Improving Workplace Climate in Large Corporations: A Clustered Randomized Intervention*

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Alan, Sule; Corekcioglu, Gozde; Sutter, Matthias
• 署名单位: European University Institute; Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University; Kadir Has University; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Max Planck Society; University of Cologne; University of Innsbruck
• 刊物名称: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-5533
• DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjac034
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 151-203
• 关键词: organizational culture; matter evidence; Managers; performance; PRODUCTIVITY; satisfaction; incentives; leadership; language; BEHAVIOR

摘要

We evaluate the impact of a training program aimed at improving the relational atmosphere in the workplace. The program encourages prosocial behavior and the use of professional language, focusing primarily on leaders' behavior and leader-subordinate interactions. We implement this program using a clustered randomized design involving over 3,000 headquarters employees of 20 large corporations in Turkey. We evaluate the program with respect to employee separation, pro- and antisocial behavior, the prevalence of support networks, and perceived workplace climate. We find that treated firms have a lower likelihood of employee separation at the leadership level, fewer employees lacking professional and personal help, and denser, less segregated support networks. We also find that employees in treated corporations are less inclined to engage in toxic competition, exhibit higher reciprocity toward each other, and report higher workplace satisfaction and a more collegial environment. The program's success in improving leader-subordinate relationships emerges as a likely mechanism to explain these results. Treated subordinates report higher professionalism and empathy in their leaders and are more likely to consider their leaders as professional support providers.