Kampkoetter, Patrick and Marggraf, Kathrin (2015). Do employees reciprocate to intra-firm trainings? An analysis of absenteeism and turnover rates. Int. J. Hum. Resour. Manag., 26 (22). S. 2888 - 2908. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1466-4399
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This article contributes to the debate on the link between reciprocal motives of employees and HRM practices by studying the behavioral effects of intra-firm trainings on absence behavior and turnover probability. We apply the gift-exchange framework and offer a behavioral perspective that helps to explain why firms invest in trainings that provide mainly general skills. We argue that employees may reciprocate the gift of firm-sponsored training with higher levels of costly effort or commitment. We employ a stringent methodological approach based on panel data of a large multinational firm and find that, in contrast to human capital predictions, general trainings lead to a decrease in turnover rates. Most notably, we find the strongest effect for employees with the lowest levels of firm tenure. This is a quite novel result as this group should face the lowest separation costs, for instance, due to the accumulation of firm-specific human capital. Hence, intra-firm trainings are an important retention device, especially for newly or recently hired employees. Furthermore, a short-term decrease in absenteeism indicates a temporary, reciprocal reaction by employees.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-383679 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/09585192.2015.1005655 | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Int. J. Hum. Resour. Manag. | ||||||||||||
Volume: | 26 | ||||||||||||
Number: | 22 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 2888 - 2908 | ||||||||||||
Date: | 2015 | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | ||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | ABINGDON | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1466-4399 | ||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||
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URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/38367 |
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