“Another roof, another proof”: the impact of mobility on individual productivity in science

Valentina Tartari, Francesco Di Lorenzo and Benjamin A. Campbell
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Francesco Di Lorenzo: Copenhagen Business School
Benjamin A. Campbell: The Ohio State University

The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2020, vol. 45, issue 1, No 12, 276-303

Abstract: Abstract The mobility of highly skilled employees is seen as a critical way for organizations to transfer knowledge and to improve organizational performance. Yet, the relationship between mobility and individual performance is still largely a theoretical and empirical puzzle. Integrating human capital mobility research and the economics of science literature, we argue that mobility of academics should have a positive effect on individual productivity. Additionally, we argue that this positive effect is strengthened when academics move towards better-endowed institutions. We find support for our predictions using a unique dataset of 348 academics working in biology department in the United Kingdom supplemented with qualitative evidence from a survey of the focal academic researchers.

Keywords: Mobility; Academic researchers; Scientific productivity; Organizational resources; Arellano–Bond (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s10961-018-9681-5

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