A new employee may work hard to build his reputation. However, the longer he is employed in his job, the more the firm will have learned about his ability. When there are career concerns, the incentives for an employee to influence the firm's perceptions of his ability decrease over time....

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...

Demographischer Wandel in der Automobilindustrie -- Beschäftigungsfähigkeit im Altersverlauf -- Theorien und Modelle der Arbeitsgestaltung und Job Rotation -- Diskussion erster Ergebnisse einer dreijährigen Pilotstudie.