New entrants, incumbents, and the search for knowledge: the role of job title ambiguity in the US information and communication technology industry, 2004–2014

IF 2.8 4区管理学 Q2 BUSINESS

Industrial and Corporate Change Pub Date : 2023-07-05 DOI:10.1093/icc/dtad034

Diego Zunino, Bruno Cirillo, F. Wezel, Stefano Breschi

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Abstract

New entrants and incumbent firms rely on new knowledge to innovate and compete in the market. One way to acquire new knowledge is through the recruitment of new employees from competitors, a phenomenon popularly known as “poaching.” Digital labor platforms are widely used by firms for this aim. We argue that job titles represent the first and most visible public source of information about knowledge workers and thus play a key role in navigating the vast spectrum of competencies available in digital platforms. Our analyses of the career trajectories of 11,644 knowledge workers in the United States between 2004 and 2014 suggest that increases in the ambiguity of a job title claimed by an employee are negatively associated with the likelihood of the employee being hired by a new employer. This finding appears stronger in the case of transitions to incumbent firms rather than new entrants. In the concluding section of the paper, we take stock of the various analyses presented and reflect on the potential role of job titles in the strategic management of human capital.

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新进入者、在职者和对知识的追求:2004-2014年美国信息和通信技术行业职位模糊的作用

新进入者和现有企业依靠新知识进行创新和市场竞争。获取新知识的一种方法是从竞争对手那里招聘新员工，这种现象被普遍称为“挖角”。企业为此广泛使用数字劳动力平台。我们认为，职称是知识工作者信息的第一个也是最明显的公共来源，因此在驾驭数字平台中的各种能力方面发挥着关键作用。我们对2004年至2014年间美国11644名知识型员工的职业轨迹进行的分析表明，员工所声称的职位模糊性的增加与员工被新雇主雇佣的可能性呈负相关。在向现有公司而非新进入者过渡的情况下，这一发现似乎更为有力。在论文的结论部分，我们总结了各种分析，并反思了职称在人力资本战略管理中的潜在作用。

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期刊介绍： The journal covers the following: the internal structures of firms; the history of technologies; the evolution of industries; the nature of competition; the decision rules and strategies; the relationship between firms" characteristics and the institutional environment; the sociology of management and of the workforce; the performance of industries over time; the labour process and the organization of production; the relationship between, and boundaries of, organizations and markets; the nature of the learning process underlying technological and organizational change.