Annick Willem

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Annick Willem is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Annick Willem has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 20 papers in Social Psychology and 19 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Annick Willem's work include Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (24 papers), Doping in Sports (23 papers) and Sports, Gender, and Society (19 papers). Annick Willem is often cited by papers focused on Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (24 papers), Doping in Sports (23 papers) and Sports, Gender, and Society (19 papers). Annick Willem collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and United States. Annick Willem's co-authors include Marc Buelens, Bram Constandt, Harry Scarbrough, Jeroen Scheerder, Veerle De Bosscher, Erik Thibaut, Margot Ricour, Greet Cardon, Kathy Babiak and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Business Ethics and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Annick Willem

81 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Exercising in Times of Lockdown: An Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19 on Levels and Patterns of Exercise among Adults in Belgium

2020 295 citations Bram Constandt, Veerle De Bosscher et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Annick Willem Belgium	23	809	325	300	295	287	91	2.0k
Norm O’Reilly Canada	31	1.9k 2.4×	151 0.5×	298 1.0×	190 0.6×	941 3.3×	160	3.7k
Peter Kerkhof Netherlands	25	1.7k 2.1×	348 1.1×	276 0.9×	114 0.4×	122 0.4×	57	2.5k
Jonathan C. Ziegert United States	17	724 0.9×	147 0.5×	936 3.1×	300 1.0×	354 1.2×	29	1.9k
Judith R. Gordon United States	26	715 0.9×	79 0.2×	710 2.4×	273 0.9×	265 0.9×	59	2.5k
Gerard Seijts Canada	23	409 0.5×	155 0.5×	890 3.0×	216 0.7×	125 0.4×	69	2.7k
Lois James United States	19	924 1.1×	76 0.2×	702 2.3×	230 0.8×	171 0.6×	55	2.7k
Kaisa Snellman Sweden	16	332 0.4×	96 0.3×	222 0.7×	368 1.2×	117 0.4×	32	2.1k
Peter Holland Australia	26	939 1.2×	133 0.4×	980 3.3×	306 1.0×	129 0.4×	137	3.5k
Ayesha Masood Pakistan	22	898 1.1×	251 0.8×	186 0.6×	90 0.3×	70 0.2×	55	1.7k
Dustin K. Jundt United States	16	493 0.6×	519 1.6×	966 3.2×	405 1.4×	182 0.6×	21	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Annick Willem

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Goossens, Dries, et al.. (2025). Manipulation unraveled: A new framework to analyze the impact of tournament design on manipulation opportunities. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 21(1). 638–652.

Hiel, Alain Van, et al.. (2025). The multidimensionality of moral identity – toward a broad characterization of the moral self. Ethics & Behavior. 35(8). 638–660. 2 indexed citations

Tjønndal, Anne, et al.. (2025). "There are a lot of vulnerabilities still left": Governance Issues in Virtual Sports. Performance Enhancement & Health. 13(4). 100360–100360. 1 indexed citations

Hardyns, Wim, et al.. (2025). From Financial Statement Fraud to Asset Misappropriation: Fraud in Nonprofit Sports Clubs and Cultural Underpinnings. Deviant Behavior. 1–17.

Constandt, Bram, et al.. (2024). Ethical Club Climate and Coaching Style: Unveiling Their Role in Coach-Perpetrated Psychological Abuse of Gymnasts. Journal of Sport Management. 39(2). 114–127.

Constandt, Bram, et al.. (2023). Understanding how individuals engage in match-fixing: the role of moral disengagement. European Sport Management Quarterly. 24(4). 979–999. 1 indexed citations

Willem, Annick, et al.. (2022). Toward a Refined Insight Into the Importance of Volunteers’ Motivations for Need-Based Experiences, Job Satisfaction, Work Effort, and Turnover Intentions in Nonprofit Sports Clubs: A Person-Centered Approach. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 33(4). 807–819. 11 indexed citations

Derom, Inge, et al.. (2021). Participatory sport events in times of COVID-19: analysing the (virtual) sport behaviour of event participants. European Sport Management Quarterly. 22(1). 35–54. 24 indexed citations

Constandt, Bram, et al.. (2020). A Stakeholder Perspective on Ethical Leadership in Sport: Bridging the Gap Between the Normative and Descriptive Lines of Inquiry. Psychologica Belgica. 60(1). 381–395. 3 indexed citations

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Willem, Annick, et al.. (2019). Volunteers Managing Volunteers: The Role of Volunteer Board Members’ Motivating and Demotivating Style in Relation to Volunteers’ Motives to Stay Volunteer. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 32(6). 1271–1284. 18 indexed citations

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Willem, Annick, et al.. (2017). The Role of Autonomous and Controlled Motivation in Exercise Intentions of Participants in a Mass Cycling Event. Frontiers in Psychology. 8. 354–354. 16 indexed citations

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Constandt, Bram, et al.. (2016). Coach ethical leadership and players' commitment in football organizations: the mediating role of ethical climate. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Cardon, Greet, et al.. (2015). Capacity building through cross-sector partnerships: a multiple case study of a sport program in disadvantaged communities in Belgium. BMC Public Health. 15(1). 1306–1306. 24 indexed citations

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Balduck, Anne-Line, et al.. (2014). Organizational Capacity and Organizational Ambition in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sports Clubs. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 26(5). 2023–2043. 53 indexed citations

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Cardon, Greet, et al.. (2013). Critical success factors for physical activity promotion through community partnerships. International Journal of Public Health. 59(1). 51–60. 19 indexed citations

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Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse De, et al.. (2012). Sustainability of the whole-community project '10,000 Steps': a longitudinal study. BMC Public Health. 12(1). 155–155. 15 indexed citations

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Willem, Annick & Marc Buelens. (2005). Knowledge Sharing in Public Sector Organizations: The Effect of Organizational Characteristics on Interdepartmental Knowledge Sharing. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 6 indexed citations

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Willem, Annick. (2002). Leveraging knowledge integration through social identity: A knowledge-based theory of the firm perspective. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University).

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Willem, Annick & Marc Buelens. (2002). The role of identity and attitudes in intra-organisational knowledge sharing.. 21(12). 1222–9. 1 indexed citations

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Willem, Annick & Hans Crijns. (1997). Measuring company growth: the effects of different growth periods, growth criteria and portfolio structures on the identification of high growers. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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