We present the results from a field experiment on team diversity. Individuals working as door-to-door canvassers for a … teammates and their supervisor) and external diversity (between teams and the individuals they canvassed). We observe team … created random variation within teams in the degree of horizontal diversity (between teammates), vertical diversity (between …

diversity (i.e., within the team) as well as vertical diversity (i.e., team to faculty advisor) and their effect on performance …We study the role of diversity and performance in the entrepreneurial teams. We exploit a unique dataset of MBA …. The design of the course allows for identification of the causal implications of horizontal and vertical diversity. The …

question we propose a theory of the assignment of heterogeneous agents into hierarchical teams, where less skilled agents …

perspectives: (1) individual level (the degree to which team members specialize vs. work as generalists), (2) activity level (the … degree to which activities are concentrated among few team members vs. distributed among many) and (3) the intersection … explore team-based knowledge production using a newly available type of data - the disclosures of author contributions on …

Naively present-biased agents are known to be severe procrastinators. In team settings, procrastination can represent a … form of free-riding that, in excess, can jeopardize a team's ability to meet a deadline. Here we show how naivete and … present bias, despite their reputations, can be desirable traits in a teammate, enabling a team to optimize its performance …