The Effect of Age Diversity in Groups on Peer Evaluations and Individual Performance

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This study analyzes how individuals evaluate their peers' performance in a high stakes tournament in response to being randomly assigned to an age homogenous or heterogeneous group using data from two TV shows. The data also allows us to explore superior evaluations because it contains objective ratings from an independent expert. Additionally, this study investigates how age diverse groups affect individual performance in professional golf tournaments. The results show that peer and superior evaluations as well as individual performance are lower in age diverse groups. Further evidence suggests that these effects occur in the short run, but fade away once group members have gotten to know each other.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14922

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination ; Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation ; Personnel Economics: Labor Management
• Subject: age diversity ; peer evaluation ; superior evaluation ; performance

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Görlitz, Katja ; Sels, Tim
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/250583
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET