Compute employee flows across periods — employee_flow • personnelSelectionUtility

Computes retained headcount after hires and losses: N_t = initial + cumsum(hired - lost).

Usage

employee_flow(hired, lost, initial = 0)

Arguments

hired: Number hired in each period.
lost: Number lost in each period.
initial: Initial headcount.

Value

Numeric vector of headcount by period.

References

Boudreau, J. W., & Berger, C. J. (1985). Decision-theoretic utility analysis applied to employee separations and acquisitions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 70, 581-612.

Boudreau, J. W. (1991). Utility analysis for decisions in human resource management. In M. D. Dunnette & L. M. Hough (Eds.), Handbook of industrial and organizational psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 621-745). Consulting Psychologists Press.

Examples

# Literature: Boudreau and Berger (1985); Boudreau (1991).
employee_flow(hired = c(100, 20, 20), lost = c(0, 30, 25))
#> [1] 100  90  85