Powerful bosses: an influence of the leader's profile on a bench discipline

Abstract

What is the effect of the leaders' profile on the party discipline of the bench? The objective of this work is to estimate the influence of the profile of leaders on the behavior of their teams. Therefore, the main methodological efforts are to set the profile of the leader and measure the behavior of the bench. To perform the analysis we will use descriptive and multivariate statistics. The unit of analysis will be the parliamentarians of the Legislatures (51st and 52nd) of the Chamber of Deputies. The results of the analysis show that the average discipline of parliamentarians with more credible leaders is higher. However, the same can not be said of the average discipline of leaders with a greater degree of expertise. In short, leaders with more credibility run more disciplined boards.