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The Making of a Manager: Evidence from Military Officer Training

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: We show that officer training during the Swedish military service has a strong positive effect on the probability of attaining a managerial position later in life. The most intense type of officer training increases the probability of becoming a civilian manager by about 5 percentage points, or 75%. Officer training also increases educational attainment post–military service. We argue that the effect on civilian leadership could be due to the acquisition of leadership-specific skills during the military service, and we present suggestive evidence related to alternative mechanisms, such as signaling, networks, and training unrelated to leadership.

Source: Journal of Labor Economics

DOI: 10.1086/686255

Authors: Erik Grönqvist, Erik Lindqvist

Institutions: Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, Stockholm School of Economics, Research Institute of Industrial Economics

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2213648342

FWCI: 9.728

Cites: 74

Cited by: 58

Related to: 10