LEAP-PROJECT.DK

How can government continually improve performance to earn the respect of citizens who pay for it and whose lives are affected by its activities? The literature (Wright & Pandey 2010; Buelens et al. 2006) indicates that leadership and leadership training are important parts of the answer. However, existing studies suffer from major endogeneity problems as leadership and performance affect each other. To be able to establish the causal sequence the LEAP project conducted a field experiment giving leadership training to randomly assigned leaders. By experimentally inducing the changes in leadership behavior, it will be made clearer to what degree leadership affects performance.

Registration numbers: 31119103 (W)

Primary location: Aarhus Denmark