[Stasis5001]

This study is suspect. First, using self-identification as high-performance is already troublesome. Second, the author never defines what an HPE is, and the most concrete specification is from this article they backlink to:

  >For example, in a software or tech company they would be:
  > Software Engineers
  > Data Scientists
  > Visual Designers
  > Structural & 3-D Prototype Designers
  > Narrative Developers

This certainly doesn't agree with what almost anybody else uses to define high-performance employees.

Third, the question they use to resolve this is from their survey:

  >Are you motivated more by mastery of skill/craft, or motivated more by earning money?
  > Mastery of skill or craft
  > Money
  > Other

I don't think we can draw any conclusion from the fact that 76% of the people who answered this public google form chose 'mastery'.