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Kolympiris, Christos, Hoenen, Sebastian and Klein, Peter G. (2019) Learning by seconding : evidence from NSF rotators. Organization Science, 30 (3). pp. 528-551. doi:10.1287/orsc.2018.1245 ISSN 1047-7039.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2018.1245
Abstract
We study knowledge flows between organizations through secondments, short-term employee assignments at an organization different from the home institution. Secondments allow the sending organization to capture knowledge and network resources from the receiving organization without an organization-level contract, alliance, or colocation, a process we term learning by seconding. We focus on the National Science Foundation (NSF) rotation program, under which the NSF employs academics, called rotators, on loan from their university, to lead peer reviews. We ask how rotators affect the behavior of their academic colleagues after returning from a secondment. Using difference in differences estimations, we show that rotators’ colleagues raise considerably more research funds than similar scientists who do not have a rotator colleague. Additional quantitative and qualitative evidence implies that the treatment effect occurs via knowledge transfer, as rotators help generate ideas, frame proposals, and explain processes, rather than rent-seeking on the part of the rotator. Overall, the results suggest that strong ties and shared social identity play an important role in organizational knowledge acquisition.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Organization Science | ||||||
Publisher: | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (I N F O R M S) | ||||||
ISSN: | 1047-7039 | ||||||
Official Date: | 19 April 2019 | ||||||
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Volume: | 30 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 528-551 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1287/orsc.2018.1245 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 15 August 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 April 2019 | ||||||
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