# Professors Steven Blader and Claudine Gartenberg’s research on data-driven management and employee performance is cited

1 Faculty News July 11, 2015 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/business/why-employee-ranking-can-backfire.html?_r=1) -- “‘Competition in a collaborative environment doesn’t work well,’ [Professor Blader](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/steven-blader) said. In team-based environments, it may be better to inform each employee of his or her performance individually rather than as part of a group ranking. But if a company’s culture is self focused rather than team focused, publicizing rankings may be effective, he said.”

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