 Catching a falling star: Mobility of declining star performers, peer effects, and organizational performance in the National Football LeagueMatthew A. Barlow, William S. Hesterly and J. Cameron Verhaal Journal of Business Research, 2023, vol. 165, issue C Abstract: Research examining how star performers impact their peers largely finds that stars positively impact peer performance. Another stream of research has examined how stars impact their organizations, specifically after mobility events, and finds that hiring stars often leads to lower organizational performance. However, these research streams have developed independently. This paper attempts to reconcile these findings by examining the mobility of stars in the twilight of their career. Leveraging a dataset of individual and organizational performance in the NFL, we find that falling star quarterbacks have positive impacts on their peers when they change organizations. This peer effect leads to increased organizational performance, even though the individual performance of the falling star declines. Moreover, we test and compare the specific mechanisms driving this effect. Keywords: Star Human Capital; Star Mobility; Peer Effects; Organizational Performance (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:165:y:2023:i:c:s0148296323004113 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114053 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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