Arya, Anil; Mittendorf, Brian - In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 162 (2006) 3, pp. 505-515
This paper presents one reason for adopting diverse work assignments, rooted in a desire to match employees' pay with the skills they have cultivated on the job. When on-the-job learning parlays into attractive external opportunities, employees may threaten to seek a different and higher paying...