The Value of Human Capital Specificity Versus Transferability
研究了企业如何根据人力资本的可转移性和专用性来评估其价值，发现跳槽到更相似公司的管理者薪酬涨幅更大，反映了不同类型人力资本的价值差异。
Human capital is a key resource for which firms compete intensely. Human capital theory suggests that firms value both transferable and specific human capital. Yet as transferability increases, specificity decreases. This article examines the value firms place on acquiring executives'human capital as a function of its transferability versus specificity. Using longitudinal data from more than 9,000 executives, this article shows that executives moving to more similar firms receive greater increases to pay than nonmovers and those moving to less similar firms. This article suggests these increases reflect the differential value associated with various types of human capital.