Category: Published
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The lives and deaths of jobs: Technical interdependence and survival in a job structure
Organization Science, 26(6), 1665-1681 (with John-Paul Ferguson and Rembrand Koning) Prior work has considered the properties of individual jobs that make them more or less likely to survive in organizations. Yet little research examines how a job’s position within a larger job structure affects its life chances and thus the evolution of the larger job structure over time.…
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Specialization and career dynamics: Evidence from the Indian Administrative Service
Administrative Science Quarterly, 58(2), 233-256. (with John-Paul Ferguson) In this article, we attempt to resolve the tension between two conflicting views on the role of specialization in workers’ careers. Some scholars argue that specialization is a net benefit that allows workers to get ahead, while others argue that broad experience across several domains is the only…
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Automatic detection of omissions in medication lists
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 18.4 (2011): 449-458. (with George T. Duncan, Daniel B. Neill and Rema Padman) Objective Evidence suggests that the medication lists of patients are often incomplete and could negatively affect patient outcomes. In this article, the authors propose the application of collaborative filtering methods to the medication reconciliation task. Given…