Patronizing behavior in heterogeneous teams: A laboratory experiment

Victor Klockmann and Alicia von Schenk

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2023, vol. 107, issue C

Abstract: Collaboration among group members in organizations is highly prevalent and often encouraged. Yet, inefficient task assignment and patronizing may weaken the self-regulated learning process of an inexperienced group member. In a laboratory experiment, we exogenously vary the environment in which cooperative, heterogeneous groups interact. First, we introduce a time budget for task completion that is shared by both team members, and second, asymmetric information about the inexperienced group member’s scope for learning. Our results show that patronizing increases significantly with higher uncertainty and perceived time pressure, decreases team performance in the long run, and correlates with time and risk preferences.

Keywords: Patronizing; Team performance; Task Assignment; Learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D20 D82 D91 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2023.102113

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