Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245485 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9304
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We evaluate the impact of a program aiming at improving the workplace climate in corporations. The program is implemented via a clustered randomized design and evaluated with respect to the prevalence of support networks, antisocial behavior, perceived relational atmosphere, and turnover rate. We find that professionals in treated corporations are less inclined to engage in toxic competition, exhibit higher reciprocity toward each other, report higher workplace satisfaction and a more collegial atmosphere. Treated firms have fewer socially isolated individuals and a lower employee turnover. The program's success in improving leader-subordinate relationships emerges as a likely mechanism to explain these results.
Subjects: 
workplace climate
relational dynamics
leadership quality
RCT
JEL: 
C93
M14
M53
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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