Research: Being Well Connected Isn’t Always Good for Your Career

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Research: Being Well Connected Isn’t Always Good for Your Career

Cognitive bias

by Sunny Lee, Lei Liu, Colin M. Fisher and Martin Kilduff

July 4, 2025

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Post Conventional wisdom says that when it comes to career opportunities, it’s not about what you know, but who you know. And research has found, in fact, that prestigious connections do open doors and make people seem more capable than their peers—as if proximity to greatness implies a degree of similar excellence.

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