--- _id: '57447' abstract: - lang: eng text: ' Boomerangs, that is, rehires, should have advantages over other new hires when integrating into an organization due to their familiarity with the work context and their pre-existing relationships. However, research suggests that the effects of hiring boomerangs may not be straightforwardly positive. To better understand these effects, we investigate how boomerangs’ social integration into a work team differs from that of other new hires due to their pre-existing relationships and how those relationships shape their and incumbents’ competence and motivation to provide assistance for collective performance. We theorize and find that boomerangs, compared with new hires, exhibit more performance assistance toward incumbent former and incumbent new colleagues. In contrast, incumbent former colleagues do not direct their performance assistance toward boomerangs, contrary to our prediction, nor do incumbent new colleagues. This study contributes to the nascent literature on boomerangs and the literature on job mobility by finding evidence that prior relationships condition the behavior of both boomerangs and incumbents. Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2022.16685 . ' author: - first_name: Thorsten full_name: Grohsjean, Thorsten last_name: Grohsjean - first_name: Gina full_name: Dokko, Gina last_name: Dokko - first_name: Philip full_name: Yang, Philip id: '100432' last_name: Yang citation: ama: Grohsjean T, Dokko G, Yang P. Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees. Organization Science. Published online 2024. doi:10.1287/orsc.2022.16685 apa: Grohsjean, T., Dokko, G., & Yang, P. (2024). Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees. Organization Science. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2022.16685 bibtex: '@article{Grohsjean_Dokko_Yang_2024, title={Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees}, DOI={10.1287/orsc.2022.16685}, journal={Organization Science}, publisher={Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)}, author={Grohsjean, Thorsten and Dokko, Gina and Yang, Philip}, year={2024} }' chicago: Grohsjean, Thorsten, Gina Dokko, and Philip Yang. “Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees.” Organization Science, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2022.16685. ieee: 'T. Grohsjean, G. Dokko, and P. Yang, “Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees,” Organization Science, 2024, doi: 10.1287/orsc.2022.16685.' mla: Grohsjean, Thorsten, et al. “Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees.” Organization Science, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2024, doi:10.1287/orsc.2022.16685. short: T. Grohsjean, G. Dokko, P. Yang, Organization Science (2024). date_created: 2024-11-27T09:44:54Z date_updated: 2025-04-09T11:02:56Z department: - _id: '681' doi: 10.1287/orsc.2022.16685 language: - iso: eng publication: Organization Science publication_identifier: issn: - 1047-7039 - 1526-5455 publication_status: published publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) status: public title: Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees type: journal_article user_id: '80877' year: '2024' ... --- _id: '59458' abstract: - lang: eng text: ' Boomerangs, that is, rehires, should have advantages over other new hires when integrating into an organization due to their familiarity with the work context and their pre-existing relationships. However, research suggests that the effects of hiring boomerangs may not be straightforwardly positive. To better understand these effects, we investigate how boomerangs’ social integration into a work team differs from that of other new hires due to their pre-existing relationships and how those relationships shape their and incumbents’ competence and motivation to provide assistance for collective performance. We theorize and find that boomerangs, compared with new hires, exhibit more performance assistance toward incumbent former and incumbent new colleagues. In contrast, incumbent former colleagues do not direct their performance assistance toward boomerangs, contrary to our prediction, nor do incumbent new colleagues. This study contributes to the nascent literature on boomerangs and the literature on job mobility by finding evidence that prior relationships condition the behavior of both boomerangs and incumbents. Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2022.16685 . ' author: - first_name: Thorsten full_name: Grohsjean, Thorsten last_name: Grohsjean - first_name: Gina full_name: Dokko, Gina last_name: Dokko - first_name: Philip full_name: Yang, Philip id: '100432' last_name: Yang citation: ama: Grohsjean T, Dokko G, Yang P. Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees. Organization Science. 2024;36(2):918-939. doi:10.1287/orsc.2022.16685 apa: Grohsjean, T., Dokko, G., & Yang, P. (2024). Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees. Organization Science, 36(2), 918–939. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2022.16685 bibtex: '@article{Grohsjean_Dokko_Yang_2024, title={Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees}, volume={36}, DOI={10.1287/orsc.2022.16685}, number={2}, journal={Organization Science}, publisher={Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)}, author={Grohsjean, Thorsten and Dokko, Gina and Yang, Philip}, year={2024}, pages={918–939} }' chicago: 'Grohsjean, Thorsten, Gina Dokko, and Philip Yang. “Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees.” Organization Science 36, no. 2 (2024): 918–39. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2022.16685.' ieee: 'T. Grohsjean, G. Dokko, and P. Yang, “Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees,” Organization Science, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 918–939, 2024, doi: 10.1287/orsc.2022.16685.' mla: Grohsjean, Thorsten, et al. “Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees.” Organization Science, vol. 36, no. 2, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2024, pp. 918–39, doi:10.1287/orsc.2022.16685. short: T. Grohsjean, G. Dokko, P. Yang, Organization Science 36 (2024) 918–939. date_created: 2025-04-09T13:25:46Z date_updated: 2026-02-20T13:55:21Z department: - _id: '681' doi: 10.1287/orsc.2022.16685 intvolume: ' 36' issue: '2' language: - iso: eng page: 918-939 publication: Organization Science publication_identifier: issn: - 1047-7039 - 1526-5455 publication_status: published publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) status: public title: Can You Go Home Again? Performance Assistance Between Boomerangs and Incumbent Employees type: journal_article user_id: '80877' volume: 36 year: '2024' ...