Research on leadership in economics has developed in parallel to the literature in
management and psychology and links between the fields have been sparse. Whereas …

This chapter reviews recent developments in the extensive and growing experimental
literature on coordination games. Coordination is necessary whenever there exist multiple …

Experiments have long played a crucial role in various scientific disciplines and have been
gaining ground in organization theory, where they add unique value by establishing …

We study the effectiveness of leaders for inducing coordinated organizational change to a
more efficient equilibrium, ie, a turnaround. We compare communication from leaders to …

In three field studies, we explore the impact of providing employees and teammates with
prosocial bonuses, a novel type of bonus spent on others rather than on oneself. In …

Moral psychology has begun to characterize the circumstances that lead people to commit
moral violations. However, the decision to engage in corrupt behaviour may not always …

The need for efficient coordination is ubiquitous in organizations and industries. The
literature on the determinants of efficient coordination has focused on individual decision …

Coordination problems resembling weakest-link games with multiple Pareto ranked
equilibria are ubiquitous in the economy and society. This makes it important to understand …

This chapter is about experiments that study aspects of organizational structure and
economic performance. Relative to field studies using empirical data, experiments often …

Firms collaborate to develop and deliver new products. These collaborations vary in terms of
the similarity of the competencies that partnering firms bring to the alliance. In same-function …