OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Applied Behavioral Science is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Edgar H. Schein: Reflections on his Life and Career	41
Enacting Leadership Legitimacy under Terms of Limited Formal and Informal Power in a Heterarchical Network of Organizations	40
Using Design Thinking to Develop a Capacity-Building Toolkit of Healthy Digital Relations in Schools	39
Daily Job Crafting and Adaptive Performance During Organizational Change: The Moderating Role of Managers’ Influence Tactics	34
Strategies for Generating Deliberately Emergent Qualitative Research Designs	28
Andy Van de Ven’s Wonderfully Full Life	21
Introversion in Leaders: Role-Congruent Leader Behavior and Thriving in Daily Working Life	20
Answering the Call: Reclaiming the Hero's Journey for Human Agency in an AI-dominated World	19
Working Alliance Theory in Workplace Coaching: A Pilot Study Exploring the Missing Role of the Organization	17
A Humble Giant: Reframing the Management Consulting Challenge	17
Organizational Changes in Adopting Agile Approaches: A Systematic Literature Review	16
How Empowerment Can Help to Reduce Change-Related Uncertainty in Young Employees	15
Managing Educational Change From a Theory of Planned Behavior and Nudge Perspective	14
Building a Workplace-Based Learning Culture: The “Receiver's” Perspective on Speaking Up	13
Collaborative Inquiry Fuelled by Reflexive Learning: Changing Change	11
When Normal is Not Normal: A Theory of the Non-Linear and Discontinuous Process of Desired Change and its Managerial Implications	11
Reflections on Ed Schein's Teachings	9
Delivering impact via the ebb-and-flow of a research team: Reflection on a long-term program of research into a global societal challenge*	9
Sensemaking and Creativity at Work When Employees are Coping with Traumatic Life Experiences: Implications for Positive Organizational Change	9
Addressing Burnout: A Shift to the Progressive Work Model	8
Family, Work, Collegial, and Emotional Influences on Problem-Focused Voice Behaviors	8
Career Anchors, Edgar Schein, and Me	8
Honey, We Shrunk Our Impact: Social Impact in Organizational Research	8
Entry Points: Gaining Momentum in Early-Stage Cross-Boundary Collaborations	7
Organizational Trauma Within Policing: A Case Study of the United Kingdom	7

Mapping Organization Development Mastery: The Design and Validation of an Organization Development Competency Framework and Assessment	7
How Situated Attentions Affect the Choices of Professional Service Managers in the Transition to Hybrid Work Arrangements	7
A Qualitative Study of Competencies of Coaches That Predict Client Behavior Change	7
Edgar H. Schein 1928–2023	6
What AI Knows: Shaping Work and Pushing Ideas on Changing Organizations	6
Mobilizing Professors’ Support of Digital Change: Multi-Level Insights on IT Resources as a Boundary Condition	6
A Retrospective Look at Coaching with Compassion: Two Decades of Research and Practice	6
Transition Pains: Recognizing Employee Reactions to Organizational Realignment in a Disruptive Context	6
Facilitating Change: The Role of Adaptability and LMX for Change Support	6
What's in Your Bag? Scholars and Practioners Talk Together Differently	6
Living on the Coach-Consultant Hyphen: Reflections on a Hybrid Program for Women Entrepreneurs	5
The Effect of Positive Management Practices on Firm Profitability – Evidence from Text Mining	5
Why Digital Transformation May Fail – And What Can Be Done About It	5
A Compelling Beginning and More to Uncover	5
Designed Organizational Search: A Comparative Analysis of Alternative Procedures for Learning from Success	5
Mutual Sense-Censoring, Generative Exploration, and Collaborative Change: A Case Study of Headquarters–Subsidiary Relationships in Asia	5
Erratum to Adapting to Frequent Changes: The Roles of Job Crafting and Personal Needs	5
Competencies of Coaches that Predict Client Behavior Change	5
Unpacking “Sense of Place” and “Place-making” in Organization Studies: A Toolkit for Place-sensitive Research	5
Amplify or Suppress? Top Leader Perspective on External Stakeholders' Influence on Organizational Change Outcomes	4
The Grand Challenge for Research on the Future of Coaching	4
Dynamics of Organizational Identification in the Wake of a Foreign Acquisition	4
“AI Can’t Steal My Soul”: In the Age of AI, the Human Touch is Paramount for the Craft of Managing Change	4
Organizational Values-Based Interventions and Common Good: A Multiple Case Study	4
Collaborative Inquiry for Change and Changing: Advances in Science-Practice Transformations	4
Researching Green Process Innovation Across Borders and Boundaries Through Collaborative Inquiry	4
Navigating Conflicting Influences During Complex Strategic Changes: The Contribution of Diagnosis, Congruence, and Leadership	4
Changing Better by Sharing Abandoned Work (Relevant May Not Be Enough)	3
The Harwood Manufacturing Corporation and the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union: A Case of Role Reversal	3
Interiority in the Work of Edgar H. Schein: A Personal Reflection	3
Augmenting Organizational Change and Strategy Activities: Leveraging Generative Artificial Intelligence	3
Positioning and Fit in Designing and Executing Qualitative Research	3
Organizational Implications of Pope Francis’ Integral Ecology	3
Is Your Organization Prepared to Manage Tsunami Change?	3
Leader Tolerance of Ambiguity: Implications for Follower Performance Outcomes in High and Low Ambiguous Work Situations	3
Mobility Spaces: Geographical and Professional Distances in Career Mobility	3
Building Innovation Capacity	3
From Near and Far: On the Role of Distance in Changing Professional Services	3
Looking for Guidance? Five Principles for Leveraging Tensions in Corporate–Startup Collaboration	3
Daily Self-Leadership and Playful Work Design: Proactive Approaches of Work in Times of Crisis	3
Guiding Digital Transformation and Collaborative Knowledge Creation in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Through Action Research	2
Exploring the Contribution of Action Learning to Transdisciplinary Research	2
Developing Teams in a Virtual Environment: A Generative Approach	2
Of Definitions, Demarcation, and Disaggregation: Some Comments on the Dynamic Application of Diagnostic and Dialogic Organization Development	2