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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Organizational structure, communication, and group ethics |
Author: | Ellman, M. Pezanis-Christou, P. |
Citation: | The American Economic Review, 2010; 100(5):2478-2491 |
Publisher: | American Economic Association |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
ISSN: | 0002-8282 1532-5059 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Matthew Ellman and Paul Pezanis-Christou |
Abstract: | This paper investigates experimentally how a group's structure affects its ethical behavior towards a passive outsider. We analyze one vertical and two horizontal structures (one requiring consensus, one implementing a compromise by averaging proposals). We also control for internal communication. The data support our main predictions: (1) horizontal, averaging structures are more ethical than vertical structures (where subordinates do not feel responsible) and than consensual structures (where responsibility is dynamically diffused); (2) communication makes vertical structures more ethical (subordinates with voice feel responsible); (3) with communication, vertical structures are more ethical than consensual structures (where in-group bias hurts the outsider). |
Rights: | Copyright status unknown |
DOI: | 10.1257/aer.100.5.2478 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.100.5.2478 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Economics publications |
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