One of the most salient and relevant dimensions of team heterogeneity is ethnicity. We measure the causal impact of … ethnic diversity has no effect on team performance in terms of business outcomes (sales, profits and profits per share …). However, if at least the majority of team members is ethnically diverse, then more ethnic diversity has a positive impact on …

This paper studies the impact of diversity in cognitive ability among members of a team on their performance. We … variation in - otherwise random - team composition is imposed by assigning individuals to teams based on their measured … complex decision-making. We propose a model in which greater ability dispersion generates greater knowledge for a team, but …

We investigate the influence of two widespread compensation schemes, individual piece-rates and team incentives, on … pronounced under team incentives than under individual piece-rates, which highlights a so far fairly neglected feature of these …

importance of individual, team, and company performance for compensation, we find a significant positive relation between the … intensity of team incentives and several survey measures of cooperation. Moreover, higher powered team incentives are associated …

this incentive mechanism is reinvigorated after a management change - but only when the team is sufficiently homogenous …. Indeed, we find substantial evidence that coach replacements enhance team performance (only) in homogenous teams. Moreover …

for social custom effects in the determination of union membership. Using panel data for Germany, we find evidence for …