OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Applied Behavioral Science is 5. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Edgar H. Schein: Reflections on his Life and Career	38
Strategies for Generating Deliberately Emergent Qualitative Research Designs	32
Enacting Leadership Legitimacy under Terms of Limited Formal and Informal Power in a Heterarchical Network of Organizations	30
Adapting to Frequent Changes: The Roles of Job Crafting and Personal Needs	29
Daily Job Crafting and Adaptive Performance During Organizational Change: The Moderating Role of Managers’ Influence Tactics	23
Andy Van de Ven’s Wonderfully Full Life	22
A Humble Giant: Reframing the Management Consulting Challenge	18
Working Alliance Theory in Workplace Coaching: A Pilot Study Exploring the Missing Role of the Organization	15
How Empowerment Can Help to Reduce Change-Related Uncertainty in Young Employees	14
Building a Workplace-Based Learning Culture: The “Receiver's” Perspective on Speaking Up	14
Organizational Changes in Adopting Agile Approaches: A Systematic Literature Review	14
Collaborative Inquiry Fuelled by Reflexive Learning: Changing Change	13
Delivering impact via the ebb-and-flow of a research team: Reflection on a long-term program of research into a global societal challenge*	13
Sensemaking and Creativity at Work When Employees are Coping with Traumatic Life Experiences: Implications for Positive Organizational Change	12
A Qualitative Study of Competencies of Coaches That Predict Client Behavior Change	11
Reflections on Ed Schein's Teachings	11
Family, Work, Collegial, and Emotional Influences on Problem-Focused Voice Behaviors	11
Honey, We Shrunk Our Impact: Social Impact in Organizational Research	11
Career Anchors, Edgar Schein, and Me	11
When Normal is Not Normal: A Theory of the Non-Linear and Discontinuous Process of Desired Change and its Managerial Implications	11
How Situated Attentions Affect the Choices of Professional Service Managers in the Transition to Hybrid Work Arrangements	9
Transition Pains: Recognizing Employee Reactions to Organizational Realignment in a Disruptive Context	8
Entry Points: Gaining Momentum in Early-Stage Cross-Boundary Collaborations	8
Edgar H. Schein 1928–2023	8
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
Forward to the Past	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
Mutual Sense-Censoring, Generative Exploration, and Collaborative Change: A Case Study of Headquarters–Subsidiary Relationships in Asia	5
Competencies of Coaches that Predict Client Behavior Change	5
Living on the Coach-Consultant Hyphen: Reflections on a Hybrid Program for Women Entrepreneurs	5
Why Digital Transformation May Fail – And What Can Be Done About It	5
Designed Organizational Search: A Comparative Analysis of Alternative Procedures for Learning from Success	5
A Compelling Beginning and More to Uncover	5
Unpacking “Sense of Place” and “Place-making” in Organization Studies: A Toolkit for Place-sensitive Research	5
The Effect of Positive Management Practices on Firm Profitability – Evidence from Text Mining	5
Amplify or Suppress? Top Leader Perspective on External Stakeholders' Influence on Organizational Change Outcomes	5