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Catching Falling Stars: A Human Resource Response to Social Capital's Detrimental Effect of Information Overload on Star Employees

2012; Academy of Management; Volume: 37; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5465/amr.2010.0403

1930-3807

James B. Oldroyd, Shad S. Morris,

Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Because star employees are more visible and productive, they are likely to be sought out by others and develop an information advantage through their abundant social capital. However, not all of the information effects of stardom are beneficial. We theorize that stars' robust social capital may produce an unintended side effect of information overload. We highlight the role of human resource management in minimizing the effects of information overload for stars, and we discuss avenues for future research.