The Effects of Coworker Heterogeneity on Firm-Level Output: Assessing the Impacts of Cultural and Language Diversity in the National Hockey League

Kahane, Leo and Longley, Neil and Simmons, Robert (2013) The Effects of Coworker Heterogeneity on Firm-Level Output: Assessing the Impacts of Cultural and Language Diversity in the National Hockey League. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 95 (1). pp. 302-314. ISSN 0034-6535

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Abstract

The paper uses data from the National Hockey League (NHL) to consider the potential gains to firms from employing culturally-diverse work teams. It finds that the presence of foreign workers does increase firm-level performance – NHL teams that employed a higher proportion of European players performed better. However, the results also indicate that teams perform better when their European players come from the same country, rather than being spread across many European countries – when teams have players from a wide array of European countries, integration costs associated with language and cultural differences may start to override any gains from diversity.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
The Review of Economics and Statistics
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? economicseconomics and econometricssocial sciences (miscellaneous)hb economic theory ??
ID Code:
56345
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Deposited On:
25 Jul 2012 09:26
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Yes
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Published
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26 Mar 2024 00:35