Researcher ORCID Identifier

0009-0000-8699-5712

Graduation Year

2024

Date of Submission

4-2024

Document Type

Open Access Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Economics

Reader 1

Jeffrey Flory

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Abstract

The following study contributes to existing scholarship surrounding the relationship between gender and teamwork. My experiment aims to build on how gender impacts team members' success, emotions, and overall experience by randomly pairing individuals in two-person remote teams, to complete data entry tasks together. Teams work together remotely to complete tasks rating Chicago roads. Pre and post-teamwork surveys were completed by individuals surrounding their emotions and experience working with their partner. My results demonstrate that single-gender female teams report the highest increases in happiness while working in teams. Individuals were found to rate partners of their same gender more highly than teammates of the opposite gender, and females consistently rated their partners lower, regardless of gender, than males. This shows favoritism towards team members of the same gender. Overall, my study increases our understanding of college undergraduates' behaviors and experiences in exogenously formed, two-person teams.

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