National skill profiles and the use of data analytics for employee performance monitoring | Research Seminar with Gokce Basbug

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Abstract: Drawing on skill formation regimes and societal effects perspectives, this session examines how national skill profiles influence firms’ adoption of human resource analytics, specifically in the realm of employee performance monitoring. Using large, representative data covering 16,395 establishments across 28 European countries, Assistant Professor Gokce Basbug provides evidence that establishments are more likely to adopt data analytics for performance monitoring in national contexts where the skill level is comparatively low. He'll also further demonstrates that the degree of task autonomy in the work environment mediates the relationship between national skill level and the use of data analytics.

Bio: Gokce Basbug is an Assistant Professor at Durham University Business School. Before joining Durham, he was a faculty member at SKK Graduate School of Business in South Korea, receiving a PhD from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BA from Istanbul University. His research focuses on work and employment, particularly the experience of job search and unemployment, gender segregation in labor markets, and the role of institutions and organizational practices in shaping workers' careers and well-being. Currently, together with his colleagues, he coordinates SASE's Network G on Labor Markets, Education, and Human Resources.