Shifts and Ladders: Comparing the Role of Internal and External Mobility in Managerial Careers
Published Online:5 Oct 2015https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2015.1003
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Matthew Bidwell, Ethan Mollick (2015) Shifts and Ladders: Comparing the Role of Internal and External Mobility in Managerial Careers. Organization Science 26(6):1629-1645.
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The authors would like to thank Peter Cappelli, Adam Cobb, seminar audiences at the University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Toronto, and Dartmouth University, the editor Paul Adler, and three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on this paper. This study was in part funded by a Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship, the Wharton Leadership Center, the Wharton Dean’s Research Fund, and the Mark and Dorinda Winkelman Distinguished Scholar Award.
