The work of teams and the careers of individuals : performance and mobility in interdependent work settings
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation is about the career and work consequences of team based labor. As economic and labor surveys have shown for many years, more and more people do their work in teams, and it is the team that is often seen as the fundamental work unit, rather than the individual. This has two consequences. The first is that team choice and team structure have consequences for individual careers. For example, a team that works well together may give its members more opportunities for individual advancement that stall without their teammates present. Second, the career choices of individuals have lasting effects on teams themselves. For example, varying rates of mobility between teams affects team stability and norms, and these mobility patterns are a consequence of an individual's career opportunities. Thus, we should expect greater co-evolution of team and career dynamics within internal and open labor markets. Depending on the context for work and reward, the relationship between the two may be hostile, mutually beneficial, and the variations in between. The studies of this dissertation examine different elements of this relationship. Chapter 1 studies the effect that inter-team mobility has on performance (more is better), chapter 2 examines the consequences of one's collaboration history and future success (it depends on how you're paid), while chapter 3 asks whether people's own recognition of these dynamics helps them do better in their career planning (you get paid more if you think about people besides yourself). It closes with some thoughts on future inquiry into this topic.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2019; ©2019 |
| Publication date | 2019; 2019 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Jia, Ruo |
|---|---|
| Supervisor | Rao, Hayagreeva, 1959- |
| Thesis advisor | Rao, Hayagreeva, 1959- |
| Thesis advisor | Ferguson, John-Paul |
| Thesis advisor | Hinds, Pamela |
| Thesis advisor | Meyer, John W |
| Degree committee member | Ferguson, John-Paul |
| Degree committee member | Hinds, Pamela |
| Degree committee member | Meyer, John W |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business. |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Ruo Jia. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Graduate School of Business. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2019. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2019 by Ruo Jia
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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