TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Chen, Yuyu
AU  - Hensel, Lukas
AU  - Yao, Xinjue
        TI  - From Followers to Leaders: The Career Impact of High-Quality Managers
        PY  - 2025/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17848
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17848
        AB  - How does manager quality affect subordinates' career progression? We examine the causal effect of manager quality on workers' career outcomes in the context of managerial teams at a large construction firm. We exploit quasi-random variation in worker-manager matching through frequent project reassignments to identify the causal effect of high-quality managers on promotions. Working under a high-quality manager increases workers' subsequent promotion rates by 13 percentage points. We provide evidence in support of managerial human capital transmission as the primary mechanism: effects are concentrated among workers and positions that require most managerial skills and exposed workers earn significantly higher performance-based bonuses.
        KW  - skill transmission
KW  - promotions
KW  - manager quality
        ER  -