Core employee based human capital and revenue productivity in small firms: An empirical investigation

Sanjib Chowdhury, Eric Schulz, Morgan Milner and David Van De Voort

Journal of Business Research, 2014, vol. 67, issue 11, 2473-2479

Abstract: The human capital of a firm, as manifested by the experience and education of its workforce, represents a key resource that improves firm productivity. The current study proposes that task-specific experience is a significant organizational resource for small firms seeking productivity. Utilizing objective data from 1572 core-employees representing 100 small firms in two different industries, this study examines how two types of experience (task-specific and firm-specific) interact with education to influence firm productivity. Results show that the relationship between task-specific experience and productivity is stronger in firms with higher levels of core employee education than in firms with lower levels of core employee education.

Keywords: Human capital; Task-specific; Firm productivity; Small business (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.03.007

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