Tag
skill_investment
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Firms & operationsFamily-Occupied Executive Layers and Managerial Skill DisincentivesExecutive layers across developing-country firms are overwhelmingly reserved for owner family members, directly reducing middle managers' motivation to cultivate leadership capabilities and reducing owners' incentives to train outside staff.Observational StudyBehaviour & psychologyIntertemporal Goal CommitmentTreated students were 14.3 percentage points more likely in Sample A (p < 0.01) and 19.1 percentage points more likely in Sample B (p < 0.01) to commit one week in advance to the difficult task compared to control group baseline rates of 45% and 41%.RCT