKE
          SEFTON, MARTIN
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          Gächter: Professor of the Psychology of Economic Decision Making, Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), University of Nottingham, School of Economics, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom. Phone +44 (0) 115 846 6132, Fax +44 (0) 115 951 4159, E‐mail
          Nosenzo: PhD Candidate, Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), University of Nottingham, School of Economics, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom. Phone +44 (0) 115 846 7492, Fax +44 (0) 115 951 4159, E‐mail
          Renner: Lecturer in Economics, Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), University of Nottingham, School of Economics, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom. Phone +44 (0) 115 951 5399, Fax +44 (0) 115 951 4159, E‐mail
          Sefton: Professor of Economics, Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), University of Nottingham, School of Economics, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom. Phone +44 (0) 115 846 6130, Fax +44 (0) 115 951 4159, E‐mail
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        Cooperativeness
        Optimism
        Leadership
        Influence
        Free-rider problem
        Organizational behavior
        Sociology of work
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          Optimism
          Leadership
          Influence
          Free-rider problem
          Organizational behavior
          Sociology of work
      ab: We examine the characteristics of effective leaders in a simple leader-follower voluntary contributions game. We focus on two factors: the individual's cooperativeness and the individual's beliefs about the cooperativeness of others. We find that groups perform best when led by those who are cooperatively inclined. Partly, this reflects a false consensus effect: cooperative leaders are more optimistic than noncooperators about the cooperativeness of followers. However, cooperative leaders contribute more than noncooperative leaders even after controlling for optimism. We conclude that differing leader contributions by differing types of leader in large part reflects social motivations.
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