Publications
Publications
- 2019
- HBS Working Paper Series
Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics
By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
Abstract
Which managerial skills, traits, and practices matter most for productivity? How does the observability of these features affect how appropriately they are priced into wages? Combining two years of daily, line-level production data from a large Indian garment firm with rich survey data on line managers, we find that several key dimensions of managerial quality, like attention, autonomy, and control, are important for learning-by-doing as well as for overall productivity but are not commensurately rewarded in pay. Counterfactual simulations of our structural model show large gains from screening potential hires via psychometric measurement and training to improve managerial practices.
Keywords
Learning-by-doing; Screening; Productivity; Non-cognitive Skills; Ready-made-garments; Management; Quality; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Training; Compensation and Benefits; Apparel and Accessories Industry; India
Citation
Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. "Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-100, March 2019.