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Employee Poaching: Why It Can Be Predatory

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There is a growing concern over predatory hiring practices that are aimed at eliminating competitors. Using a duopoly model in which firm's profits depend on the quality of the worker–employer match, this paper studies the conditions under which predatory equilibrium exists. I find that predatory hiring can occur when the match between the worker and the new employer is relatively poor, and the old employer has a shallow pool of replacement candidates. Post‐employment lawsuits do not affect the range of predatory equilibrium if the parties take into account expected damages payment. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Jin‐Hyuk Kim, 2014. "Employee Poaching: Why It Can Be Predatory," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(5), pages 309-317, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:mgtdec:v:35:y:2014:i:5:p:309-317
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    JEL classification:

    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions

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