Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

4-2013

Abstract

We study how the reputation and status of resource providers affect the two organizational outcomes of product quality and revenues, hiring decisions, and prices paid to resource providers. We argue that reputation and status have different effects on outcomes: reputation has a stronger effect on product quality, and status has a stronger effect on revenues. Building on this, we argue that actual quality mediates the effect of reputation on revenues more than the effect of status on revenues. Moreover, reputation and status have different effects on how organizations acquire resources: when their product quality is low relative to their aspiration level, organizations will display a preference for recruiting high-reputation resource providers over high-status ones. Conversely, organizations will display a preference for recruiting high-status resource providers over high-reputation ones when their revenue is low relative to their aspiration level. Finally, although both reputation and status have positive effects on the price paid for a resource, we argue that the relationship between reputation and pay is weaker for high-status resource providers. We find support for our hypotheses in a sample of NBA players and teams.

Keywords

basketball players, selection, reputation, strategic planning, social status

Discipline

Human Resources Management | Sports Management | Strategic Management Policy

Research Areas

Strategy and Organisation

Publication

Academy of Management Journal

Volume

56

Issue

2

First Page

407

Last Page

431

ISSN

0001-4273

Identifier

10.5465/amj.2010.1084

Publisher

Academy of Management

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2010.1084

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