The positive role of transformational leadership on productivity and mental well-being has long been established …. Transformational leadership behavior may be particularly suited to navigate times of crisis which are characterized by high levels of … complexity and uncertainty. We exploit quasi-random assignment of employees to managers and study the role of frontline managers …

environments, we use a laboratory experiment in which we form groups and assign leadership roles at random. We study an environment …

-term physical and mental health and subjective well-being. There is weak, but not robust, evidence for increased satisfaction with …

, managers therefore need to think about how to create and preserve high-quality co-worker relationships. This paper develops a …-worker satisfaction …

managers treat their co-workers in an unfair way. This question cannot be studied in long-lived organizations since workers may … change their career expectations (and hence effort) when managers behave unfairly towards co-workers. In order to rule out … by 12 percent. We show that this result is not driven by peer effects or altered beliefs about the job or the managers …