Context: We addressed the issue of person-job-fit by focussing on both professional success and work satisfaction. Publications studying the predictive validity of (cognitive) ability, personality, or vocational interest alone have shown relationships with professional success or work...

How does firm-specific human capital shape workers’ career trajectories? We develop a model that allows workers to accumulate both portable and non-portable (firm-specific) human capital through their work experience and learn about their match quality with current employers over time. The...

With falling labor market dynamism in the United States, opportunities within firms take on increasing importance in young workers' career progression. Developing a variety of occupational ranking metrics, I show that occupational mobility within firms follows a standard life cycle pattern in...