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Human Capital Accumulation And The Transition From Specialization To Multitasking

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BOUCEKKINE, RAOUF
CRIFO, PATRICIA

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This paper provides theoretical foundations to the contemporaneous increase in computer usage, human capital, and multitasking observed in many OECD countries during the 1990s. The links among work organization, technology, and human capital is modelled by establishing the conditions under which firms allocate the workers' time among several productive tasks. Organizational change is then analyzed in a dynamic perspective as the transition from specialization toward multitasking emphasizing its technological and educational determinants. We show that large enough can trigger a transition from specialization to multitasking, and this transition obviously should be accompanied by gradual increases in human capital.

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Volume (Year): 12 (2008)
Issue (Month): 03 (June)
Pages: 320-344
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  1. Raouf Boucekkine & Patricia Criffo & Claudio Mattalia, 2008. "Technological progress, organizational change and the size of the Human Resources Department," Working Papers 2008_20, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Raouf Boucekkine & Patricia Crifo & Claudio Mattalia, 2008. "Technological Progress, Organizational Change and the Size of the Human Resources Department," Working Papers hal-00240715_v1, HAL. [Downloadable!]
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