Who's the Boss? The Effect of Strong Leadership on Employee Turnover

Susan Carter, Whitney Dudley, David S. Lyle and John Z. Smith

No 22383, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Despite the importance placed on supervision in the workplace, little is known about the effects of a boss’ leadership quality on labor market outcomes such as employee job retention. Using plausibly exogenous assignment of junior officers to bosses in the U.S. Army, we find positive retention effects for those assigned to immediate and senior bosses who are good leaders. These effects are strongest for officers with high SAT scores. Junior officers who share the same home geographic region, high SAT, and undergraduate institution as their bosses who also have strong leadership qualities retain at the highest rates.

JEL-codes: J01 J08 J24 J53 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-07
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Published as Susan Payne Carter & Whitney Dudley & David S. Lyle & John Z. Smith, 2019. "Who's the Boss? The effect of strong leadership on employee turnover," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, .

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