Teamwork and Human Capital Development

Chunchao Wang, Aiping Xiao and Yu Zhou

Journal of Human Resources, 2024, vol. 59, issue 5, 1425-1457

Abstract: This study investigates how teamwork influences students’ human capital, which is defined to be academic performance and personality traits. In a rural county in China, we randomly select classes in elementary schools and form small teams within the treatment classes. Team members need to complete team activities. We find that the act of forming teams can significantly improve students’ academic performance. Teamwork also causes substantial changes in noncognitive skills. Students in the treatment classes achieve higher scores in conscientiousness, extraversion, openness, and neuroticism but lower scores in agreeableness. These changes indicate a higher level of performance motivation.

JEL-codes: C93 I21 J24 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0121-11400R2
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