Does similarity between evaluator and creator affect the evaluation of ideas?

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Hamburg University of Technology
Erscheinungsjahr:
2017
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  • Building on the notion of homophily, we theorize that hierarchical similarity leads to an idea evaluation bias. We test our prediction with a dataset from an intra-organizational idea crowdfunding contest. As theorized, ideas are overvalued (undervalued) when evaluator and creator are hierarchically similar (distant). Novelty of ideas amplifies this effect.
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DOI 10.5465/ambpp.2017.152
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TUHH Open Research

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