Improving Workplace Climate in Large Corporations: A Clustered Randomized Intervention

Sule Alan, Gozde Corekcioglu and Matthias Sutter

No 14726, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We evaluate the impact of a program aiming at improving the workplace climate in corporations. The program is implemented via a clustered randomized design and evaluated with respect to the prevalence of support networks, antisocial behavior, perceived relational atmosphere, and turnover rate. We find that professionals in treated corporations are less inclined to engage in toxic competition, exhibit higher reciprocity toward each other, report higher workplace satisfaction and a more collegial atmosphere. Treated firms have fewer socially isolated individuals and a lower employee turnover. The program's success in improving leader-subordinate relationships emerges as a likely mechanism to explain these results.

Keywords: workplace climate; relational dynamics; leadership quality; RCT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 M14 M53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 74 pages
Date: 2021-09
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Published - published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138 (1), 151-203

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Journal Article: Improving Workplace Climate in Large Corporations: A Clustered Randomized Intervention (2023)
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Working Paper: Improving Workplace Climate in Large Corporations: A Clustered Randomized Intervention (2021)
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