Arbeitspapier

Boss Competence and Worker Well-being

Nearly all workers have a supervisor or 'boss'. Yet there is almost no published research by economists into how bosses affect the quality of employees' lives. This study offers some of the first formal evidence. First, it is shown that a boss's technical competence is the single strongest predictor of a worker's well-being. Second, we examine equivalent instrumental-variable results. Third, we demonstrate longitudinally that even if a worker stays in the same job and workplace then a newly competent supervisor greatly improves the worker's well-being. Finally, we discuss analytical possibilities, and consider necessary future research.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 8559

Classification
Wirtschaft
General Welfare; Well-Being
Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
Personnel Economics: Labor Management
Subject
bosses
expert leaders
leadership
job satisfaction
happiness

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Artz, Benjamin
Goodall, Amanda H.
Oswald, Andrew J.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2014

Handle
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Artz, Benjamin
  • Goodall, Amanda H.
  • Oswald, Andrew J.
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2014

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