Leadership and group size: An experiment

Mana Komai; Philip Grossman

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2009.05.007

Leadership and group size: An experiment

Mana Komai, Philip Grossman

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Abstract

Our experimental results suggest that the effectiveness of leading by example decreases with group size. The discrepancy between the leaders and followers incentives increases with group size. Thus, as group size increases, followers more often refuse to follow their leaders.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	20 - 22
Number of pages	3
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	105
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2009.05.007
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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