Arbeitspapier

Measuring "Group Cohesion" to Reveal the Power of Social Relationships in Team Production

We introduce "group cohesion" to study the economic relevance of social relationships in team production. We operationalize measurement of group cohesion, adapting the "oneness scale" from psychology. A series of experiments, including a pre-registered replication, reveals strong positive associations between group cohesion and performance assessed in weak-link coordination games, with high-cohesion groups being very likely to achieve superior equilibria. In exploratory analysis, we identify beliefs rather than social preferences as the primary mechanism through which factors proxied by group cohesion influence group performance. Our evidence provides proof-of-concept for group cohesion as a useful tool for economic research and practice.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9936

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Group Behavior
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making‡
Thema
team work
group cohesion
social relationships
coordination
weak link games
experiments

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Gaechter, Simon
Starmer, Chris
Tufano, Fabio
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
08.12.0001, 22:54 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Gaechter, Simon
  • Starmer, Chris
  • Tufano, Fabio
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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