shown for face-toface decision making, which has ceased to be the prevalent form of communication in many IT …-based organizations. To test the robustness of higher group rationality under conditions of virtual communication, we conduct a social … learning experiment. We find that virtual communication leads to a substantial deterioration of group rationality for a …

We study how upward communication - from workers to managers - about individual efforts affects the effectiveness of …

We study how upward communication - from workers to managers - about individual efforts affects the effectiveness of …

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 …

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. …

normative appeals through interpersonal communication should have a similar effect by making a group norm salient. The results …