Peer Learning in Teams and Work Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Kenju Kamei and John Ashworth

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: A novel field experiment shows that learning activities in pairs with a greater spread in abilities lead to better individual work performance, relative to those in pairs with similar abilities. The positive effect of the former is not limited to their performance in peer learning material, but it also spills over to their performance in other areas. The underlying improvement comes from the stronger increased performance of those whose achievements were weak prior to peer learning. This implies that exogenously determining learning partners with different abilities helps improve productivity through knowledge sharing and potential peer effects.

Keywords: peer effects; dilemma; knowledge sharing; field experiment; teamwork (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 I23 J24 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-12-19
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-exp, nep-hrm, nep-knm, nep-lma and nep-ure
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Journal Article: Peer learning in teams and work performance: Evidence from a randomized field experiment (2023)
Working Paper: Peer Learning in Teams and Work Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment (2022)
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