Reconceptualizing stars: Scientist helpfulness and peer performance

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1122-1140

  Oettl, Alexander ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Helpfulness; Human capital; Productivity; Star scientists

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PAPER; HELPFULNESS; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; HUMAN CAPITALS; OUTPUT QUALITY; SCIENTIFIC TOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; TECHNICAL WORK;

STARS; TAXONOMIES;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84862669774     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1470     Document Type: Article

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