The Effects of Competition and Scarcity on Interpersonal Communication in Organizations

The author’s doctoral advisor, dissertation committee, and postdoctoral advisor provided critical feedback and support throughout the development of the present research program and manuscript: Ronald S. Burt, Jerker Denrell (postdoctoral advisor), Michael J. Gibbs, Reid Hastie (doctoral advisor/chair), Emir Kamenica, John Levi Martin, and Richard Thaler. The author is also grateful for feedback provided by Joshua Becker, Stephan Billinger, Morgan Dutton, Oliver Hahl (senior editor), David A. Kenny, Thorbjørn Knudsen, Ray Reagans, Edward B. Smith, Thomas Talhelm, Marlon Twyman, the TurkerView community, and the Theoretical Organizational Models (TOM) Society. The author is greatly indebted to Jeryl L. Mumpower and Robert E. O’Connor for their encouragement throughout the National Science Foundation grant application process, and to Chris Wickens and Philipp Chapkovski for their generous support while the author developed the present experiment in oTree. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business.