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Red Giants or Black Holes? The Antecedent Conditions and Multilevel Impacts of Star Performers

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dc.contributor.authorAsgari, Elham
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Richard
dc.contributor.authorLerner, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorTownsend, David
dc.contributor.authorHayward, Mathew
dc.contributor.authorKiefer, Kip
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-28T12:35:59Z
dc.date.available2025-01-28T12:35:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-02
dc.description.abstractHigh-achieving employees, the “stars” of an organization, are widely credited with producing indispensable, irreplaceable, value-enhancing contributions. From the recruitment of celebrity chief executive officers to the fierce competition for star scientists, and from lucrative contracts for sports icons to outsized bonuses for top salespeople, human capital strategies have long promoted the importance of star performers. Sixty years of research on stars has witnessed a wide array of contexts, levels of analysis, and subdimensions, much of which is focused on the accomplishments of these alpha-tail individuals. More recently, however, scholars have begun to draw varied conclusions regarding both the favorable and unfavorable impacts of star performers, leading to a balkanization of perspectives comprising the stream. Our review of the multidisciplinary work on stars synthesizes disparate studies, settles definitional problems, and integrates complementary factors into a coherent formative construct. Through this, we foster the development of a research agenda concerning the manner in which star performers are, by their very nature, simultaneously red giants and black holes, the precise balance of which is fertile soil for future inquiry.
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dc.identifier.citationAsgari, E., Hunt, R. A., Lerner, D. A., Townsend, D. M., Hayward, M. L., & Kiefer, K. (2021). Red giants or black holes? The antecedent conditions and multilevel impacts of star performers. Academy of Management Annals, 15(1), 223-265. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2019.0061
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2019.0061
dc.identifier.issn1941-6067
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3492
dc.issue.number1
dc.journal.titleAcademy of Management Annals
dc.language.isoen
dc.page.final265
dc.page.initial223
dc.page.total33
dc.publisherAcademy of management
dc.relation.departmentEntrepreneurship
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.schoolIE Business School
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
dc.titleRed Giants or Black Holes? The Antecedent Conditions and Multilevel Impacts of Star Performers
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