Abstract
Although research has shown that evaluation of quality is a social process, which is rarely completely meritocratic, and that insider and outsider judges can vary in reliance on social cues, we still know little about factors influencing evaluations of individuals preforming in teams, a way of working increasingly prevalent across organizations. This paper investigates social influences stemming from intra-team status asymmetries, and specifically, asks how star teammates impact their colleagues’ chances for winning awards. Using the National Basketball Association’s All-Star voting data, we identify three such effects: direct (due to endorsement effect also known as status leakage), indirect (due to effects on colleagues’ visibility), and interactive (due to effects on judges’ perceptions of colleagues’ performances). We find that those effects operate in different stages of the evaluation process and vary in the extent of their influence on insider and outsider judges. Ultimately, our findings suggest that the presence of star teammates is an aid to award-winning when individuals are evaluated by insiders, but a hindrance when evaluated by outsiders.
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