Tag: Labor Markets

• September 22, 2018

  Social networks and careers

  “Social_Networks_and_Careers“, in Social Networks at Work, D.J. Brass and S.P. Borgatti (eds.) S.I.O.P. Frontiers Book Series. Social networks affect a range of career outcomes including job search, promotion and wage determination. Networks also affect major career transitions, including entry into entrepreneurship and exit into retirement. Across a range of studies, individuals are found to use…
• September 22, 2018

  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.…
• September 22, 2018

  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…