I (Don’t) Like You! But Who Cares? Gender Differences in Same-Sex and Mixed-Sex Teams
通过实验室实验，研究了相互喜欢程度对女性和男性团队行为的影响，发现女性团队在低喜欢度时减少公共品贡献，而男性团队无论喜欢度如何都保持高合作水平。
Abstract We study the effect of likeability on women’s and men’s team behaviour in a lab experiment. Extending a two-player public goods game and a minimum effort game by an additional pre-play stage that informs team members about their mutual likeability, we find that female teams lower their contribution to the public good in the event of low likeability, while male teams achieve high levels of co-operation irrespective of the level of mutual likeability. In mixed-sex teams, both women’s and men’s contributions depend on mutual likeability. Similar results are found in the minimum effort game. Our results offer a new perspective on gender differences in labour market outcomes: mutual dislikeability impedes team behaviour, except in all-male teams.