Hitting the ground running: When is individual performance portable?

Jérôme Barthélemy

Journal of Business Research, 2025, vol. 197, issue C

Abstract: There is mounting evidence that the portability of individual performance is low. Previous research has typically argued that mobility negatively impacts worker performance through a loss of specific human capital. In this study, I contribute to the portability literature by examining two boundary conditions of the mobility − individual performance relationship: task interdependence and the stock of team-specific human capital. Using game-level data from the ‘big five’ European football leagues, I find evidence that both task interdependence and the stock of team-specific human capital strengthen the negative impact of mobility on individual performance.

Keywords: Portability; Team-specific human capital; Individual performance; Football (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115464

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