PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Chunchao Wang
AU  - Aiping Xiao
AU  - Yu Zhou
TI  - Teamwork and Human Capital Development
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.0121-11400R2
DP  - 2022 Mar 09
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 0121-11400R2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/03/01/jhr.0121-11400R2.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/03/01/jhr.0121-11400R2.full
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.