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Why a cooperative work culture can be bad for star performers

Over solidarity-focused organisations risk eroding their edge in holding on to their talent

A study in the in the Journal of Applied Psychology looks at workplace reactions to high performers and their polarising effect on those around them, and shows that in more cooperative climates, hotshots are actually more likely to get a raw deal. Alex Fradera discusses it in this BPS Research Digest article

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This article first appeared in BPS Research Digest on 12 April 2017

Organisational Psychology

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