communicated might matter. In a controlled field experiment, we study a minimally invasive change in the communication of a well …

, using rules and task guidelines, and ex post coordination, using communication and broad job assignments. It shows that: (i … communication and substantial employee discretion. (iii) Broad task assignments and intensive horizontal communication are … complementary. Hence, lower communication costs often result in less specialization. …

in quantity and quality of output. We use data from a controlled field experiment that changed the communication of the …