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We analyze how the team formation process influences the ability composition and performance of teams, showing how self …-selection and random assignment affect team performance for different tasks in two natural field experiments. We identify the … collaboration intensity of the task as the key driver of the effect of self-selection on team performance. We find that when the …
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We present a simple model to illustrate how birthplace diversity may affect team performance. The model assumes that … team performance. To verify this prediction, we exploit self-collected data on the first division of German male soccer … different instrumental variable approaches to identify the effect of birthplace diversity on team performance. Our findings …
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' leadership styles on employees' performance, work style, and mental well-being in times of crisis. Using longitudinal … performance and mental well-being during the pandemic. …
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' communication. We conclude that while teams' performance may suffer from the shift to remote work, setting up systems for effective …
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reputation. Third, an avoidance of bidders with prior bad performance appears to be an extremely important factor. Fourth …
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Based on survey responses from more than 1,700 managers in Germany, this study elicits employers’ perceptions of working from home during COVID-19 and their long-term expectations for the time after the pandemic. Based on employers’ forecasts of the share of employees working from home...
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In this paper, we study whether performance feedback can serve as an instrument for firms to increase employee … retention. Feedback on the relative performance may affect individual job search behavior differently depending on workers … performance feedback system at the establishment level. We find no effect for employees performing above the median. …
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, the key personnel linking the lender to its borrowers, are affected in their performance and adapt their work to the … pandemic. We use administrative records of an Indian Microfinance Institution and detailed panel survey data on performance … constraints. The usual performance indicators appear to be mainly driven by external factors such as the nation-wide debt …
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The recent shift towards working from home (WFH) has far-reaching implications for social and economic outcomes. While firms are gatekeepers for the ongoing diffusion of flexible work arrangements, there is little evidence on how firms decide to offer WFH. We leverage two survey experiments...
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competition affect agents' performance? In a real-effort laboratory experiment, we study a one-time increase in incentives in a … response but does not boost total performance. …
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