We study how poorly-behaved children affect learning and other outcomes of their peers using data from a unique experiment in Ecuador. Within each school, students were randomly assigned to classrooms in every grade for seven consecutive grades, between kindergarten and 6th grade. Children with...

This third volume in the series presents research on technology as either a tool or context for groups and teams. The volume is more broad than some other treatments of technology and groups. Thirteen chapters by leaders from both organizational behavior and information technology present...

This chapter concerns itself with the development of a regression model for determining the executive compensation of the AT&T CEO. The data observations for this model consist of a list of 21 comparable companies selected by the compensation committee of AT&T, its institutional investors, and...

This chapter develops a regression model structure based on the 34 peer companies of Verizon and their associated financial performance variables. Based on the regression model developed, the compensation level of the CEO of Verizon is determined.

Standard economic models view labour supply decisions as individual utility maximisation balancing the trade-off between income and leisure. In contrast, we focus on the social context as a central determinant and analyse how colleagues' working hours shape individual working hours preferences....

The development and deployment of new technologies in industrial production impact employees' workflows and skill requirements. As the complexity of autonomous technology increases, its precise operation becomes more difficult to grasp for employees responsible for the operation, maintenance,...