Ann Langley

26.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
146 papers, 16.8k citations indexed

About

Ann Langley is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ann Langley has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 16.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 36 papers in Strategy and Management and 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ann Langley's work include Management and Organizational Studies (83 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (22 papers) and Management Theory and Practice (16 papers). Ann Langley is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (83 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (22 papers) and Management Theory and Practice (16 papers). Ann Langley collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Ann Langley's co-authors include Jean‐Louis Denis, Haridimos Tsoukas, Andrew H. Van de Ven, Clive Smallman, Charlotte Cloutier, Linda Rouleau, Lise Lamothe, Viviane Sergi, Malvina Klag and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Strategic Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ann Langley

135 papers receiving 15.8k 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.

Strategies for Theorizing from Process Data

1999 3.4k citations Ann Langley Academy of Management Review profile →
Strategies for Theorizing from Process Data

1999 2.4k citations Ann Langley Academy of Management Review profile →
Process Studies of Change in Organization and Management: Unveiling Temporality, Activity, and Flow

2013 1.5k citations Ann Langley, Haridimos Tsoukas et al. Academy of Management Journal profile →
Finding Theory–Method Fit: A Comparison of Three Qualitative Approaches to Theory Building

2017 741 citations Joel Gehman, Vern Glaser et al. Journal of Management Inquiry profile →
The SAGE Handbook of Process Organization Studies

2016 431 citations Ann Langley, Haridimos Tsoukas ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) profile →
Boundary Work among Groups, Occupations, and Organizations: From Cartography to Process

2019 235 citations Ann Langley et al. profile →
What Makes a Process Theoretical Contribution?

2020 203 citations Ann Langley et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ann Langley	7.0k	6.5k	3.5k	2.2k	2.2k	146	16.8k
Cynthia Hardy	7.9k 1.1×	5.5k 0.8×	5.0k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	140	18.2k
Andrew Pettigrew	6.9k 1.0×	6.7k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	3.1k 1.4×	1.9k 0.9×	109	17.6k
Stewart Clegg	7.9k 1.1×	4.9k 0.8×	5.2k 1.5×	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	470	19.1k
Paul S. Adler	4.8k 0.7×	5.9k 0.9×	4.9k 1.4×	2.2k 1.0×	2.9k 1.3×	116	16.5k
C. R. Hinings	6.4k 0.9×	5.5k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	2.8k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	88	14.8k
Mats Alvesson	13.3k 1.9×	5.5k 0.8×	7.6k 2.1×	2.5k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	233	27.0k
Thomas B. Lawrence	6.1k 0.9×	4.5k 0.7×	3.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	91	13.4k
Kevin G. Corley	8.8k 1.3×	7.5k 1.2×	4.7k 1.3×	2.0k 0.9×	3.4k 1.6×	57	20.1k
Roy Suddaby	7.6k 1.1×	4.9k 0.8×	3.8k 1.1×	2.7k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	116	16.0k
Sim B. Sitkin	6.4k 0.9×	5.1k 0.8×	4.7k 1.3×	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	74	17.6k

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Langley, Ann, et al.. (2025). A multi‐level process perspective on refugee workplace integration. European Management Review.

Bourgoin, Alaric, et al.. (2025). How Change Recipients Become Rivals: Legitimacy Dynamics and ‘Cooptive Rejection’ in Organizational Change. Journal of Management Studies.

Chreim, Samia, et al.. (2025). Vulnerability Practices among Professionals in Multidisciplinary Settings. Academy of Management Journal. 69(1). 46–75.

Langley, Ann, et al.. (2024). Doing process research in international business. International Business Review. 33(5). 102316–102316. 6 indexed citations

Langley, Ann, et al.. (2024). Process Research Methods for Studying Supply Chains and Their Management. Journal of Supply Chain Management. 60(4). 3–26. 11 indexed citations

Langley, Ann, et al.. (2023). The Patterning of Interactive Organizational Identity Work. Organization Studies. 45(3). 359–383. 4 indexed citations

Langley, Ann. (2023). Media Review: Doing Process Research in Organizations: Noticing Differently. Organization Studies. 45(4). 617–620. 1 indexed citations

Ansari, Shahzad, et al.. (2023). Strategizing Together for a Better World: Institutional, Paradox and Practice Theories in Conversation. Journal of Management Inquiry. 33(2). 115–130. 3 indexed citations

Empson, Laura, Ann Langley, & Viviane Sergi. (2022). When Everyone and No One is a Leader: Constructing individual leadership identities while sustaining an organizational narrative of collective leadership. Organization Studies. 44(2). 201–227. 5 indexed citations

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Sergi, Viviane, et al.. (2021). Highlighting the Plural: Leading Amidst Romance(s). Journal of Change Management. 21(2). 163–179. 10 indexed citations

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Langley, Ann, et al.. (2020). Making Interviews Meaningful. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 56(3). 370–391. 62 indexed citations

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Stensaker, Inger G., Julia Balogun, & Ann Langley. (2020). The Power of the Platform: Place and Employee Responses to Organizational Change. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 57(2). 174–203. 7 indexed citations

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Gehman, Joel, Vern Glaser, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, et al.. (2017). Finding Theory-Method Fit: A Comparison of Three Qualitative Approaches to Theory Building. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Vermeulen, Patrick A.M., Charlene Zietsma, Royston Greenwood, & Ann Langley. (2016). Strategic responses to institutional complexity. Strategic Organization. 14(4). 277–286. 52 indexed citations

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Langley, Ann & Haridimos Tsoukas. (2016). The SAGE Handbook of Process Organization Studies. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 431 indexed citations breakdown →

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Langley, Ann. (2014). Research methodology for strategy as practice. The business & management collection.. 2014(2). e1003651–e1003651. 1 indexed citations

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Sergi, Viviane, et al.. (2013). Saying What You Do and Doing What You Say: The Performative Dynamics of Lean Management Theory. ARCA (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia). 2 indexed citations

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Loisel, Patrick, et al.. (2005). The values underlying team decision-making in work rehabilitation for musculoskeletal disorders. Disability and Rehabilitation. 27(10). 561–569. 16 indexed citations

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Ven, Andrew H. Van de, Ann Langley, & Robert Chia. (2004). The First Organization Studies Summer Workshop: 'Theorizing Process in Organizational Research'. Organization Studies. 25(8). 1466–1468. 9 indexed citations

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Langley, Ann. (1999). Strategies for Theorizing from Process Data. Academy of Management Review. 24(4). 691–691. 2364 indexed citations breakdown →

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