We examine the effects of leading by example in voluntary contributionexperiments. Leadership is implemented by letting one group membercontribute to the public good before followers do. Such leadershipincreases contributions in comparison to the standard voluntary contributionmechanism,...

Leadership is important for the well-functioning of organizations. Weexamine the effects of leadership on contributions in public goods experiments.Leadership by example is implemented by letting one groupmember contribute to the public good before followers do. Such leadershipincreases...

We examine the strategic behavior of leaders and followers in sequential duopoly experimentsin which followers either perfectly observe the leaders’ actions or else observe nothing. Ourexperiments show that consistent with the theory, leaders enjoy a greater first-mover advantagewhen followers...

Zukunftsorientierte Unternehmen erkennen in der Teamarbeit ihren entscheidenden Wettbewerbsvorteil. Kernpunkt der Teamarbeit ist die offene und intensive Interaktion zwischen Führung und Mitarbeitern sowie auch unter den Mitarbeitern. Sie beruht auf dem Netzwerkkonzept, das die traditionellen...