Firm-specific human capital and compensation organizational tenure profiles : an archival analysis of salary data for it

We examine determinants of IT compensation using archival salary data from 2,251 IT professionals in Singapore. Consistent with human capital theory, we find that professionals in IT jobs requiring more firm-specific human capital are paid more than those in jobs requiring less firm-specific human c...

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Main Authors: Boh, Wai Fong, Ang, Soon, Slaughter, Sandra A.
Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1002492023-05-19T06:44:40Z Firm-specific human capital and compensation organizational tenure profiles : an archival analysis of salary data for it Boh, Wai Fong Ang, Soon Slaughter, Sandra A. Nanyang Business School Business We examine determinants of IT compensation using archival salary data from 2,251 IT professionals in Singapore. Consistent with human capital theory, we find that professionals in IT jobs requiring more firm-specific human capital are paid more than those in jobs requiring less firm-specific human capital. Moreover, compensation increases with organizational tenure at an increasing rate for professionals in higher firm-specific human capital IT jobs, but at a decreasing rate for those in lower firm-specific human capital IT jobs. Our results reveal firm-specific human capital as a primary determinant of compensation and a moderator of IT compensation-organizational tenure profiles. 2013-11-27T05:27:54Z 2019-12-06T20:19:08Z 2013-11-27T05:27:54Z 2019-12-06T20:19:08Z 2007 2007 Journal Article Slaughter, S. A., Ang, S., & Boh, W. F. (2007). Firm-specific human capital and compensation organizational tenure profiles: An archival analysis of salary data for it. Human Resource Management, 46(3), 373-394. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100249 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17870 10.1002/hrm.20169 en Human resource management © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 22 p.
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Boh, Wai Fong
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Firm-specific human capital and compensation organizational tenure profiles : an archival analysis of salary data for it
description We examine determinants of IT compensation using archival salary data from 2,251 IT professionals in Singapore. Consistent with human capital theory, we find that professionals in IT jobs requiring more firm-specific human capital are paid more than those in jobs requiring less firm-specific human capital. Moreover, compensation increases with organizational tenure at an increasing rate for professionals in higher firm-specific human capital IT jobs, but at a decreasing rate for those in lower firm-specific human capital IT jobs. Our results reveal firm-specific human capital as a primary determinant of compensation and a moderator of IT compensation-organizational tenure profiles.
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Slaughter, Sandra A.
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Ang, Soon
Slaughter, Sandra A.
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title Firm-specific human capital and compensation organizational tenure profiles : an archival analysis of salary data for it
title_short Firm-specific human capital and compensation organizational tenure profiles : an archival analysis of salary data for it
title_full Firm-specific human capital and compensation organizational tenure profiles : an archival analysis of salary data for it
title_fullStr Firm-specific human capital and compensation organizational tenure profiles : an archival analysis of salary data for it
title_full_unstemmed Firm-specific human capital and compensation organizational tenure profiles : an archival analysis of salary data for it
title_sort firm-specific human capital and compensation organizational tenure profiles : an archival analysis of salary data for it
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