Red Giants or Black Holes? The Antecedent Conditions and Multi-Level Impacts of Star Performers

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dc.contributor.authorAsgari, Elhamen
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Richard A.en
dc.contributor.authorLerner, Daniel A.en
dc.contributor.authorTownsend, David M.en
dc.contributor.authorHayward, Mathew L. A.en
dc.contributor.authorKiefer, Kipen
dc.contributor.departmentManagementen
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-27T18:00:06Zen
dc.date.available2020-12-27T18:00:06Zen
dc.date.issued2020-10-29en
dc.date.updated2020-12-27T18:00:00Zen
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 CEOs to the fierce competition for star scientists, and from lucrative contracts for sports icons to out-sized 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 sub-dimensions, much of which is focused on the accomplishments of these alphatail 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 the perspectives comprising the stream. Our review of the multi-disciplinary 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.en
dc.description.versionPublished online (Publication status)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierannals.2019.0061 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2019.0061en
dc.identifier.eissn1941-6067en
dc.identifier.issn1941-6520en
dc.identifier.orcidHunt, Richard [0000-0002-8893-2616]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/101671en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAcademy of Managementen
dc.rightsIn Copyright (InC)en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject1503 Business and Managementen
dc.subjectBusiness & Managementen
dc.titleRed Giants or Black Holes? The Antecedent Conditions and Multi-Level Impacts of Star Performersen
dc.title.serialAcademy of Management Annalsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.otherArticleen
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-10-29en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Businessen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Business/Managementen
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