Most cited papers in Accounting and Organizational Management
What are the most cited papers in Accounting and Organizational Management?
The most cited paper in Accounting and Organizational Management is "The balanced scorecard: Translating strategy into action" (D. P. Norton, 1997), with 8,266 citations. Next come "Positive Accounting Theory" (5,935) and "Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-Making Processes in Administrative Organization." (4,861).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 1,035 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The balanced scorecard: Translating strategy into action D. P. Norton · Long Range Planning | Jun 1997 | 8,266 |
| 2 | Positive Accounting Theory Ross L. Watts, Jerold L. Zimmerman · Andalas University Repository (Andalas University) | 11 Sep 1985 | 5,935 |
| 3 | Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-Making Processes in Administrative Organization. M. Craig Brown, Herbert A. Simon · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews | Sep 1978 | 4,861 |
| 4 | Administrative Science Quarterly Robert D. Miewald · The American Review of Public Administration | Apr 1981 | 3,794 |
| 5 | Introduction Craig Michael Deegan · Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal | Aug 2002 | 3,784 |
| 6 | Measurement of Business Performance in Strategy Research: A Comparison of Approaches N. Venkat Venkatraman, Vasudevan Ramanujam · Academy of Management Review | Oct 1986 | 3,481 |
| 7 | Method Variance in Organizational Research Paul E. Spector · Organizational Research Methods | 10 Mar 2006 | 3,438 |
| 8 | The resource‐based view within the conversation of strategic management Joseph T. Mahoney, J. Rajendran Pandian · Strategic Management Journal | Jun 1992 | 3,418 |
| 9 | Measuring organizational performance in the absence of objective measures: The case of the privately‐held firm and conglomerate business unit Gregory G. Dess, Richard B. Robinson · Strategic Management Journal | Jul 1984 | 3,346 |
| 10 | Management control systems design within its organizational context: findings from contingency-based research and directions for the future Robert H. Chenhall · Accounting Organizations and Society | 30 Jan 2003 | 3,250 |
| 11 | Performance measurement system design Andy D. Neely, Mike Gregory, Ken W. Platts · International Journal of Operations & Production Management | Apr 1995 | 3,244 |
| 12 | Organizational Culture: Can It Be a Source of Sustained Competitive Advantage? Jay Bryan Barney · Academy of Management Review | Jul 1986 | 3,152 |
| 13 | THE IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS. Bruce Becker, Barry A. Gerhart · Academy of Management Journal | Aug 1996 | 2,992 |
| 14 | THE IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE. John Thomas Delaney, Mark A. Huselid · Academy of Management Journal | Aug 1996 | 2,991 |
| 15 | THEORIZING CHANGE: THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF INSTITUTIONALIZED FIELDS. Royston Greenwood, C. R. Hinings, Roy Suddaby · Academy of Management Journal | Feb 2002 | 2,846 |
| 16 | Structuring cooperative relationships between organizations Peter Smith Ring, Andrew H. Van de Ven · Strategic Management Journal | Oct 1992 | 2,834 |
| 17 | Total quality management as competitive advantage: A review and empirical study Thomas Clark Powell · Strategic Management Journal | 1995 | 2,657 |
| 18 | Understanding Radical Organizational Change: Bringing Together the Old and the New Institutionalism Royston Greenwood, C. R. Hinings · Academy of Management Review | Oct 1996 | 2,649 |
| 19 | Rhetorical Strategies of Legitimacy Roy Suddaby, Royston Greenwood · Administrative Science Quarterly | Mar 2005 | 2,427 |
| 20 | Toward a Theory of Organizational Culture and Effectiveness Daniel R. Denison, Aneil K. Mishra · Organization Science | Apr 1995 | 2,378 |
| 21 | Positive Accounting Theory: A Ten Year Perspective. Ross L. Watts, Jerold L. Zimmerman · The Accounting Review | 1990 | 2,348 |
| 22 | Potential Problems in the Statistical Control of Variables in Organizational Research: A Qualitative Analysis With Recommendations Thomas E. Becker · Organizational Research Methods | 9 Jun 2005 | 2,234 |
| 23 | Measuring Organizational Performance: Towards Methodological Best Practice Pierre J. Richard, Timothy Michael Devinney, George S. Yip et al. · Journal of Management | 6 Feb 2009 | 2,203 |
| 24 | Incentives versus standards: properties of accounting income in four East Asian countries Ray Ball, Ashok J. Robin, Joanna S. Wu · Journal of Accounting and Economics | Dec 2003 | 2,165 |
| 25 | HOW MUCH DO HIGH‐PERFORMANCE WORK PRACTICES MATTER? A META‐ANALYSIS OF THEIR EFFECTS ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE James G. Combs, Yongmei Liu, Angela T. Hall et al. · Personnel Psychology | 17 Aug 2006 | 2,099 |
| 26 | Strategy, structure, and economic performance Milton B. Redman · Journal of Behavioral Economics | Jun 1975 | 2,071 |
| 27 | Control: Organizational and Economic Approaches Kathleen M. Eisenhardt · Management Science | Feb 1985 | 2,044 |
| 28 | An Instrument for Measuring the Critical Factors of Quality Management Jayant V. Saraph, Philip G. Benson, Roger G. Schroeder · Decision Sciences | Dec 1989 | 2,043 |
| 29 | Performance management: a framework for management control systems research David T. Otley · Management Accounting Research | Dec 1999 | 2,026 |
| 30 | Completing the Practice Turn in Strategy Research Richard Whittington · Organization Studies | May 2006 | 1,965 |
| 31 | Contextualizing Performances of Family Firms Andrea Colli · Family Business Review | 7 Nov 2011 | 1,928 |
| 32 | Transforming the Balanced Scorecard from Performance Measurement to Strategic Management: Part I Robert S. Kaplan, D. P. Norton · Accounting Horizons | Mar 2001 | 1,906 |
| 33 | What passes as a rigorous case study? Michael Gibbert, Winfried Ruigrok, Barbara Wicki · Strategic Management Journal | 19 Sep 2008 | 1,905 |
| 34 | Towards a Theory of Cultural Influence on the Development of Accounting Systems Internationally Sidney J. Gray · Abacus | Mar 1988 | 1,869 |
| 35 | The relevance of the value-relevance literature for financial accounting standard setting Robert W. Holthausen, Ross L. Watts · Journal of Accounting and Economics | Sep 2001 | 1,868 |
| 36 | Organizational Theories: Some Criteria for Evaluation Samuel B. Bacharach · Academy of Management Review | Oct 1989 | 1,865 |
| 37 | Managing the Rivalry of Competing Institutional Logics Trish Reay, C. R. Hinings · Organization Studies | Jun 2009 | 1,791 |
| 38 | Capabilities, business processes, and competitive advantage: choosing the dependent variable in empirical tests of the resource‐based view Gautam Ray, Jay Bryan Barney, Waleed A. Muhanna · Strategic Management Journal | 3 Dec 2003 | 1,787 |
| 39 | TECHNICAL AND STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS AS DETERMINANTS OF FIRM PERFORMANCE. Mark A. Huselid, Susan E. Jackson, Randall S. Schüler · Academy of Management Journal | Feb 1997 | 1,785 |
| 40 | Compensation and Incentives: Practice vs. Theory George Pierce Baker, Michael C. Jensen, Kevin J. Murphy · The Journal of Finance | Jul 1988 | 1,762 |
| 41 | Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory Martha S. Feldman, Wanda J. Orlikowski · Organization Science | 23 Feb 2011 | 1,751 |
| 42 | The Antecedents of Deinstitutionalization Christine Maree Oliver · Organization Studies | Oct 1992 | 1,713 |
| 43 | Building Theory about Theory Building: What Constitutes a Theoretical Contribution? Kevin G. Corley, Dennis A. Gioia · Academy of Management Review | 2011 | 1,668 |
| 44 | Strategy research: governance and competence perspectives Oliver E. Williamson · Strategic Management Journal | Dec 1999 | 1,591 |
| 45 | Empirical research on accounting choice Thomas D. Fields, Thomas Z. Lys, Linda Vincent · Journal of Accounting and Economics | Sep 2001 | 1,575 |
| 46 | Conceptualizing management accounting change: an institutional framework John Edward Burns, Robert William Scapens · Management Accounting Research | Mar 2000 | 1,556 |
| 47 | Analysis of Work Measurement Using a Stopwatch in a Motorcycle Workshop Muhammad Rizki, Yusuf Perdinan Sihaloho, Fajar Garninda et al. · International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT) | 19 Jun 2024 | 1,545 |
| 48 | Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, Srikant M. Datar et al. · Issues in Accounting Education | Nov 2010 | 1,523 |
| 49 | Qualitative Research and the Academy of Management Journal Robert P. Gephart · Academy of Management Journal | Aug 2004 | 1,521 |
| 50 | Return on Quality (ROQ): Making Service Quality Financially Accountable Roland T. Rust, Anthony J. Zahorik, Timothy Lee Keiningham · Journal of Marketing | Apr 1995 | 1,516 |
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