OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Management Reviews 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The dark side of leadership: A systematic review of creativity and innovation	169
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Career success and geographical location: A systematic review and future research agenda	115
Innovative conceptual contributions—Raising the game for theory‐driven reviews	99
Putting humour to work: To make sense of and constitute organizations	99
Issue information	98
Tensions as a framework for managing work in collaborative workplaces: A review of the empirical studies	92
The physical office work environment and employee wellbeing: Current state of research and future research agenda	79
Hybrid organization deconstructed: A bibliographic investigation into the origins, development, and future of the research domain	75
The attention‐based view: Review and conceptual extension towards situated attention	74
Interactional governing activities: A novel perspective on how actors co‐develop field governance	70
Pathways to social value and social change: An integrative review of the social entrepreneurship literature	66
The good, the bad and the evil: A unified conceptualization of negative leadership behaviour	62
Board governance of Strategic Change: An assessment of the literature and avenues for future research	60
The role of emotions during mergers and acquisitions: A review of the past and a glimpse into the future	60
Issue information	43
Divide and conquer: Relating patent quality and value in a conceptual framework based on a systematic review	43
Challenging the ‘dirty worker’—‘clean client’ dichotomy: Conceptualizing worker‐client relations in dirty work	42
Strategy in the digitalization era	41
How workers meet new expertise needs throughout their careers: An integrative review revealing a dynamic process model of flexpertise	39
Embracing the paradox of customer experiences in the hospitality and tourism industry	33
Examining the Ability, Motivation and Opportunity (AMO) framework in HRM research: Conceptualization, measurement and interactions	31
A review of the physical context of creativity: A three‐dimensional framework for investigating the physical context of creativity	31
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The evolution of employee engagement: Towards a social and contextual construct for balancing individual performance and wellbeing dynamically	28

Using review articles to address societal grand challenges	26
An integrated framework of remote work from organizational adoption to employee outcomes: A systematic literature review	25
Alliance management capabilities in sustainability‐oriented collaboration: Problematization and new research directions	25
Employee green behaviour: A review and recommendations for future research	24
Putting the individual and context back into national human resource development research: A systematic review and research agenda	23
Issue information	23
One name for two concepts: A systematic literature review about meta‐organizations	20
Reflecting back and looking forward: A systematic literature review of SME–university collaborations	19
Nurses’ well‐being and implications for human resource management: A systematic literature review	19
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Digital ecosystems and their impact on organizations—A dynamic capabilities approach	17
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Mapping women's involvement in family firms: A review based on bibliographic coupling analysis	16
The panopticon, an emblematic concept in management and organization studies: Heaven or hell?	16
See something, say something: A meta‐analytic review of safety voice	16
Disentangling the ‘digital’: A critical review of information technology capabilities, information technology–enabled capabilities and digital capabilities in business research	15
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Design in entrepreneurship: Unveiling multiple interpretations and philosophical underpinnings	15
What is (and is not) stakeholder dialogue in CSR? A review and research agenda	14
Dogmatic, instrumental and paradoxical frames: A pragmatic research framework for studying organizational sustainability	14
Open strategy and digital transformation: A framework and future research agenda	14
Issue information	13
Guidelines for Bibliometric‐Systematic Literature Reviews: 10 steps to combine analysis, synthesis and theory development	13
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Acknowledging the Contribution of Reviewers	12
Traduttore, traditore? Gains and losses from the translation of the economies of worth	12
Design science in operations management: A review and synthesis of the literature	11
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Issue information	11
A century of labour turnover research: A systematic literature review	11
Relational dynamics in information technology outsourcing: An integrative review and future research directions	11
A paradox‐constitutive perspective of organizational gossip	10
Conceptualising SME brand co‐creation	9
Explaining differences in internationalization between emerging and developed economy born global firms: A systematic literature review and the way forward	8
Absolute autonomy, respectful recognition and derived dignity: Towards a typology of meaningful work	8
Acknowledging the Contribution of Reviewers	7
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Digital‐sustainable business models: Definition, systematic literature review, integrative framework and research agenda from a strategic management perspective	7
Evaluating definitions of social entrepreneurship: A rulebook from the philosophy of science	7
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Corruption dynamics: Integrating structure, agency and institutional logics across contexts	7
Issue information	7
Dynamic capabilities measurement safari: A roadmap	6
Linking individuals’ resources with (perceived) sustainable employability: Perspectives from conservation of resources and social information processing theory	6
How can research contribute to the implementation of sustainable development goals? An interpretive review of SDG literature in management	5
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Future‐proofing IJMR as a leading management journal: Reach, relevance and reputation	5
Advancing literature review methodology through rigour, generativity, scope and transparency	5
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A meme‐based research programme for management and organization studies	5
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