TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bayo-Moriones, Alberto
AU  - Galdon-Sanchez, Jose Enrique
AU  - Martinez-de-Morentin, Sara
        TI  - Complements or Substitutes? Examining the Relationship between Teamwork and Selection Intensity
        PY  - 2024/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16876
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16876
        AB  - Teamwork has become widely embraced in recent decades; however, its adoption carries significant implications that require thorough understanding. In this paper, we study the relationship between teamwork and selection intensity. The use of teams may increase the value of investing in comprehensive selection, as it facilitates the identification of workers with complementary skills. However, teamwork may also substitute intensive selection if team members engage in mutual monitoring and peer reporting. Using data from a representative sample of Spanish manufacturing plants, we find a significant and negative association between selection intensity and teamwork that is aligned with the mutual monitoring hypothesis.

        KW  - teamwork
KW  - selection intensity
KW  - mutual monitoring
KW  - HRM complementarity
        ER  -