Human capital investments and employee performance: An analysis of IT services industry

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 641-658

  Bapna, Ravi ^a,b   Langer, Nishtha ^b   Mehra, Amit ^b   Gopal, Ram ^c   Gupta, Alok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel model; Employee performance; Human capital theory; Indian IT industry; IT services; Training and productivity

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PANELS; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE; HUMAN CAPITAL THEORIES; IT INDUSTRY; IT SERVICES;

FUEL ECONOMY; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; PERSONNEL RATING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 84874742682     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1586     Document Type: Article

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