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An empirical study of the managerial labour market in Moldova
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2011-12-08
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper employs a unique dataset collected in the Republic of Moldova, a small European transition economy, to examine the managerial characteristics that are associated with individual external mobility propensities in the Moldovan managerial labour market. Empirical findings show that there is an expected generation gap in the fluidity of managerial labour markets, i.e. that younger managers are more likely to have entered the managerial labour market via an external labour market strategy than their older counterparts. Furthermore, foreign work experience is strongly associated with the frequency of managerial labour market participants' external labour market moves, suggesting that such experience is a scarce human capital resource and that it is perceived in the labour market as a valuable trait that produces frequent inter-company moves. Meanwhile, there is only limited empirical support for the hypothesis that males experience more frequent inter-company career moves than females. We outline how this study contributes to our understanding of managers' external mobility propensities in embryonic managerial labour markets and discuss theoretical and practical implications of our findings.
Language
English
Keywords
managerial labour market
external mobility
transition economies
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
Taking International Business to the Next Level - Emerging Issues, Strategies and Economies
Publisher
EIBA European International Business Academy
Publisher place
Brüssel
Event Title
37th European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Conference
Event Location
Bucharest, Romania
Event Date
08.-10.12.2011
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
208146