Unpacking the Star Life Cycle: Value Creation Across Stars’ Careers
Journal of Management
This study examines how star employees’ contributions to their organizations change over the course of their careers, finding that while their individual productivity tends to decline with time, they increasingly share valuable, tacit knowledge with colleagues in later career stages.
Mike Howard is the Hilsinger-Janson Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Ivy College of Business. His paper is published in the Journal of Management.