Research in the field of knowledge management seems to be split between two different types of knowledge: explicit, codified, articulated, and formalized knowledge; and tacit uncodified, socially constructed knowledge. There has been little research looking at the boundary/intersection between these two types, despite the impact they have on each other. The proposed study seeks to articulate th...

I use data on the hiring practices and spatial location of firms in four cities to model the process of interfirm racial segregation. When I control for the spatial location of the firm, the use of employee referrals reduced the probability of hiring a black worker by 75% in firms that are less than 10% black. Among all firms, the results suggest that employee referrals are just as important as...

This paper explores how interviews a¤ect the matching process when worker productivity is private information. Wages are determined by a single round of strategic bargaining after the worker is interviewed. The implications of this hiring process for the e¢ ciency of matching and the incidence and severity of statistical discrimination are considered. The better are …rms at identifying producti...

Despite frequent claims that increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) in hiring will reduce the human bias has long plagued recruitment and selection, AI may equally replicate amplify such embed it technology. This article explores exclusion inclusion AI-supported hiring, focusing on three interrelated areas: data, design decisions. It is suggested terms organisational fit, categorisations...

Should responsibility for strategic planning and execution be assigned to the same manager? Should a firm have a chief operating officer with responsibilities distinct from those of the chief executive officer? How does the division of labor affect managerial opportunism? This paper uses a formal agency-theoretic model to address these questions and present a new theory of the division of manag...