While the output of a team is evident, the productivity of each team member is typically not readily identifiable. In … this paper we consider the problem of measuring the productivity of team members. We propose a new concept of coworker … productivity, which we refer to as eigenvalue productivity (EVP). We demonstrate the existence and uniqueness of our concept and …

In many organizations, productivity relies not just on individual effort but also on group morale, that is, the … reference group. In a novel experiment, I vary whether or not members of a reference group obtain relative performance … the subsequent willingness to help the productivity of others by sharing knowledge with them at a personal cost. I find …

This paper identifies and evaluates rationales for team participation and for the effects of team composition on … productivity using novel data from a garment plant that shifted from individual piece rate to group piece rate production over … three years. The adoption of teams at the plant improved worker productivity by 14 percent on average. Productivity …

average ability constant, and high-ability workers appeared to have a stronger influence on team productivity than did low …Teams have become a mainstay for the organization of work. Economic models of teams focus on productivity declines due … productivity or worker selection for, and participation in, teams. In this paper we identify the productivity and participation …

, the individual team productivity of a worker or player is difficult to conceptualize. This is particularly true, if this … individual team productivity which is closely related to eigenvalue centrality; accordingly we refer to it as eigenvalue …Teams, in both firms and in sports, jointly produce a product. While a fixed task is assigned to each member of a team …

spending on education as well as trade unions are the most important factors for the labor productivity determination. The …

A consistent finding in the development literature is that average non-farm labor productivity is higher than average … farm labor productivity. These differences in average productivity are sometimes used to promote policies which advance the … non-farm sector. In this paper, we analyze the importance of two specification choices when comparing productivity gaps …

for a central claim in economic geography: social network density has positive effect on regional productivity growth. The …

This NEUJOBS research report focuses on links between age, productivity and lifelong learning. Various data sources (EU … strongly influenced by the timing of entering and leaving labour market. An estimation of the impact of LLL on productivity …