R0007/2026-03-19/C003/SRC01
Aguinis et al. (2016) — Conductors and Insulators of Heavy-Tailed Productivity Distributions
Source
| Field |
Value |
| Title |
Cumulative Advantage: Conductors and Insulators of Heavy-Tailed Productivity Distributions and Productivity Stars |
| Publisher |
Personnel Psychology (Wiley) |
| Author(s) |
Herman Aguinis, Ryan K. Gottfredson, Harry Joo |
| Date |
2016 |
| URL |
http://ww.hermanaguinis.com/pdf/PPsych2016a.pdf |
| Type |
Research paper |
Summary
| Dimension |
Rating |
| Reliability |
High |
| Relevance |
High |
| Bias: Missing data |
Low risk |
| Bias: Measurement |
Low risk |
| Bias: Selective reporting |
Low risk |
| Bias: Randomization |
N/A — not an RCT |
| Bias: Protocol deviation |
N/A — not an RCT |
| Bias: COI/Funding |
Low risk |
Rationale
| Dimension |
Rationale |
| Reliability |
Published in a top-tier peer-reviewed journal. Extends the authors' previous work with additional empirical analysis. |
| Relevance |
Contains the exact statistic cited in the claim, though from a different year than claimed. |
| Bias flags |
No significant bias concerns. |
| Evidence ID |
Summary |
| SRC01-E01 |
82.53% of 229 samples had significantly heavy right tails |
| SRC01-E02 |
This finding is from the 2016 paper, not the 2014 paper |