Standout Papers

Research in Organizationa... 1975 2026 1992 2009 1986 1984 1981 2005 1976 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Research in Organizational Behavior.
    1986 9.1k citations Barry M. Staw et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  2. Research in Organizational Behavior
    1984 9.0k citations Eliot R. Hammer, L. L. Cummings et al. Academy of Management Review profile →
  3. Threat Rigidity Effects in Organizational Behavior: A Multilevel Analysis
    1981 2.6k citations Barry M. Staw, Jane E. Dutton et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  4. Affect and Creativity at Work
    2005 1.4k citations Teresa M. Amabile, Sigal G. Barsade et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  5. Knee-deep in the big muddy: a study of escalating commitment to a chosen course of action
    1976 1.4k citations Barry M. Staw Organizational Behavior and Human Performance profile →
  6. What Theory is Not
    1995 1.3k citations Robert I. Sutton, Barry M. Staw Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  7. The Escalation of Commitment To a Course of Action
    1981 1.1k citations Barry M. Staw Academy of Management Review profile →
  8. Research in Organizational Behavior: An Annual Series of Analytical Essays and Critical Reviews
    1985 780 citations Barry M. Staw, L. L. Cummings et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  9. New Directions in Organizational Behavior.
    1978 766 citations Janice M. Beyer, Barry M. Staw et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  10. What Bandwagons Bring: Effects of Popular Management Techniques on Corporate Performance, Reputation, and CEO Pay
    2000 603 citations Barry M. Staw et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  11. Employee Positive Emotion and Favorable Outcomes at the Workplace
    1994 594 citations Barry M. Staw, Robert I. Sutton et al. Organization Science profile →
  12. The Dispositional Approach To Job Attitudes: A Lifetime Longitudinal Test
    1986 559 citations Barry M. Staw, John A. Clausen et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  13. Stability in the midst of change: A dispositional approach to job attitudes.
    1985 522 citations Barry M. Staw, Jerry Ross Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
  14. New Directions in Organizational Behavior
    1977 446 citations Mark M. Hammer, Barry M. Staw et al. Academy of Management Review profile →
  15. The Scarcity-Munificence Component of Organizational Environments and The Commission of Illegal Acts
    1975 370 citations Barry M. Staw, Eugene Szwajkowski Administrative Science Quarterly profile →

Immediate Impact

9 by Nobel laureates 1 from Science/Nature 181 hit
Sub-graph 1 of 13

Citing Papers

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2021 Hit
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2011 Hit
30 intermediate papers

Works of Barry M. Staw being referenced

Research in Organizational Behavior.
1986 Hit
Research in Organizational Behavior
1984 Hit
and 12 more

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Barry M. Staw 16.9k 9.8k 9.3k 9.0k 4.3k 99 39.7k
Charles A. O’Reilly 13.3k 0.8× 6.4k 0.7× 12.1k 1.3× 5.1k 0.6× 4.8k 1.1× 161 33.4k
Jane E. Dutton 17.4k 1.0× 7.2k 0.7× 10.2k 1.1× 7.0k 0.8× 2.1k 0.5× 117 33.8k
Dennis A. Gioia 16.3k 1.0× 8.7k 0.9× 13.3k 1.4× 3.3k 0.4× 2.3k 0.5× 99 38.1k
David W. Gerbing 17.6k 1.0× 15.4k 1.6× 10.2k 1.1× 6.8k 0.8× 1.8k 0.4× 42 48.6k
Edwin A. Locke 22.3k 1.3× 8.9k 0.9× 5.8k 0.6× 17.9k 2.0× 3.1k 0.7× 265 58.1k
Jeong Yeon Lee 23.1k 1.4× 18.6k 1.9× 13.8k 1.5× 11.8k 1.3× 3.0k 0.7× 39 61.4k
Youjae Yi 19.4k 1.1× 18.3k 1.9× 10.0k 1.1× 5.2k 0.6× 1.8k 0.4× 162 49.3k
Dennis W. Organ 23.1k 1.4× 9.2k 0.9× 9.4k 1.0× 8.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.4× 76 37.4k
Bernard M. Bass 23.3k 1.4× 6.2k 0.6× 9.3k 1.0× 10.9k 1.2× 1.6k 0.4× 220 43.4k
Karl E. Weick 21.1k 1.2× 13.6k 1.4× 18.6k 2.0× 6.8k 0.7× 2.8k 0.6× 178 60.5k

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