Managing Diversity by Creating Team Identity

22 Pages Posted: 16 May 2011

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Catherine C. Eckel

Texas A&M University

Philip J. Grossman

Monash University - Department of Economics

Date Written: November 1, 2005

Abstract

This paper explores the extent to which team identity can deter shirking and free-riding behavior in a team production setting. Team identity is manufactured and identification is enhanced by a variety of means. Created team identity is chosen over existing team identity to ensure that all subjects recognize their own (and others’) team identity. Subjects then participate in a repeated-play public goods game, framed as a team production problem. Analysis of the experiments compares aggregate team decisions based on the strength of team identity.

Keywords: Diversity, Experiments, Identity, Public Goods, Teams

JEL Classification: C92, M54

Suggested Citation

Eckel, Catherine C. and Grossman, Philip J., Managing Diversity by Creating Team Identity (November 1, 2005). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 58, No. 3, pp. 371-392, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1843470

Catherine C. Eckel (Contact Author)

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Philip J. Grossman

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