Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series,
Research Institute of Industrial Economics
No 1069: The Making of a Manager: Evidence from Military Officer Training
Erik Grönqvist () and Erik Lindqvist ()
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Erik Grönqvist: IFAU
Erik Lindqvist: Stockholm School of Economics, Postal: and Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), P.O. Bo 55665, SE-102 15 Stockholm
Abstract: We show that officer training during the Swedish military service has a strong positive effect on the probability to attain 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 percent. Officer training also increases educational attainment post-military service. We argue that the effect on civilian leadership could be due to acquisition of leadership specific skills during the military service, and present suggestive evidence related to alternative mechanisms, such as signalling, networks, and training unrelated to leadership.
Keywords: Leadership; Management; CEOs; Non-cognitive skills; Regression discontinuity; Program evaluation; Conscription; Military service; Military officers; Military leadership
88 pages, May 12, 2015
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