Core versus peripheral information technology employees and their impact on firm performance

• Main Authors: LIU, Ling, CHEN, Daniel Q., HU, Nan, BOSE, Indranil, BRUTON, Garry D.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Core and periphery; Complementary resources; Firm performance; Resource based view; Strategic human resources; Databases and Information Systems; Human Resources Management; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8018; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9021/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S0167923613000341_main.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Scholars have widely argued, but not previously examined, that core employees with firm specific skills are critical to the firm's strategic success. This argument has led to the belief that employees whose skills are not firm specific can be readily replaced in the external market and are peri...