Field experiments in firms
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation studies the impact of managerial practices on firm performance. Using three field experiments in multiple firms, I offer a unique perspective on the causal impacts of delegation in hiring, the strategic allocation of managerial attention, and peer performance information provision on employee and firm performance. Chapter 1 uses a 12-month field experiment in a large retail chain to study the value of delegation in hiring to local branches. Chapter 2 draws upon a 6-month field experiment in a leading multinational spa chain to understand the optimal allocation strategy of managerial attention. Chapter 3 develops a 7-month field experiment in the spa chain to study how the provision of experienced workers' performance trajectory and peers' performance information influences employee attrition, productivity, and firm performance
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2020; ©2020 |
| Publication date | 2020; 2020 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Wu, Hugh Xiaolong |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Casey, Katherine Elizabeth |
| Degree supervisor | Lazear, Edward P |
| Thesis advisor | Casey, Katherine Elizabeth |
| Thesis advisor | Lazear, Edward P |
| Thesis advisor | Abramitzky, Ran |
| Thesis advisor | Shaw, Kathryn |
| Thesis advisor | Sterling, Adina |
| Degree committee member | Abramitzky, Ran |
| Degree committee member | Shaw, Kathryn |
| Degree committee member | Sterling, Adina |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business. |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Hugh Xiaolong Wu |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Graduate School of Business |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2020 |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2020 by Xiaolong Wu
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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