Alessia Contu

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Alessia Contu is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science and Human Factors and Ergonomics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessia Contu has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Human Factors and Ergonomics. Recurrent topics in Alessia Contu's work include Management and Organizational Studies (22 papers), Organizational Learning and Leadership (6 papers) and Innovative Education and Learning Practices (4 papers). Alessia Contu is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (22 papers), Organizational Learning and Leadership (6 papers) and Innovative Education and Learning Practices (4 papers). Alessia Contu collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Sudan. Alessia Contu's co-authors include Hugh Willmott, Christopher Grey, Anders Örtenblad, Patrizia Zanoni, Stephen Healy, Raza Mir, Florence Palpacuer, Steffen Böhm, Gianluigi Mangia and Sérgio Wanderley and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Organization Science and Journal of Management Studies.

In The Last Decade

Alessia Contu

28 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Re-Embedding Situatedness: The Importance of Power Relations in Learning Theory
    2003 538 citations Alessia Contu, Hugh Willmott profile →

Peers

Alessia Contu
Tom Keenoy United Kingdom
Gary Schwarz United Kingdom
K. Peter Kuchinke United States
Russ Vince United Kingdom
Robert Konopaske United States
Ethlyn A. Williams United States
Kenneth R. Bartlett United States
Stefan Sveningsson Sweden
Paul Hibbert United Kingdom
Rajnandini Pillai United States
Tom Keenoy United Kingdom
Alessia Contu
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Countries citing papers authored by Alessia Contu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alessia Contu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessia Contu

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All Works

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Barros, Amon, Alexandra Bristow, Alessia Contu, Sérgio Wanderley, & Ajnesh Prasad. (2024). Politicizing and humanizing management learning and education with Paulo Freire. Management Learning. 55(1). 3–16. 10 indexed citations
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Peredo, Ana María, Samer Abdelnour, Paul S. Adler, et al.. (2022). We Are Boiling: Management Scholars Speaking Out on COVID-19 and Social Justice. Journal of Management Inquiry. 31(4). 339–357. 15 indexed citations
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Robinson, Sarah, Alessia Contu, Carole Elliott, et al.. (2021). In praise of holistic scholarship: A collective essay in memory of Mark Easterby-Smith. Management Learning. 53(2). 363–385. 1 indexed citations
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Zundel, Mike, et al.. (2020). From the Editors—Why Reason, Why Now?. Academy of Management Learning and Education. 19(3). 259–268. 3 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia. (2019). Answering the crisis with intellectual activism: Making a difference as business schools scholars. Human Relations. 73(5). 737–757. 99 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia. (2018). Psychoanalysis, Critique and the Unconscious at Work. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia. (2017). On Doing Academic Work: Critical Performativity as Intellectual Activism. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia. (2017). Let's up the Ante: A Call for Intellectual Activism in Business Schools. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia, et al.. (2016). The Hybrid Nature of Volunteering. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 45(6). 1130–1149. 11 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia. (2013). On boundaries and difference: Communities of practice and power relations in creative work. Management Learning. 45(3). 289–316. 63 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia, et al.. (2013). NGOs management and the value of ‘partnerships’ for equality in international development: What’s in a name?. Human Relations. 67(2). 205–232. 56 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia. (2009). Critical Management Education. Oxford University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Böhm, Steffen, et al.. (2009). Corporate Robespierres, ideologies of management and change. Journal of Organizational Change Management. 22(2). 129–140. 13 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia. (2008). Decaf Resistance. Management Communication Quarterly. 21(3). 364–379. 213 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia & Hugh Willmott. (2006). Studying Practice: Situating Talking About Machines. Organization Studies. 27(12). 1769–1782. 50 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia & Hugh Willmott. (2005). You Spin Me Round: The Realist Turn in Organization and Management Studies*. Journal of Management Studies. 42(8). 1645–1662. 66 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia, Christopher Grey, & Anders Örtenblad. (2003). Against Learning. Human Relations. 56(8). 931–952. 78 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia. (2002). A political answer to questions of struggles. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 10 indexed citations
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Contu, Alessia & Hugh Willmott. (2000). Comment on Wenger and Yanow. Knowing in Practice: A `Delicate Flower' in the Organizational Learning Field. Organization. 7(2). 269–276. 61 indexed citations

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