Unpacking prior experience: How career history affects Job Performance

Organization Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-68

  Dokko, Gina ^a   Wilk, Steffanie L ^b   Rothbard, Nancy P ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career history; Experienced based learning; Firm specific knowledge; Job performance; Organizational boundary crossing; Work experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350426054     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0357     Document Type: Article

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