Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth: How High-Status Individuals Decrease Group Effectiveness

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0547

References

  • Adler N. E., Epel E. S., Castellazzo G., Ickovics J. R. Relationship of subjective and objective social status with psychological and physiological functioning: Preliminary data in healthy, white women. Health Psych. (2000) 19(6):586–592CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Aiken L. S., West S. G.Multiple Regression: Testing and Interpreting Interactions (1991) (Sage Publications, London) Google Scholar
  • Allen F. Reputation and product quality. RAND J. Econom. (1984) 15(3):311–327CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Allison P. D., Long S. J. Departmental effects on scientific productivity. Amer. Sociol. Rev. (1990) 55(4):469–478CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Anderson C., John O. P., Keltner D., Kring A. M. Who attains social status? Effects of personality and physical attractiveness in social groups. J. Personality Soc. Psych. (2001) 81(1):116–132CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Anderson C., Srivastava S., Beer J. S., Spataro S. E., Chatman J. A. Knowing your place: Self-perceptions of status in face-to-face groups. J. Personality Soc. Psych. (2006) 91(6):1094–1110CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Barley S. R. Technology as an occasion for structuring: Evidence from observations of CT scanners and the social order of radiology departments. Admin. Sci. Quart. (1986) 31(1):78–108CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Bendersky C., Hays N. A. Status confict in groups. Organ. Sci. (2010) . ePub ahead of print August 4, http://orgsci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/orsc.1100.0544v1Google Scholar
  • Benjamin B. A., Podolny J. M. Status, quality, and social order in the California wine industry. Admin. Sci. Quart. (1999) 44(3):563–589CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Berger J., Cohen B. P., Zelditch M. Status characteristics and social interaction. Amer. Sociol. Rev. (1972) 37(3):241–255CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Berger J., Ridgeway C. L., Fisek M. H., Norman R. Z. The legitimation and delegitimation of power and prestige orders. Amer. Sociol. Rev. (1998) 63(3):379–405CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Blau P.Exchange and Power in Social Life (1964) (John Wiley & Sons, New York) Google Scholar
  • Blau P. M.Inequality and Heterogeneity (1977) (Free Press, New York) Google Scholar
  • Blau P. M., Scott W. R.Formal Organizations: A Comparative Approach (1962) (Chandler, San Francisco) CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Boynton A., Fischer B.Virtuoso Teams: Lessons from Teams That Changed Their Worlds (2005) (FT Press, Harlow, UK) Google Scholar
  • Brown G., Lawrence T. B., Robinson S. L. Territoriality in organizations. Acad. Management Rev. (2005) 30(3):577–594CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Carroll G. R., Swaminathan A. Why the microbrewery movement? Organizational dynamics of resource partitioning in the U.S. brewing industry. Amer. J. Sociol. (2000) 106(3):715–762CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Clement M. B. Analyst forecast accuracy: Do ability, resources, and portfolio complexity matter? J. Accounting Econom. (1999) 27(1):285–304CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Cole J. R., Cole S.Social Stratification in Science (1973) (University of Chicago Press, Chicago) CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Cummings A., Oldham G. R. Enhancing creativity: Managing work contexts for the high potential employee. Calif. Management Rev. (1997) 40(1):22–38CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Dorfman J. Analysts devote more time to selling as firms keep scorecard on performance. Wall Street Journal (1991) October 29):1Google Scholar
  • Eccles R. G., Crane D. B.Doing Deals (1988) (Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA) Google Scholar
  • Eisenhardt K. M., Kahwajy J. L., Bourgeois L. J. How teams can have a good fight. Harvard Bus. Rev. (1997) 75(4):75–85Google Scholar
  • Fleiss J. L.Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions (1981) (John Wiley & Sons, New York) Google Scholar
  • Frank R. H.Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behavior and the Quest for Status (1985) (Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK) Google Scholar
  • Goode W. J.The Celebration of Heroes: Prestige as a Social Control System (1978) (University of California Press, Berkeley) CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Greene W. H.Econometric Analysis (2000) (Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ) Google Scholar
  • Hackman J. R.Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances (2002) (Harvard Business School Press, Boston) CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Hambrick D., Staw B., Cummings L. L. Top management groups: A conceptual integration and reconsideration of the “team” label. Research in Organizational Behavior (1994) (JAI Press, Greenwich, CT) 299–357Google Scholar
  • Han S.-K. Mimetic isomorphism and its effect on the audit services market. Soc. Forces (1994) 73(2):637–664CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Harrison D. A., Klein K. J. What's the difference? Diversity constructs as separation, variety, or disparity in organizations. Acad. Management Rev. (2007) 32(4):1199–1228CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Hogan R., Hogan J., Gilbert D. G., Connolly J. J. Personality and status. Personality, Social Skills, and Psychopathology: An Individual Differences Approach (1991) (Plenum Press, New York) 137–154CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Hong H., Kubik J. D. Analyzing the analysts: Career concerns and biased earnings forecasts. J. Finance (2003) 58(1):313–351CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Hong H., Kubik J. D., Solomon A. Security analysts' career concerns and herding of earnings forecasts. RAND J. Econom. (2000) 31(1):121–144CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Jacob J., Lys T., Neale M. Expertise in forecasting performance of security analysts. J. Accounting Econom. (1999) 28(November):51–82CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Jain R. K., Triandis H. C.Management of Research and Development Organizations: Managing the Unmanageable (1990) (John Wiley & Sons, New York) Google Scholar
  • Jehn K. A., Mannix E. A. The dynamic nature of conflict: A longitudinal study of intragroup conflict and group performance. Acad. Management J. (2001) 44(2):238–251CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Kollock P. The emergence of exchange structures: An experimental study of uncertainty, commitment, and trust. Amer. J. Sociol. (1994) 100(2):313–345CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Kram K. E.Mentoring at Work: Developmental Relationships in Organizational Life (1988) (University Press of America, Lanham, MD) Google Scholar
  • Laderman J. M. Who can you trust? Wall Street's spin game. Bus. Week (1998) October 5):148–156Google Scholar
  • LaFasto F., Larson C.When Teams Work Best (2001) (Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA) Google Scholar
  • Magee J. C., Galinsky A. D. Social hierarchy: The self-reinforcing nature of power and status. Acad. Management Annuals (2008) 2(1):351–398CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Maister D. H.Managing the Professional Service Firm (1993) (Free Press, New York) Google Scholar
  • Mazur A. A biosocial model of status in face-to-face primate groups. Soc. Forces (1985) 64(2):377–402CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • McCall M. W.High Flyers (1998) (Harvard Business School Press, Boston) Google Scholar
  • McGrath J. E.Groups: Interaction and Performance (1984) (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ) Google Scholar
  • Mohrman S., Cohen S., Mohrman A.Designing Team-Based Organizations: New Forms of Knowledge Work (1995) (Jossey-Bass, San Francisco) Google Scholar
  • Nelson Publications:1988–1996Nelson's Catalog of Institutional Research Reports, Port Chester, NYGoogle Scholar
  • O'Reilly C. A., Pfeffer J.Hidden Value: How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People (2000) (Harvard Business School Press, Boston) Google Scholar
  • Overbeck J. R., Correll J., Park B., Thomas-Hunt M., Mannix E., Neale M. A. Internal status sorting in groups: The problem of too many stars. Research on Managing Groups and Teams (2005) (Elsevier Press, St. Louis) 169–199Google Scholar
  • Owens D. A., Sutton R. I., Turner M. E. Status contests in meetings: Negotiating the informal order. Groups At Work: Advance in Theory and Research (2002) (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ) 299–316Google Scholar
  • Podolny J. M. A status-based model of market competition. Amer. J. Sociol. (1993) 98(4):829–872CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Podolny J. M. Market uncertainty and the social character of economic exchange. Admin. Sci. Quart. (1994) 39(3):458–483CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Polzer J. T., Caruso H. M., Brief A. P. Identity negotiation processes amidst diversity. Diversity at Work (2008) (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK) 89–126CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Polzer J. T., Milton L. P., Swann W. B. Capitalizing on diversity: Interpersonal congruence in small work groups. Admin. Sci. Quart. (2002) 47(2):296–324CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Porath C. L., Overbeck J., Pearson C. M. Picking up the gauntlet: How individuals respond to status challenges. J. Appl. Soc. Psych. (2008) 38(7):1945–1980CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Ridgeway C. L., Erickson K. G. Creating and spreading status beliefs. Amer. J. Sociol. (2000) 106(3):579–615CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Schack J. Walkin' papers: Salomon, Smith Barney send slew of II Teamers packing. Wall Street Lett. (1997) November 3):1Google Scholar
  • Schmid Mast M., Hall J. A. Who is the boss and who is not? Accuracy of judging status. J. Nonverbal Behav. (2004) 28(3):145–165CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Securities Week Pay packages and demand continued to soar for top analysts during first half of 1994. (1994) July 4):1Google Scholar
  • Shapero A.Managing Professional People: Understanding Creative Performance (1985) (Free Press, New York) Google Scholar
  • Shapiro C. Premiums for high quality products as returns to reputations. Quart. J. Econom. (1983) 98(4):659–680CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Stevens M. J., Campion M. A. The knowledge, skill, and ability requirements for teamwork: Implications for human resource management. J. Management (1994) 20(2):503–530Google Scholar
  • Stuart T. E., Hoang H., Hybels R. C. Interorganizational endorsements and the performance of entrepreneurial ventures. Admin. Sci. Quart. (1999) 44(2):315–349CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Sutton R. I., Hargadon A. Brainstorming groups in context: Effectiveness in a product design firm. Admin. Sci. Quart. (1996) 41(4):685–718CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Thibaut J. W., Kelley H. H.The Social Psychology of Groups (1959) (John Wiley & Sons, New York) Google Scholar
  • Thompson J. D.Organizations in Action (1967) (McGraw-Hill, New York) Google Scholar
  • Tiedens L. Z., Fragale A. R. Power moves: Complementarity in dominant and submissive nonverbal behavior. J. Personality Soc. Psych. (2003) 84(3):558–568CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Tziner A., Eden D. Effects of crew composition on crew performance: Does the whole equal the sum of its parts? J. Appl. Psych. (1985) 70(1):85–93CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Wageman R., Turner M. E. The meaning of interdependence. Groups at Work: Theory and Research (2001) (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ) 197–217Google Scholar
  • West M.Effective Teamwork: Practical Lessons from Organizational Research (1994) (BPS Blackwell, Malden, MA) Google Scholar
  • West M., Allen N., Anderson N., Herriot P. Selecting for teamwork. International Handbook of Selection and Assessment (1997) (John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK) 491–505Google Scholar
  • Williams K. Y., O'Reilly C. A., Cummings L., Staw B. Demography and diversity in organizations: A review of 40 years of research. Research in Organizational Behavior (1998) 20(JAI Press, Greenwich, CT) 77–140Google Scholar
  • Zuckerman H. Nobel laureates in science: Patterns of productivity, collaboration and authorship. Amer. Sociol. Rev. (1967) 32(3):391–403CrossrefGoogle Scholar
INFORMS site uses cookies to store information on your computer. Some are essential to make our site work; Others help us improve the user experience. By using this site, you consent to the placement of these cookies. Please read our Privacy Statement to learn more.