Influence of Knowledge Worker Competency on Human Capital Depreciation

Abstract

Abstract:

With the rapid changes of external environment, human capital depreciation (HCD) becomes a thorny management problem. Unlike most previous studies that focus only on demographic characteristics, this study proposes a conceptual model including knowledge creation as mediator and incentive mechanism as moderator to investigate the relationship between competency and HCD. 842 valid questionnaires are received by two-stage survey from knowledge workers in Yangtze River Delta region and Guangdong Province. Hypotheses are tested by total effect moderation model technique and bootstrap method. The results reveal that:(1) competency has a significant negative effect on HCD; (2) knowledge creation plays a partial intermediary role between competency and HCD; (3) the relationship between competency and HCD is contingent on incentive mechanism, more specifically, compensation incentive and development incentive weaken the relationship between competency and HCD, work incentive has no significant moderating effect. This empirical study clarifies the different relationship forms between competency and HCD according to various incentive mechanism, makes a reliable explanation about the differences of HCD degree between employees. The conclusions could serve as guidance for better management of knowledge worker.

Key words: human capital depreciation, competency, knowledge creation, incentive mechanism

Huang Weide, Ke Di. Influence of Knowledge Worker Competency on Human Capital Depreciation[J]. , 2020, 32(3): 190-202.

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