Organizational Performance with In-group and Out-group Leaders: An Experiment

doi:10.1016/j.socec.2017.11.006

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Organizational Performance with In-group and Out-group Leaders: An Experiment

dc.contributor.author	Ibanez, Marcela
dc.contributor.author	Schaffland, Elke
dc.date.accessioned	2018-02-16T20:17:45Z
dc.date.available	2018-02-16T20:17:45Z
dc.date.issued	2017-12-02
dc.description.abstract	In this paper, we compare the performance of a homogeneous organization in which group members and the leader belong to the same group, with a heterogeneous organization in which the leader is an outsider. Using a modified public goods game in which leaders’ performance in a real effort task determines the marginal return to the public good we focus on the effect of shared group membership on: i) the effort of the leader in the real effort task, ii) cooperation of group members and iii) group members’ payoffs. When the leaders are selected randomly, we find that homogeneous groups tend to out-perform heterogeneous groups. This is due to lower performance of the out-group leader and not to differences in cooperation. This effect disappears when high-performance leaders are selected. High performance out-group leaders tend to over perform relative to in-group leaders, yet, there are no differences in cooperation once we control for the marginal incentives to invest in the public good. The results of our study have important implications for how organizations can deal with the arrival of out-group leaders.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/29366
dc.identifier.issn	2214-8043
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29366
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	PUBLIC GOODS GAME
dc.subject	GROUP MEMBERSHIP
dc.subject	LEADERSHIP
dc.subject	EXPERIMENT
dc.subject	ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	COOPERATION
dc.title	Organizational Performance with In-group and Out-group Leaders	en
dc.title.subtitle	An Experiment	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.associatedcontent	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214804317301350 Journal website (version of record)	en
okr.date.disclosure	2019-12-02
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.socec.2017.11.006
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/29366
okr.identifier.report	125340
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.topic	Governance::Local Government
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Theory & Research
okr.topic	Private Sector Development::Organizational Management
okr.topic	Social Development::Community Development and Empowerment
okr.unit	Development Impact Evaluation Unit
okr.volume	(Forthcoming 2018)