Informal institutions and leadership behavior in a developing country: A comparison between rural and urban areas

• Informal institutions are relevant for leadership behavior. There significant differences if people live in either urban or rural areas. Transformational is a key engine the development of Social capital matters those leaders living Resilience explains This paper explores extent to which informal influence behavior Mexico, distinguishing between and Using institutional approach through logistic regression models with data obtained from National Institute Statistics Geography (INEGI), main results study show that transformational behaviors, social capital, resilience leadership. However, effect on stronger areas than ones, whereas behaviors salient characteristics mostly observed zones. The theoretical, policy, managerial implications these findings could contribute advancing research lens.