Leadership and group size: An experiment

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 105
Issue: 1
Pages: 20-22

Authors (2)

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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.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:105:y:2009:i:1:p:20-22
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25