个人领导者与集体领导者孰优孰劣?对这个问题的讨论将极具现实意义,并且有着重要的理论意义。本文在一个领导者榜样的标准线性公共品博弈框架内对这个问题进行了探讨。通过对比个人领导者和集体领导者的捐赠和估计行为,以及个人领导者下和集体领导者下追随者的捐赠行为,我们发现个人领导者比集体领导者更有利于公共品的供给。我们的发现对现实中的组织设计和管理问题有一定的启示。
Group leader and individual leader, which one is superior? The discussion of this topic has both considerable realistic and theoretical meaning. This paper investigates the topic by leading-by-example under the framework of standard liner public goods game. Through the comparison of contribution and belief behaviors of individual leaders and group leaders, and the contribution behavior of followers, we find that individual leader is superior to group leader for the contributions of public goods. Our findings have some implications for the organization design and management issues in reality.