Organization scholarship has seen an escalation of interest in research into extremes.
Comprising several interconnected domains, this growing body of research is decidedly …

In this review of the literature on reputation, status, celebrity, and stigma we develop an
overarching theoretical framework based on the rational, emotional, and moral aspects of …

In this article, we propose a new explanation for why certain cultural products outperform
their peers to achieve widespread success. We argue that products' position in feature …

Organizational theory and research has increased attention to the determinants and
consequences of attention in organizations. Attention is not, however, a unitary concept but …

Contests are a historically important and increasingly popular mechanism for encouraging
innovation. A central concern in designing innovation contests is how many competitors to …

This research investigates the link between rivalry and unethical behavior. We propose that
people will be more likely to engage in unethical behavior when competing against their …

Tournament theory is useful for describing behavior when reward structures are based on
relative rank rather than absolute levels of output. Accordingly, management scholars have …

We investigate the psychological phenomenon of rivalry and propose that competition is
inherently relational, thus extending the literatures on competition between individuals …

We investigate the business model configurations associated with high and low firm
performance by conducting a qualitative comparative analysis of firms competing in Formula …

Status is a pervasive construct in the organizational literature, and a recent surge in interest
in the topic testifies to its potential as a field of study. In this article, we review the existing …