has ignored possible dynamic effects: e.g., anticipating that team formation is based on prior performance will affect … prior performance. We test this hypothesis in a lab experiment with two stages of a real effort task. Participants first … performance. Our results are consistent with a simple investment-cum-matching model: pairing the worst performing individuals with …

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 …

Information about past performance has been found to sometimes improve and sometimes worsen subsequent performance. Two … factors may help to explain this puzzle: which aspect of one's past performance the information refers to and when it is …

This paper studies the impact of diversity in cognitive ability among members of a team on their performance. We … that team performance as measured in terms of sales, profits and profits per share first increases, and then decreases …

status. Indeed, people increase their effort when they are simply informed about their relative performance, and people pay … both to sabotage others' output and to artificially increase their own relative performance. In addition, stronger group …