We show that team formation can serve as an implicit commitment device to overcome problems of self-control. In a … other, a relational contract involving teamwork can help to improve an agent's performance. The mutual promise to work … harder is credible because the team breaks up after an agent has not kept this promise - which leads to individual (under …

Companies increasingly shift from hierarchical to team-based organizational structures. Scholars and practitioners … performance time-wise, but also team organization, without reducing the originality of solutions. Hence, leadership encouragements … can serve as a cost-effective tool to foster team performance. …

dominate the team conversation quantitatively. Past exposure to gender-mixed teamwork makes females more reluctant to engage in …We analyze how the gender composition of teams affects team interactions. In an online experiment, we randomly assign … individuals to gender-homogenous or gender-mixed teams. Teams meet in an audio chat room and jointly work on a gender-neutral team …