Narayanan, Sriram; Balasubramanian, Sridhar; … - In: Management Science 55 (2009) 11, pp. 1861-1876
Specialization at work has been recognized as a key driver of learning and productivity since the days of Adam Smith … specialization and variety jointly drive employee productivity in a real-life setting. We analyze a data set covering 88 individuals …, specialization enhances productivity. However, exposure to variety has a nonlinear influence on productivity; i.e., "too much variety …