High performer peer effects: A review, synthesis, and agenda for future research

JL Hendricks, ML Call… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
For decades, scholars and managers alike have shared a sustained interest in harnessing
the talents of high-performing employees primarily due to their disproportionate …

A star is born or not: understanding the star emergence gender gap

JB Bear, LJ Treviño, H Aguinis - Journal of Organizational …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Building on research on star performance, gender, and situational constraints, we introduce
a longitudinal process model explaining the gender gap in star emergence. We argue that …

Simply the best? Star performers and high‐potential employees: Critical reflections and a path forward for research and practice

RR Kehoe, DG Collings, WF Cascio - Personnel Psychology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, scholars' and practitioners' interest in star performers and high‐potential
employees (HiPos) has increased dramatically. To date, however, researchers have …

The role of human managers within algorithmic performance management systems: A process model of employee trust in managers through reflexivity

K Leavitt, CM Barnes, DL Shapiro - Academy of Management …, 2024 - journals.aom.org
The introduction of algorithmic performance management has generated significant concern
with regard to employee trust in organizations. Although algorithms may be viewed as …

Influence of star employees' role stress on their unethical pro-organizational behavior: a perspective from the transactional theory of stress and co**

X Xue, J Zhang, WKJ Liong, A Ali - Current Psychology, 2024 - Springer
Star employees are typically expected to perform in-role (ie, core job tasks) and extra-role
(ie, colleague assistance and guidance) tasks, which can affect their individual performance …

Above the law? How motivated moral reasoning shapes evaluations of high performer unethicality.

EM Campbell, DT Welsh, W Wang - Journal of Applied Psychology, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Recent revelations have brought to light the misconduct of high performers across various
fields and occupations who were promoted up the organizational ladder rather than …

Passion ignites: Effect of expert worker passion on employee performance in knowledge worker teams

Y Tang, X Pu, E Xu, X Huang, G Zhang… - Journal of Business …, 2025 - Elsevier
Previous studies have shown that employees perform better by acquiring knowledge and
skills from domain-specific experts. In this research, we depart from this perspective to focus …

The mixed blessing of dancing with star employees: A social-comparison-based analysis of the effects of star employees on non-stars

J **ao, Y Wang, B Cheng, J Wei - Journal of Business and Psychology, 2024 - Springer
Although star employees have been well documented as having a series of positive impacts
in organizations, there is emerging evidence that they also negatively influence non-stars …

Teamwork doesn't just happen: policy recommendations from over half a century of team research

G Grote, SWJ Kozlowski - Behavioral Science & Policy, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Teamwork has been at the core of human social organization for millennia and is essential
for organizational productivity and innovation. Yet teamwork often is not as effective as it …

To the victor belong the spoils? A theoretical investigation of star employee hierarchies

JT Bush, J Moon - Human Resource Management Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Star employees are characterized by their high-status position in organizations. Yet,
important distinctions in stardom are likely to exist among stars within an organization …