The real Oscar curse: The negative consequences of positive status shifts

Organization Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-21

  Jensen, Michael ^a   Kim, Heeyon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Disruption; Happiness; Movies; Oscars; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923294411     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2014.0951     Document Type: Article

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