TY - JOUR
T1 - Another Roof, Another Proof
T2 - The Impact of Mobility on Individual Productivity in Science
AU - Tartari, Valentina
AU - Di Lorenzo, Francesco
AU - Campbell, Benjamin A.
N1 - Published online: 13. July 2018
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - The mobility of highly skilled employees is seen as a critical way for organizations to transfer knowledge and to improve organizational performance. Yet, the relationship between mobility and individual performance is still largely a theoretical and empirical puzzle. Integrating human capital mobility research and the economics of science literature, we argue that mobility of academics should have a positive effect on individual productivity. Additionally, we argue that this positive effect is strengthened when academics move towards better-endowed institutions. We find support for our predictions using a unique dataset of 348 academics working in biology department in the United Kingdom supplemented with qualitative evidence from a survey of the focal academic researchers.
AB - The mobility of highly skilled employees is seen as a critical way for organizations to transfer knowledge and to improve organizational performance. Yet, the relationship between mobility and individual performance is still largely a theoretical and empirical puzzle. Integrating human capital mobility research and the economics of science literature, we argue that mobility of academics should have a positive effect on individual productivity. Additionally, we argue that this positive effect is strengthened when academics move towards better-endowed institutions. We find support for our predictions using a unique dataset of 348 academics working in biology department in the United Kingdom supplemented with qualitative evidence from a survey of the focal academic researchers.
KW - Academic researchers
KW - Arellano–Bond
KW - Mobility
KW - Organizational resources
KW - Scientific productivity
KW - Academic researchers
KW - Arellano–Bond
KW - Mobility
KW - Organizational resources
KW - Scientific productivity
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U2 - 10.1007/s10961-018-9681-5
DO - 10.1007/s10961-018-9681-5
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85049827494
VL - 45
SP - 276
EP - 303
JO - Journal of Technology Transfer
JF - Journal of Technology Transfer
SN - 0892-9912
IS - 1
ER -