Management and Organizational Studies
Management and Organizational Studies is a research topic within Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 33.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on institutional theory, organizational change, and the dynamics of institutions within organizations. It explores topics such as institutional entrepreneurship, sensemaking, identity work, institutional logics, professionalism, organizational identity, social movements, and market dynamics.
- Institutional Theory
- Organizational Change
- Institutional Entrepreneurship
- Sensemaking
- Identity Work
- Institutional Logics
- Professionalism
- Organizational Identity
- Social Movements
- Market Dynamics
- Research works
- 35k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 12k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 33.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +7% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Management and Organizational Studies research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.1k and 702 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.1k works
- 2 United Kingdom 702 works
- 3 France 378 works
- 4 Germany 277 works
- 5 Canada 267 works
- 6 Australia 234 works
- 7 Denmark 227 works
- 8 Brazil 210 works
- 9 China 200 works
- 10 Italy 178 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Management and Organizational Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Copenhagen Business School publishes the most Management and Organizational Studies research, followed by Aalborg University and Aarhus University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 88 works
- 2 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 41 works
- 3 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 32 works
- 4 Aalto UniversityFinland 31 works
- 5 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom 30 works
- 6 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 28 works
- 7 HEC MontréalCanada 26 works
- 8 Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 24 works
- 9 Lund UniversitySweden 23 works
- 10 Roskilde UniversityDenmark 22 works
Who are the leading researchers in Management and Organizational Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Management and Organizational Studies include John W. Meyer, Shelby D. Hunt and Barry M. Staw.
- 1 John W. Meyer United States 6.5k citations
- 2 Shelby D. Hunt United States 5.5k citations
- 3 Barry M. Staw United States 5.4k citations
- 4 Ronald S. Burt United States 5.2k citations
- 5 Herbert A. Simon United States 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Management and Organizational Studies research done?
The largest centres of Management and Organizational Studies research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Copenhagen (Denmark), Paris (France) and Sydney (Australia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Roskilde.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- RoskildeDK · 22.2 works25×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Management and Organizational Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Management and Organizational Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, City, University of London and Grenoble Ecole de Management score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leuphana University of LüneburgGermany | 68.7 | 52.4% | 32.2× | 13 | +133.8% |
| 2 | City, University of LondonUnited Kingdom | 68.6 | 60.9% | 15.8× | 9 | +80.4% |
| 3 | Grenoble Ecole de ManagementFrance | 68.3 | 47.6% | 123.0× | 12 | +121.3% |
| 4 | Tampere UniversityFinland | 66.8 | 40.1% | 13.1× | 20 | +138.9% |
| 5 | Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands | 66.7 | 46.8% | 15.3× | 24 | +33.4% |
| 6 | Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark | 66.6 | 32.7% | 99.3× | 88 | -3.7% |
| 7 | Northumbria UniversityUnited Kingdom | 64.7 | 37.3% | 11.5× | 14 | +132.3% |
| 8 | University of BathUnited Kingdom | 64.4 | 44.9% | 14.8× | 19 | +37.6% |
| 9 | Vienna University of Economics and BusinessAustria | 64.4 | 35.3% | 37.9× | 16 | +140.6% |
| 10 | TBS EducationFrance | 64.0 | 33.6% | 98.2× | 8 | +227.3% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Management and Organizational Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Management and Organizational Studies.
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Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.