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Organizational Change and Leadership

Organizational Change and Leadership is a research topic within Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Science Explorer counts 4k research works in it since 1951. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on change management and organizational transformation, encompassing topics such as leadership, models and tools for change, collective impact, digital economy, participatory research, strategic planning, knowledge management, and agile methods. The papers explore various aspects of managing and leading change within organizations, addressing challenges, strategies, and frameworks for successful transformation.

  • Change Management
  • Organizational Change
  • Leadership
  • Models and Tools
  • Collective Impact
  • Digital Economy
  • Participatory Research
  • Strategic Planning
  • Knowledge Management
  • Agile Methods
Research works
4k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
405
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Organizational Change and Leadership

Which countries lead Organizational Change and Leadership research?

By volume, the United States and South Africa publish the most (135 and 56 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 135 works
  2. 2 South Africa 56 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 46 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 33 works
  5. 5 Denmark 28 works
  6. 6 Nigeria 22 works
  7. 7 Australia 22 works
  8. 8 India 18 works
  9. 9 Canada 16 works
  10. 10 Germany 14 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.

United States: 34.6%South Africa: 14.4%United Kingdom: 11.7%Indonesia: 8.5%6 others listed: 30.7%35%largest
United States135 · 34.6%South Africa56 · 14.4%United Kingdom46 · 11.7%Indonesia33 · 8.5%6 others listed120 · 30.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Organizational Change and Leadership research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Johannesburg publishes the most Organizational Change and Leadership research, followed by Aalborg University and University of South Africa.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 9 works
  2. 2 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 8 works
  3. 3 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 5 works
  4. 4 University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa 5 works
  5. 5 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 4 works
  6. 6 Charles Sturt UniversityAustralia 4 works
  7. 7 University of TorontoCanada 3 works
  8. 8 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 3 works
  9. 9 University of PretoriaSouth Africa 3 works
  10. 10 Tshwane University of TechnologySouth Africa 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Organizational Change and Leadership?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Organizational Change and Leadership include Mark Damian Griffiths.

  1. 1 Mark Damian Griffiths United Kingdom 133k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Organizational Change and Leadership?

The most cited paper in Organizational Change and Leadership is "From transactional to transformational leadership: Learning to share the vision" (Bernard M. Bass, 1990), with 4,678 citations. Next come "Mentoring at Work: Developmental Relationships in Organizational Life." (2,693) and "Social influence: Social norms, conformity and compliance." (2,573).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 From transactional to transformational leadership: Learning to share the vision Bernard M. Bass · Organizational Dynamics Open access Dec 1990 4,678
2 Mentoring at Work: Developmental Relationships in Organizational Life. Michael B. Arthur, Kathy E. Kram · Administrative Science Quarterly Sep 1985 2,693
3 Social influence: Social norms, conformity and compliance. Robert B. Cialdini, Melanie R. Trost 1998 2,573
4 A theory of organizational readiness for change Bryan Jeffrey Weiner · Implementation Science Open access 19 Oct 2009 2,258
5 Decision making in action: Models and methods Dan Zakay · Acta Psychologica May 1994 1,558
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Where is Organizational Change and Leadership research done?

The largest centres of Organizational Change and Leadership research in 2022-now are Pretoria (South Africa), Johannesburg (South Africa), Durban (South Africa) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 PretoriaSouth Africa 14 works
  2. 2 JohannesburgSouth Africa 11 works
  3. 3 DurbanSouth Africa 9 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 8 works
  5. 5 AalborgDenmark 8 works
  6. 6 CopenhagenDenmark 7 works
  7. 7 Cape TownSouth Africa 6 works
  8. 8 New YorkUnited States 6 works
  9. 9 NairobiKenya 5 works
  10. 10 TorontoCanada 5 works
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Where is the best place to study Organizational Change and Leadership?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Johannesburg score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 10.016.1%25.6×8 +115.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Organizational Change and Leadership, country by country

Is Organizational Change and Leadership research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Organizational Change and Leadership.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Organizational Change and Leadership as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0024% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Organizational Change and Leadership over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Organizational Change and Leadership11.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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