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Improving Management Through Worker Evaluations: Evidence from Auto Manufacturing

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  • Jing Cai
  • Shing-Yi Wang

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Using a randomized experiment with an automobile manufacturing firm in China, we measure the effects of letting workers evaluate their managers on worker and firm outcomes. In the treatment teams, workers evaluate their managers monthly. We find that providing feedback leads to significant reductions in worker turnover and increases in team-level productivity. In addition, workers report higher levels of happiness and well-being. The evidence suggests that these results are driven by learning by managers, leading to changes in their behavior and an overall better relationship between managers and workers.

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  • Jing Cai & Shing-Yi Wang, 2023. "Improving Management Through Worker Evaluations: Evidence from Auto Manufacturing," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 137(4), pages 2459-2497.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:137:y:2023:i:4:p:2459-2497.
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