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050 0 0 _aHD28 ACA
100 1 _aKilduff, Martin
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aMagnification and correction of the acolyte effect:
_binitial benefits and ex post settling up in NFL coaching careers/
_ccreated by Martin Kilduff, Craig Crossland, Wenpin Tsai and Matthew T. Bowers
264 1 _aBriarcliff Manor:
_bAcademy of Management,
_c2016.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
440 _aAcademy of management journal
_vVolume 59, number 1,
520 3 _aWhat are the long-term consequences of initially beneficial high-reputation workplace ties? Under uncertainty, acolytes (i.e., subordinates with work connections to high-reputation industry leaders) are likely to benefit in terms of signaling fitness for promotion in the external job market. Analysis of promotion outcomes of coaches in the National Football League over 31 years showed that the acolyte effect was reduced for individuals for whom uncertainty was lowest (acolytes with considerable industry experience or high centrality in the co-worker industry network). There was no support for either a knowledge-transfer or an intrinsic-quality explanation for why acolytes initially gained advantage. Rather, evidence supported the idea that ties to high-reputation leaders were somewhat randomly distributed so that acolytes faced ex post settling-up consequences after their promotions: i.e., fewer further promotions or lateral moves, and more demotions. Thus, acolytes initially benefited from loose linkages between their unobservable quality and signals offered by their industry-leader ties, but also suffered as the unreliability of social network signals became evident. The results suggest that a competitive job market may exhibit self-correction over time. We offer countervailing theory and evidence to the prevailing view that high-reputation third-party endorsements perpetuate a rich-get-richer social structure that is resistant to performance outcomes.
650 _aSocial network
_vManagers
_xReputation
_zUnited States
700 1 _aCrossland, Craig
_eco author
700 1 _aTsai, Wenpin
_eco author
700 1 _aBowers, Matthew T.
_eco author
856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2014.0239
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_cJA
999 _c165621
_d165621