OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Academy of Management Perspectives is 4. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Exceptionalism and Outliers: Advancing Management Theory and Public Policy	92
Ideology and Organizational Dynamics: Clarifying and Generalizing Our Argument on “Woke” Companies	84
Bearing Witness? A Legacy of Faith in Family Entrepreneuring	70
Why Are Private Equity Transactions Insured? A Neo-Institutional Theory Perspective	62
Declining Trust in Capitalism: Managerial, Research, and Public Policy Implications	55
Collectivist Perspectives on Crony Capitalism	53
Privacy and Platform Governance: The Case of Apps For Young Children	43
Beyond the Brave New Nudge: Activating Ethical Reflection over Behavioral Reaction	38
Much Ado about the Lack of Policy Implications in Scholarly Journals?	38
A Multilevel Perspective of Organized and Intentional Corporate Social Irresponsibility	37
Rethinking “Woke” and “Integrative” Diversity Strategies: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion—and Inequality	33
The Dark Side of Powerful Platform Owners: Aspiration Adaptations of Digital Firms	32
Big Tech and Strategic Management: How Management Scholars Can Inform Competition Policy	30
Addressing big societal challenges in HRM research: A Society-Actors-Processes-Policy framework	28
Do Policymakers Mean What They Say? Symbolic Pressures and the Subtle Dynamics of the Institutional Game	26
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Why and How Equitable Distribution and Representation Matter for Innovation Advancing the Social Good in Real Places	26
Student Ventures: A New Organizational Form in the University Entrepreneurial Ecosystem	25
Beyond One Size Fits All: A Judicious Perspective on Noncompete Agreements	20
Seeking Organizational Immortality: Legacy Biases in Organizational Decision-Making	20
Entrepreneurial Networking and Resource Inequality: The Unexpected Impact of Institutional Support	20
Putting Scholarly Impact in Context: Implications for Policymaking and Practice	19
Governing Large Projects: A Three-Stage Process to Get It Right	18
Sexual Harassment in Nonprofit Organizations: Organizational Dysfunctions or Harasser’s Behavior?	18
Why Do Companies Go Woke?	17
Government and Cronyism: A Reply to Chalmers’s Comment	17

Assessing the Impact of University Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Managerial and Policy Implications	16
FOOLED BY DIVERSITY? WHEN DIVERSITY INITIATIVES EXACERBATE RATHER THAN MITIGATE INEQUALITY	16
Governing Large Projects: A Three-Stage Process to Get It Right	16
Corporate Engagement with Polarizing Morality Issues Conceptualization and Implications	15
Upgrading Processes of Emerging-Market Manufacturers in Global Value Chains	14
Improving Management Theory and Policy-Making Through Innovative Methods and Data	14
Creating Long-Term Impact in a World That Requires Short-Term Results: What Is Missing from Academic Discourse on Systems Change	14
Sovereign Authority or Distributed Influence? Exploring How Journal Editors Manage the Publication Process	14
Learning from Outliers and Anomalies	12
Entrepreneurialism, Inequality, and Society: Organizational and Policy Implications	12
From a Portfolio of Journals to a System of Knowledge Production	12
Signaling Collective Action in Ecosystems	12
Pathways Priming Our Pipeline: Perusing the Perspectives Portfolio	12
“WOKE” DIVERSITY STRATEGIES: SCIENCE OR SENSATIONALISM?	11
“Woke” Diversity Strategies: Science or Sensationalism?	11
Toward an Agentic Theory of Outsider Outliers: The Case of Carlos Ghosn	11
Digital Sustainability Strategies: Digitally Enabled and Digital-First Innovation for Net Zero	11
Navigating the Diversity–Unity Paradox in DEI Strategies	11
Random Experimentation and Exceptional Outcomes in Entrepreneurship	11
Breaking Away from the Pack: Uncovering the Characteristics of Exceptional Firms in Power-Law Performance Distributions	10
Sexual Harassment in NPOs: How the Nature of Work Facilitates Moral Licensing	10
Challenging Disciplinary Norms: A Response	10
The “Gospel” of Entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurialism, Development, and the Youth Enterprise	10
Toward a New Understanding of Portfolio Governance Senior Management Competence	9
The Show Must Go On: Preserving the Legacy Business through Exit in Family Business Portfolio Firms	9
Person–Skill Fit: Why a New Form of Employee Fit Is Required	9
The Professionalism Paradox: A Sense of Professionalism Increases Vulnerability to Conflicts of Interest	9
Platform Ecosystems, Bottlenecks, and M&A Activity: Implications for Platform Regulation	9
Terra Economicus: Rhetorical Strategies of Legitimation in Land Grabbing	8
The Rise of Dishonest Leaders: Causes and Solutions	8
Trapped at Work: The Barriers Model of Abusive Supervision	8
When Nonprofit Organizations Detract Value from Society: A Rejoinder	8
A Call to Maximize the Social Impact of Our Research: An Effective Altruism Approach	8
Recruitment Deception and the Organization of Labor for Exploitation: A Policy–Theory Synthesis	8
Fooled by Diversity? When Diversity Initiatives Exacerbate Rather Than Mitigate Bias and Inequality	8
The Rainbow Glass Ceiling: Breaking Barriers for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Board Diversity	8
Person–Skill Fit: Why a New Form of Employee Fit Is Required	7
Emplotting Climate Change: Rhetorical History and Imagined Accountability	7
Inequality and Injustice: Talking Past Each Other	7
Policy Implications of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Research	7
Circular Economy 5.0 on Its Way: A Digital Sustainability Transition	7
Social Justice Narratives in Platform Governance Battles: Can Peer Support Fend Off Hypocrisy Accusations?	6
Civic Wealth Creation: Bypassing Monopolies Through Collective Action	6
Unintended Dependence Creation? The Nesting Effect of University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems	6
How Participative Management Builds the Foundation for Organizational Ambidexterity: Toyota’s 3 Pillar Activity	6
Managing the Liability of Legacy in Family Firms	6
“Please, Hurry Up!” Leveraging Narratives to Speed Up the Mobilization of Resources for Entrepreneurial Ventures	6
Regulating Diversity and Inclusiveness in Boards of Directors	6
What Is Your AI Strategy? Systematically Integrating Self-Learning Technologies into Your Business Strategy	6
Too Little, Too Late? How Policymakers and Regulators Respond to the Business Model Innovations of Digital Firms	5

A Chip Off the Old Block: Entrepreneurial Legacy in the Geographically Diversified Firm	5
A Legacy of Brokering Entrepreneurial Tendencies: A Case Study	5
How Woke Was the Symposium on Woke Organizations? An Insider Perspective	5
Delivering on the Purpose: The Formulation of Effective Unit Mandates	5
Forgiving Stakeholders	5
Legacy Management in Theory and in Practice	4
A Configurational Momentum Perspective on Exceptional Growth and Power-Law Distributions	4
“Digital Sustainability”: Addressing Managerial, Organizational, and Institutional Challenges	4
The Endogenous Creation of a Property Rights Regime: A Historical Approach to Firm Strategy and Governance Structure	4
A Firm’s Decision to Settle a Securities Class Action Lawsuit: The Influence of CEO Prevention Focus and CEO Duality	4
Critiquing the Backlash Against Wokeness: In Defense of DEI Scholarship and Practice	4
From Telling a Life Story to Creating One: Finding Meaning and Supporting Prosocial Action through Legacy Motive Activation	4
Certification of Business Practices and Algorithms as a Complementary Approach to Platform Regulation	4
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Policy Formulation: A Conceptual Framework	4
Ties That Bind and Ties That Break: The Identification Trajectories of Bereft Lehman Bankers	4
Getting to the Root Causes: An Integrative Framework for Understanding and Mitigating Unethical Workplace Behavior	4
Lessons on How Evidence-Based Performance Management Changed Practice, Policy, and Talent Decisions	4
Turning Inside Out: How to Leverage Data from Within Organizations	4
Global Digital Sustainability: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach	4
Moving Beyond Place- and Past-Based Identities for Better Stakeholder Engagement	4
Strategic CSR Investment as a Response to Anticipated Employee Departures from Rivals	4