2164: New Insights on Employee Mobility: Internal, External, and In Between (11883)

Organizer(s)

• JK

  JR Keller

  ILR School @ Cornell U., United States

Participant(s)

• RK

  Rebecca Kehoe

  Cornell U., United States
• FA

  Federico Aime

  Oklahoma State U., United States

Organizer(s)

• JC

  Joanne Cao

  Cornell U., United States

Discussant(s)

• GD

  Gina Dokko

  U. of California, Davis, United States

Presenter(s)

• FD

  Federica De Stefano

  HEC Paris, France
• JM

  John Mawdsley

  HEC Paris, France
• ES

  Eunkwang Seo

  Oklahoma State U., United States

Participant(s)

• RB

  Rocio Bonet

  IE U., Spain
• CG

  Claudia Gabbioneta

  U. of York, United Kingdom
• DM

  Daniel Muzio

  U. of York, United Kingdom

Employee mobility scholars have demonstrated a longstanding interest in the performance implications of internal and external hiring. Scholars examining direct comparisons have found that internal hires perform better initially, with external hires eventually closing the performance gap over time. Meanwhile, scholars focusing on the integration of external hires have documented factors (e.g., co-mobility, external social capital, hiring firm capabilities) that ease the performance challenges external hires face as they enter new firm. This symposium presents four papers that extend this work in several ways. First, the papers highlight that the outcomes associated with moves across jobs and firms are heavily shaped by a variety of contextual factors, including organizational strategy and structure, the status dynamics within and between work groups, and the availability of mobility options outside a firm. Additionally, the papers examine the implications of internal and external mobility for a range of outcomes, extending the focus from new hires’ individual job performance (e.g., performance ratings) to include differences in exploratory innovation and new hires’ socialization experiences at the individual level, quality rankings at the law practice level, and workplace accidents at the firm level. The authors of these papers examine their research questions across a variety of empirical contexts (e.g., health care, legal services, multi-business firms) and draw on a variety of data sources, including administrative data, market intelligence data, and company survey data, which collectively provides future scholars with a roadmap of potential options for studying mobility-related questions.

Presentations:

• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2164: The Dark Side of Multi-business Firms: Evidence from Workers’ Accidents in France (11883)
  

  Author: Rocio Bonet – IE U.

  Author: Federica De Stefano – HEC Paris
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2164: Group Factors and the Market for Quality: Examining Mobility of High Caliber Professionals (11883)
  

  Author: Claudia Gabbioneta – U. of York

  Author: John Mawdsley – HEC Paris

  Author: Daniel Muzio – U. of York
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2164: Two Routes to Get Up to Speed: Comparing Socialization Between Internal and External Hires (11883)
  

  Author: JR Keller – ILR School @ Cornell U.

  Author: Rebecca Rheinhardt Kehoe – Cornell U.

  Author: Joanne Cao – Cornell U.
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2164: Unleashing Innovation: The Impact of Inventor Mobility on Exploratory Value Creation in Firms (11883)
  

  Author: Eunkwang Seo – Oklahoma State U.

  Author: Federico Aime – Oklahoma State U.