Research
Research on careers, promotion, and job mobility
Matthew’s research examines modern careers and employment: how people move within and between organizations, who gets promoted, and what those choices mean for pay and performance. It is the evidence behind The Insider Advantage.
Publications
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2026
Dynamic Demands versus Durable Skills: Career Dilemmas in Pharmaceutical R&D
Academy of Management Journal, forthcoming
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2026
Pipelines and Sprinkler Systems: Documenting the Speed-Flexibility Tradeoff in How Jobs Shape Promotion
Academy of Management Journal, forthcoming
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2026
Building Careers in Project-Based Organizations: Breadth, Fit, and the Path to Advancement
Management Science, forthcoming
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2025
Stepping Sideways to Step Up: Lateral Mobility and Career Advancement Inside Organizations
Management Science 71(1): 240–261
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2024
Journal
Global Careers and Compensation: From Initial Penalties to a Superglobal Premium
Academy of Management Discoveries 10(1): 122–149
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2023
HBR
Research: Is Moving Internationally for a Job a Smart Move?
Harvard Business Review, digital article
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2023
Finding the Right Path to the Top: How Past Interorganizational Moves Impact Executive Selection Outcomes
Strategic Management Journal 44(10): 2341–2376
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2022
Do Managers Capture the Value that They Create? Drivers of Managers’ Value Capture in a Large Retail Chain
Strategic Management Journal 43(10): 1983–2011
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2022
Brokered Careers: The Role of Search Firms in Managerial Career Mobility
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
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2021
In with the Old? Examining When Boomerang Employees Outperform New Hires
Academy of Management Journal
These are Matthew’s most recent papers. For all 33 of his academic articles, see his full CV.