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- Title
"Another roof, another proof": the impact of mobility on individual productivity in science.
- Authors
Tartari, Valentina; Di Lorenzo, Francesco; Campbell, Benjamin A.
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; SCIENTIFIC literature; STUDENT mobility; ECONOMICS literature; HUMAN capital; EVIDENCE; KNOWLEDGE transfer; SOCIAL institutions
- Publication
Journal of Technology Transfer, 2020, Vol 45, Issue 1, p276
- ISSN
0892-9912
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10961-018-9681-5