Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/009196687/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 19 of
19
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract "Many observers have suggested that highly skilled workers convey little in the way of competitive advantage for firms due to their mobility. Implicit in this view is the belief that organizations are not important in determining individual performance. In this study, we address this issue by examining skilled individuals who work within multiple organizations roughly simultaneously. Specifically, we consider the performance of cardiac surgeons, many of whom perform operations at multiple hospitals during the course of a given year. Using patient mortality as an outcome measure, we find that the quality of a surgeon's performance at a given hospital improves significantly with increases in his or her annual procedure volume at that hospital but does not significantly improve with increases in his or her volume at other hospitals. Our findings suggest that surgeon performance is not fully portable across hospitals (i.e., some portion of performance is firm specific). We consider the implications of our results for settings beyond health care.".
- catalog contributor b12963105.
- catalog contributor b12963106.
- catalog contributor b12963107.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Many observers have suggested that highly skilled workers convey little in the way of competitive advantage for firms due to their mobility. Implicit in this view is the belief that organizations are not important in determining individual performance. In this study, we address this issue by examining skilled individuals who work within multiple organizations roughly simultaneously. Specifically, we consider the performance of cardiac surgeons, many of whom perform operations at multiple hospitals during the course of a given year. Using patient mortality as an outcome measure, we find that the quality of a surgeon's performance at a given hospital improves significantly with increases in his or her annual procedure volume at that hospital but does not significantly improve with increases in his or her volume at other hospitals. Our findings suggest that surgeon performance is not fully portable across hospitals (i.e., some portion of performance is firm specific). We consider the implications of our results for settings beyond health care.".
- catalog extent "36 p. :".
- catalog isPartOf "Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) ; 03-083.".
- catalog isPartOf "Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School ; 03-083".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Boston] : Division of Research, Harvard Business School,".
- catalog title "The effect of organizational context on individual performance : evidence from cardiac surgery / Robert S. Huckman, Gary P. Pisano.".
- catalog type "text".