Search Results - subject:"group structure"

Inside the 'Black Box' of Project STAR: Estimation of Peer Effects Using Experimental Data

Boozer, Michael A.; Cacciola, Stephen E. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2001

The credible identification of endogenous peer group effects -- i.e. social multiplier or feedback effects -- has long eluded social scientists. We argue that such effects are most credibly identified by a randomly assigned social program which operates at differing intensities within and...

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Speaking Stata: How to repeat yourself without going mad

Cox, Nicholas J. - In: Stata Journal 1 (2001) 1, pp. 86-97

This column will focus on how to improve your fluency in Stata. Over the next issues we will look at Stata problems of intermediate size which turn out to be soluble with a few command lines. As an introduction, systematic ways of repeating the same or similar operations are surveyed to give one...

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Inside the "black Box" of Project STAR : estimation of peer effects using experimental data

Boozer, Michael A.; Cacciola, Stephen E. - 2001

The credible identification of endogenous peer group effects - i.e. social multiplier or feedback effects - has long eluded social scientists. We argue that such effects are most credibly identified by a randomly assigned social program which operates at differing intensities within and between...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011609548

Modelling Performance Improvement and Switching Behaviour in Team Learning

Reinig, Bruce; Whittenburg, G. E.; Horowitz, Ira - In: Accounting Education 18 (2009) 4-5, pp. 487-504

Accounting educators and agencies have sought to incorporate team learning activities into conventional learning methods. The readiness-assurance process (RAP) of team learning, in which students take quizzes first as individuals and second as members of student teams, has been shown to be...

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The relation of management group structure to psychological climate and work motivation in a retail environment

Woodard, Ginger; Cassili, Nancy; Herr, David - In: Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An … 2 (1998) 4, pp. 304-317

management group structure and demographic characteristics on psychological climate and work motivation of management personnel … the presence of management group structure and age were significant in predicting work motivation. Results from ANOVA …, examining the reward structure, and examining each management group structure to determine how retail organisations can …

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