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Rule · with whom

Do it with a partner or team

Working or practising together with someone.

Two people on a wooden platform squat and lift a crate together, raise it overhead, then lower it again.

Studies (2)

  1. Paper

    Pay tied to a partner's work got online workers to do more, and sooner
    TestedHelped

    Workers paid on their pair's shared work did more tasks on day one than workers paid for their own tasks.

    Randomised trial of 597 online workers in the US · vs workers paid only for their own tasks · behaviour was recorded · ⚠ summary claims more than the results show

    TestedHelped

    Workers who raced a partner for a bonus did more tasks on day one than workers paid alone.

    Randomised trial of 597 online workers in the US · vs workers paid only for their own tasks · behaviour was recorded · ⚠ summary claims more than the results show

    UsedNo difference

    Showing partners' work did not change day-one work, but no one saw a partner's work until day two.

    Randomised trial of 597 online workers in the US · vs the same team pay without seeing the partner's work · behaviour was recorded · ⚠ summary claims more than the results show

    TestedHelped

    Workers paid on their pair's shared work did about 21 percent more tasks in all than those paid alone.

    Randomised trial of 597 online workers in the US · vs workers paid only for their own tasks · behaviour was recorded · ⚠ summary claims more than the results show

    TestedNo difference

    Racing a partner for a bonus did not clearly raise total work over three days, against plain pay per task.

    Randomised trial of 597 online workers in the US · vs workers paid only for their own tasks · behaviour was recorded · ⚠ summary claims more than the results show

  2. Paper

    Students who did coursework in groups of three handed it in closer to deadlines
    TestedHelped

    Students in groups of three uploaded tasks about on time, while students who worked alone were about a week late.

    Trial, groups not picked at random of 268 social work students in Berlin math courses · vs the same course with tasks done alone · behaviour was recorded · ⚠ whole groups were assigned, not people; summary claims more than the results show; possible teacher effect

    TestedNo difference

    Doing tasks in groups of three did not raise task scores or final test results compared with working alone.

    Trial, groups not picked at random of 268 social work students in Berlin math courses · vs the same course with tasks done alone · behaviour was recorded · ⚠ whole groups were assigned, not people; summary claims more than the results show; possible teacher effect

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