Orbit may affect star's shine Harvard Business School article warns of risk of changing teams

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Publication: The Boston Globe

Date: 2008-10-30 00:00:00

After studying National Football League wide receivers who switched teams, some Harvard Business School researchers offer this advice to corporate managers: Be wary about hiring stars because they often underperform at new jobs.

So concludes "When Stars Migrate, Do They Still Perform Like Stars?" an article published in the fall issue of the MIT Sloan Management Review.

Whether they're NFL wide receivers or corporate managers, people often depend on a team for their success. Take them away from their team, and individual performance can suffer, ...

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