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Author Note
We are grateful to Ed Kaplan and Scott Wallace for their feedback on an earlier version of this article. We also thank the senior disciplinary editor, Adam Grant; the associate disciplinary editor and associate policy editor; and three referees for their helpful comments and suggestions. The collective feedback helped us improve this article significantly. ♦
Author Affiliation
Goh, Harvard Business School; Pfeffer & Zenios, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Corresponding author’s e-mail: [email protected]
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