全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): The Strength of Weak Leaders - An Experiment on Social Influence and Social Learning in Teams

G2TT

来源类型	FEEM working papers "Note di lavoro" series
规范类型	论文
	The Strength of Weak Leaders - An Experiment on Social Influence and Social Learning in Teams
	Berno Büchel; Stefan Klößner; Martin Lochmüller; Heiko Rauhut
发表日期	2018
出处	Economic Theory
出版年	2018
语种	英语
摘要	We investigate how the selection process of a leader affects team performance with respect to social learning. We use a lab experiment in which an incentivized guessing task is repeated in a star network with the leader at the center. Leader selection is either based on competence, on self-confidence, or made at random. Teams with random leaders do not underperform compared to competent leaders, and they even outperform teams whose leader is selected based on self-confidence. The reason is that random leaders are better able to use the knowledge within the team. We can show that it is the declaration of the selection procedure which makes non-random leaders overly influential. We set up a horse race between several rational and naïve models of social learning to investigate the micro-level mechanisms. We find that overconfidence and conservatism contribute to the fact that overly influential leaders mislead their team. *** Suggested citation: Büchel, B., S. Klößner, M. Lochmüller, H. Rauhut, (2018), 'The Strength of Weak Leaders - An Experiment on Social Influence and Social Learning in Teams', Nota di Lavoro 2.2018, Milano, Italy: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
特色分类	D83;D85;C91
关键词	Social Networks Social Influence Confidence Overconfidence Bayesian Updating Naïve Learning Sortition Wisdom of Crowds
URL	https://www.feem.it/en/publications/feem-working-papers-note-di-lavoro-series/the-strength-of-weak-leaders-an-experiment-on-social-influence-and-social-learning-in-teams/
来源智库	Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (Italy)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/118576
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Berno Büchel,Stefan Klößner,Martin Lochmüller,et al. The Strength of Weak Leaders - An Experiment on Social Influence and Social Learning in Teams. 2018.

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