Task-Specific Training and Job Design
This paper provides a simple theoretical framework based on a new type of human capital introduced by Gibbons and Waldman (2004), called task-specific training, to understand job design. Mainly, in the presence of task-specific training, promotions might result ex-post in the underutilization of human capital and thus firms at the time of designing jobs should attempt to diversify this risk.
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2006
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Authors: | Balmaceda, Felipe |
Institutions: | Centro de EconomÃa Aplicada, Universidad de Chile |
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