MAXIMIZING THE HUMAN CAPITAL EQUATION IN LOGISTICS: EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS Academic Article

abstract

• Hiring and retaining the best employees human capital is a challenge. This recent study addressed the longstanding problem of finding sufficient numbers of quality logistics managers to fill logistics jobs. The research examined how education, experience, and job skills influence performance of these managers, and how performance in turn influences the worth of the manager to the firm. As hypothesized, job skills were found to be good predictors of both logistics manager performance and worth. However, neither experience nor education was found to significantly affect performance. Managerial implications are also provided.

authors

• Griffith, David

published proceedings

• Journal of Business Logistics

author list (cited authors)

• Myers, M. B., Griffith, D. A., Daugherty, P. J., & Lusch, R. F.

citation count

• 138

publication date

• March 2004

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

keywords

• 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services
• 3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour
• 4 Quality Education

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2004.tb00175.x

start page

• 211

end page

• 232

volume

• 25

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2158-1592.2004.tb00175.x

user-defined tag

• 4 Quality Education