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The effects of training on own and co-worker productivity : evidence from a field experiment
Grip, Andries de; Sauermann, Jan - 2011
training, we combine a field experiment that randomly assigns workers to treatment and control groups with panel data on … ; field experiment ; peer effects ; productivity …
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The effects of training on own and co-worker productivity: Evidence from a field experiment
de Grip, Andries; Sauermann, Jan - 2011
training, we combine a field experiment that randomly assigns workers to treatment and control groups with panel data on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280704
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Training, soft skills and productivity : evidence from a field experiment
Prada, María F.; Rucci, Graciana; Urzua, Sergio - 2019
This paper examines a training intervention aimed at boosting leadership and communication skills among employees of a large Latin American retailer. The identification exploits an experimental design in the context of a difference-in-difference strategy. Using longitudinal information obtained...
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Training, soft skills and productivity : evidence from a field experiment in retail
Prada, María F.; Rucci, Graciana; Urzua, Sergio - 2019
Understanding the causal association between skills and productivity is essential for designing effective training programs. This paper evaluates an intervention aimed at boosting leadership and communication skills among store managers and sales associates from a large Latin American retailer....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028636
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Peer Learning in Teams and Work Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Kamei, Kenju; Ashworth, John - 2022
A novel field experiment shows that learning activities in pairs with a greater spread in abilities lead to better …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014235572
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Incentivizing team leaders : a firm-level experiment on subjective performance evaluation of leadership skills
Gall, Thomas; Hu, Xiaocheng; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2023
, which can ultimately impede the productivity of the team. To address this problem, we conduct a field experiment at a …In teamwork settings, providing effective leadership can be challenging for team leaders due to multitasking and the … manufacturing firm, introducing a relative subjective performance evaluation of team leaders' leadership activities by their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278019
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Performance Pay, Training and Labor Mobility
Gielen, Anne C. - 2007
Market imperfections may cause firms and workers to under-invest in specific training. This paper shows that profit sharing may be a suitable instrument to enhance specific training investments, either by enhancing wage flexibility or by increasing the returns to training. As a result, profit...
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The economic implications of training for firm performance
Martins, Pedro S. - 2022
This paper surveys the emerging economics literature on the relationship between employee training and firm performance. Most studies find very high returns to training, at least from the perspective of firms, indicating that the costs of training can be recouped in short periods of time. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012815729
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The impact of migration on productivity and native-born workers' training
Campo, Francesco; Forte, Giuseppe; Portes, Jonathan - 2018
We investigate the relationship between migration and productivity in the UK, using an instrumental variable along the lines suggested by Bianchi, Buonanno and Pinotti (2012). Our results suggest that immigration has a positive and significant impact (in both the statistical sense and more...
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Does relative performance information lower group morale?
Heursen, Lea - 2019 - This version: December 2019
reference group. In a novel experiment, I vary whether or not members of a reference group obtain relative performance …
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