Who's the Boss? The effect of strong leadership on employee turnover

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...

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Main Authors: Carter, S.P (Author), Dudley, W. (Author), Lyle, D.S (Author), Smith, J.Z (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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520 3 |a 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 strong leaders. These effects are strongest for officers with high SAT scores. Junior officers who share the same undergraduate institution as their bosses also retain at higher rates. © 2018 
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