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. …

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. …

We study how upward communication - from workers to managers - about individual efforts affects the effectiveness of … workers regularly overstate their own contribution to the joint team output. Misreporting seems to spread distrust within the … team of workers, as well as between managers and workers. This manifests itself in managers being less generous with …

We study how upward communication - from workers to managers - about individual efforts affects the effectiveness of … workers regularly overstate their own contribution to the joint team output. Misreporting seems to spread distrust within the … team of workers, as well as between managers and workers. This manifests itself in managers being less generous with …

communicated might matter. In a controlled field experiment, we study a minimally invasive change in the communication of a well … firm where experienced managers work in a team production setting and where incentives for both quantity and quality 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 today's business environment, team work is omnipresent. But might teams be more prone toward non-compliance with … of teams' compliance behavior. In particular, we disentangle the effect of deciding jointly as a team of two from sharing … the economic consequences among both team members. Our findings provide evidence that teams are substantially less …

range from echo chambers to team production. …