Job Rotation as a Learning Mechanism

Jaime Ortega

Management Science, 2001, vol. 47, issue 10, 1361-1370

Abstract: This article analyzes the costs and benefits of job rotation as a mechanism with which the firm can learn about the employees' productivities and the profitability of different jobs or activities. I compare job rotation to an assignment policy where employees specialize in one job along their career. The gains from adopting a job rotation policy are larger when there is more prior uncertainty about employees and activities. I argue that this firm learning theory fits the existing evidence on rotation better than alternative explanations based on employee motivation and employee learning.

Keywords: Job Rotation; Learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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