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Economic small group research points to groups as more rational decision-makers in numerous economic situations. However, no attempts have been made to investigate whether groups are affected similarly by behavioral biases that are pervasive for individuals. If groups were also able to more...
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Economic small group research points to groups as more rational decision-makers in numerous economic situations. However, no attempts have been made to investigate whether groups are affected similarly by behavioral biases that are pervasive for individuals. If groups were also able to more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011525580
more rational deciders than individuals. However, superior group performance in economic experiments has primarily been … 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 …
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Using an experiment with incentivized decisions of groups in the economics laboratory, I investigate the effect of group diversity on group risk taking. I measure econometrically the effects of various aspects of subjects' diversity: nationality, language, university degree and gender. I find...
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We experimentally investigate spillover effects of affirmative action policies on team performance and the willingness to work in teams. We find that such policies in form of gender quotas do not harm performance and cooperation within teams, and do not discourage selection into teams.
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experiments reveals the considerable economic impact of cohesion: higher cohesion groups are significantly more likely to achieve …
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Competition between groups is ubiquitous in social and economic life, and groups are typically not created equal. Here we experimentally investigate the implications of this general observation on the unfolding of symmetric and asymmetric competition between groups that are either homogeneous or...
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quantify group image concerns, and conduct a series of laboratory and online experiments to measure them in three distinct … domains. In the first two experiments focused on charitable behavior, participants donate more when their contributions are … general U.S. population, using religious affiliation as their group identity. Additional online experiments explore group …
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operationalize measurement of group cohesion, adapting the "oneness scale" from psychology. A series of experiments, including a pre …
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operationalize measurement of group cohesion, adapting the "oneness scale" from psychology. A series of experiments, including a pre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013347150