Career trajectories in retail and wholesale - A sequential approach

Mikaela Backman (), Helena Nilsson and Özge Öner
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Mikaela Backman: Center of Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden.
Helena Nilsson: Institute of Retail Economics (Handelns Forskningsinstitut)
Özge Öner: Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

No 17, HFI Working Papers from Institute of Retail Economics (Handelns Forskningsinstitut)

Abstract: High labor turnover imposes costs on a firm and hinders the accumulation of human capital. In an increasingly competitive market, retaining competent employees is a necessity. To avoid excessive labor turnover, it is necessary to identify which characteristics influence career pathways for employees. Becoming employed and/or staying employed within a certain firm or sector is normally not binary, but rather should be studied as employment-related events within a career trajectory. The combination of the timing and the order of distinct events that form a unique career pathway for an individual can be studied by using sequential analysis. In this paper, we systematically identify the common career paths of individuals who work in retail or wholesale.

Keywords: career trajectories; retail; wholesale; sequential analysis; employee turnover (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C35 J24 L81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2021-03-01
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