Leadership and group size: An experiment |
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Authors: | Mana Komai Philip J Grossman |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Economics, St. Cloud State University, 720 4th Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498, United States |
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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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Keywords: | Leading by example Free-riding Cooperation Group size |
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