Gravity's pull: The identity-related motives and outcomes of hiring stars

Lyle, Matthew C.; Eckardt, Rory; Corley, Kevin G.; Lepak, David P.

doi:10.1016/j.hrmr.2022.100932

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“…In addition, our research contributes to the nascent literature on star performers because we identified the specific characteristics and attributes that constitute ISPTs. Star performers are highly valuable employees to attract, hire, and retain (Aguinis & O'Boyle, 2014; Kehoe et al, 2023; Lyle et al, 2023). However, the literature has not yet reached a consensus on defining or classifying stars (Asgari et al, 2021; Call et al, 2015; Kehoe et al, 2018).…”

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“…Our findings significantly impact organizational leaders and HR practitioners who aim to identify and understand star performers (Aguinis & O'Boyle, 2014; Nyberg, 2010). ISPTs provide insights when implementing talent management practices such as selection, training, and development (e.g., Lyle et al, 2023). These insights are particularly relevant when evaluating and valuing women's work in star roles, specifically in areas like promotion and compensation where gender biases may exist.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Knowing these characteristics will allow future research to understand further how these ISPTs affect evaluations of stars in organizations, enriching our understanding of decisions in selecting, hiring, training, promoting, and retaining these valuable employees (cf. Lyle et al, 2023).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Our research contributes new theoretical insights to this literature by addressing the need to uncover the characteristics and attributes people implicitly believe stars possess (ISPTs) and the more masculine nature of these beliefs compared to very good employees. Thus, we advance the literature by providing a foundational framework for future work to understand further how ISPTs influence organizational decisions related to the selection, hiring, training, promotion, and retention of these valuable employees (Aguinis & O'Boyle, 2014;Kehoe et al, 2023;Lyle et al, 2023).…”

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Think star, think men? Implicit star performer theories

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Aguinis

2024

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SummaryThe star performer gender gap highlights women's challenges in being recognized as star performers. We investigated whether people hold shared beliefs about characteristics star performers possess (i.e., implicit star performer theories, ISPTs) and whether perceptions of stars are (a) gendered and (b) context‐specific. Guided by categorization theory, we argue that individuals have shared perceptions of what constitutes a star performer. Employing an inductive approach, we uncovered the existence of ISPTs that are distinct and differ from previously identified implicit theories, such as those about leadership. Specifically, stars were believed to have six characteristics: Driven, Relational, Extraordinary, Fascinating, Tenacious, and Brilliant. We then applied role congruity theory to argue that perceptions of star performers would be gendered and context‐dependent. Using an experimental approach, we ascertained that people associated star performers with more masculine than feminine attributes, what we labeled the think star, think men phenomenon. Moreover, this association was context‐dependent, such that the association of star performers with masculine attributes was stronger in men‐dominated occupations. Our third study used a non‐reactive approach (i.e., “Princeton trilogy”), and results showed that star performers are seen as possessing more masculine attributes than very good employees. Overall, our three studies using inductive, experimental, and indirect methods based on eight samples of 2322 participants consistently supported the existence of ISPTs and the think star, think men phenomenon, improving our understanding of the star performer gender gap.

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confidence: 99%

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Up in smoke? The lingering influence of history on community identity dynamics

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Hockensmith

Walsh

2023

Strategic Organization

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While prior research suggests that novel ventures not yet present in a given geographic community might threaten reflective aspects of community identity (i.e., materiality and rhetoric), it has yet to explain the divergent outcomes they might engender. In this paper, we develop a comparative case study of comparable communities where recreational cannabis dispensaries were founded and underlaid a noticeably different effect on identity reflections. Our findings suggest that different threat interpretations – founded in communal characterizations of history – spur theoretically similar yet descriptively different processes through which these elements co-evolve. Furthermore, these processes involve a wide range of actors and occur irrespective of the venture’s ultimate influence on reflections of community identity.

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Gravity's pull: The identity-related motives and outcomes of hiring stars

Cited by 2 publications

References 64 publications

Think star, think men? Implicit star performer theories

Think star, think men? Implicit star performer theories

Up in smoke? The lingering influence of history on community identity dynamics

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