RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Teamwork and Human Capital Development
JF Journal of Human Resources
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 1425
OP 1457
DO 10.3368/jhr.0121-11400R2
VO 59
IS 5
A1 Wang, Chunchao
A1 Xiao, Aiping
A1 Zhou, Yu
YR 2024
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/5/1425.abstract
AB 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.