Topic · Management Theory and Practice
Most cited papers in Management Theory and Practice
What are the most cited papers in Management Theory and Practice?
The most cited paper in Management Theory and Practice is "Motivation through the design of work: test of a theory" (J. Richard Hackman, Greg R. Oldham, 1976), with 8,932 citations. Next come "A Paradigm for Developing Better Measures of Marketing Constructs" (8,415) and "THE PEOPLE MAKE THE PLACE" (4,529).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 999 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motivation through the design of work: test of a theory J. Richard Hackman, Greg R. Oldham · Organizational Behavior and Human Performance | Aug 1976 | 8,932 |
| 2 | A Paradigm for Developing Better Measures of Marketing Constructs Gilbert A. Churchill · Journal of Marketing Research | Feb 1979 | 8,415 |
| 3 | THE PEOPLE MAKE THE PLACE Benjamin Schneider · Personnel Psychology | Sep 1987 | 4,529 |
| 4 | Reconceptualizing Organizational Routines as a Source of Flexibility and Change Martha S. Feldman, Brian T. Pentland · Administrative Science Quarterly | Mar 2003 | 3,995 |
| 5 | MODES OF THEORIZING IN STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: TESTS OF UNIVERSALISTIC, CONTINGENCY, AND CONFIGURATIONS. PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONS. John E. Delery, D. Harold Doty · Academy of Management Journal | Aug 1996 | 3,698 |
| 6 | TOWARD A STEWARDSHIP THEORY OF MANAGEMENT James H. Davis, F. David Schoorman, Lex Donaldson · Academy of Management Review | 1997 | 3,561 |
| 7 | Predicting unit performance by assessing transformational and transactional leadership. Bernard M. Bass, Bruce J. Avolio, Dong I. Jung et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology | 2003 | 3,023 |
| 8 | KEEPING AN EYE ON THE MIRROR: IMAGE AND IDENTITY IN ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTATION. Jane E. Dutton, Janet M. Dukerich · Academy of Management Journal | Sep 1991 | 2,958 |
| 9 | A vertical dyad linkage approach to leadership within formal organizations Fred Dansereau, George Bear Graen, William James Haga · Organizational Behavior and Human Performance | Feb 1975 | 2,919 |
| 10 | Ethical Decision Making in Organizations: A Person-Situation Interactionist Model Linda Klebe Treviño · Academy of Management Review | Jul 1986 | 2,862 |
| 11 | Systematic review of the Hawthorne effect: New concepts are needed to study research participation effects Jim McCambridge, John Witton, Diana Ruth Elbourne · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 22 Nov 2013 | 2,780 |
| 12 | What is job satisfaction? Edwin A. Locke · Organizational Behavior and Human Performance | Nov 1969 | 2,756 |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | Institutional Complexity and Organizational Responses Royston Greenwood, Mia Raynard, Farah Kodeih et al. · Academy of Management Annals | Jun 2011 | 2,461 |
| 15 | Rhetorical Strategies of Legitimacy Roy Suddaby, Royston Greenwood · Administrative Science Quarterly | Mar 2005 | 2,427 |
| 16 | INSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION AND CHANGE: ENVIRONMENTALISM AND THE U.S. CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. Andrew John Hoffman · Academy of Management Journal | Aug 1999 | 2,390 |
| 17 | EFFECTS OF RACE ON ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE, JOB PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS, AND CAREER OUTCOMES. Jeffrey H. Greenhaus, Surya Parasuraman, Wayne M. Wormley · Academy of Management Journal | Mar 1990 | 2,388 |
| 18 | Toward a Theory of Organizational Culture and Effectiveness Daniel R. Denison, Aneil K. Mishra · Organization Science | Apr 1995 | 2,378 |
| 19 | Cultural constraints in management theories Geert H. Hofstede · Academy of Management Perspectives | Feb 1993 | 2,343 |
| 20 | Process Studies of Change in Organization and Management: Unveiling Temporality, Activity, and Flow Ann Langley, Clive Smallman, Haridimos Tsoukas et al. · Academy of Management Journal | Feb 2013 | 2,275 |
| 21 | General and Industrial Management Nancy M. Carter, Henri Fayol · Academy of Management Review | Apr 1986 | 2,269 |
| 22 | Identity Ambiguity and Change in the Wake of a Corporate Spin-off Kevin G. Corley, Dennis A. Gioia · Administrative Science Quarterly | Jun 2004 | 2,209 |
| 23 | Leadership Behavior and Employee Voice: Is the Door Really Open? James R. Detert, Ethan R. Burris · Academy of Management Journal | Aug 2007 | 2,204 |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | Servant Leadership: A Review and Synthesis Dirk van Dierendonck · Journal of Management | 2 Sep 2010 | 2,197 |
| 26 | Two Types of Bureaucracy: Enabling and Coercive Paul S. Adler, Bryan Borys · Administrative Science Quarterly | Mar 1996 | 2,191 |
| 27 | Representing and Testing Organizational Theories: A Holistic Construal Richard P. Bagozzi, Lynn W. Phillips · Administrative Science Quarterly | Sep 1982 | 2,089 |
| 28 | An evaluation of conceptual weaknesses in transformational and charismatic leadership theories GARY A. YUKL · The Leadership Quarterly | 1999 | 2,060 |
| 29 | Creating Readiness for Organizational Change Achilles A. Armenakis, Stanley G. Harris, Kevin W. Mossholder · Human Relations | Jun 1993 | 2,040 |
| 30 | Distributed leadership as a unit of analysis Peter Gronn · The Leadership Quarterly | Aug 2002 | 2,036 |
| 31 | Organizational Routines as a Source of Continuous Change Martha S. Feldman · Organization Science | Dec 2000 | 1,976 |
| 32 | Alternative Forms of Fit in Contingency Theory Robert Drazin, Andrew H. Van de Ven · Administrative Science Quarterly | Dec 1985 | 1,967 |
| 33 | What passes as a rigorous case study? Michael Gibbert, Winfried Ruigrok, Barbara Wicki · Strategic Management Journal | 19 Sep 2008 | 1,905 |
| 34 | Shifting Paradigms for Sustainable Development: Implications for Management Theory and Research Thomas N. Gladwin, James J. Kennelly, Tara‐Shelomith Krause · Academy of Management Review | Oct 1995 | 1,873 |
| 35 | Organizational Theories: Some Criteria for Evaluation Samuel B. Bacharach · Academy of Management Review | Oct 1989 | 1,865 |
| 36 | Substitutes for leadership: Their meaning and measurement Steven Kerr, John M. Jermier · Organizational Behavior and Human Performance | Dec 1978 | 1,762 |
| 37 | SOCIAL STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT. Gretchen Marie Spreitzer · Academy of Management Journal | Apr 1996 | 1,736 |
| 38 | AN EXAMINATION OF LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY: THE RELEVANCE OF TRAITS AND RELATIONSHIPS Pamela Tierney, Steven M. Farmer, George Bear Graen · Personnel Psychology | Sep 1999 | 1,735 |
| 39 | CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL EXCHANGE. Mary A. Konovsky, S. Douglas Pugh · Academy of Management Journal | Jun 1994 | 1,708 |
| 40 | Managerial Leadership: A Review of Theory and Research GARY A. YUKL · Journal of Management | Jun 1989 | 1,659 |
| 41 | Whatisthe Difference Between Organizational Culture and Organizational Climate? A Native's Point of View on a Decade of Paradigm Wars Daniel R. Denison · Academy of Management Review | Jul 1996 | 1,658 |
| 42 | Leader-Member Exchange Model of Leadership: A Critique and Further Development Richard M. Dienesch, Robert C. Liden · Academy of Management Review | Jul 1986 | 1,637 |
| 43 | How low does ethical leadership flow? Test of a trickle-down model David M. Mayer, Maribeth Kuenzi, Rebecca Lee Greenbaum et al. · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | 18 Jun 2008 | 1,593 |
| 44 | Flexibility Versus Efficiency? A Case Study of Model Changeovers in the Toyota Production System Paul S. Adler, Barbara Goldoftas, David I. Levine · Organization Science | Feb 1999 | 1,575 |
| 45 | A Taxonomy of Organizational Justice Theories Jerald Greenberg · Academy of Management Review | 1987 | 1,575 |
| 46 | Rethinking Resistance and Recognizing Ambivalence: A Multidimensional View of Attitudes Toward an Organizational Change Sandy Kristin Piderit · Academy of Management Review | Oct 2000 | 1,554 |
| 47 | DOES ISOMORPHISM LEGITIMATE? David L. Deephouse · Academy of Management Journal | Aug 1996 | 1,534 |
| 48 | Multiple Institutional Logics in Organizations: Explaining Their Varied Nature and Implications Marya Hill-Popper Besharov, Wendy K. Smith · Academy of Management Review | 23 Oct 2013 | 1,528 |
| 49 | Qualitative Research and the Academy of Management Journal Robert P. Gephart · Academy of Management Journal | Aug 2004 | 1,521 |
| 50 | The roles of accounting in organizations and society Stuart Burchell, Colin D. B. Clubb, Anthony G. Hopwood et al. · Accounting Organizations and Society | 1980 | 1,512 |
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