Communication has been regarded as one of the most effective devices in promoting team cooperation. But asymmetric … communication sometimes breeds collusion and is detrimental to team efficiency. Here, we present experimental evidence showing that … excluding one member from team communication hurts team cooperation: the communicating partners collude in profit allocation …

This paper investigates the effect of different communication channels on promise-making and promise-keeping in a … helping situation. Four treatments differ with respect to the communication channel employed to solicit unincentivized … cooperation, i.e., face-to-face, phone call and two different sorts of computer-mediated communication. The less anonymous (face …

style of communication because they view it as an attempt to shift blame. Our results establish more generally that the … design of communication schemes shapes relationships among organizational members …

In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative … can be mitigated by real-time video conference communication. …

communication, we also find systematic deviations from optimal behavior in how the communicated information is used. Specifically …

of the extent they involve conflict over time. Overall, the results indicate that inter-personal communication may help …

In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative … can be mitigated by real-time video conference communication. …