Bert George

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Bert George is a scholar working on Public Administration, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Bert George has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Public Administration, 17 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Bert George's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (36 papers), Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (9 papers) and Accounting and Organizational Management (8 papers). Bert George is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (36 papers), Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (9 papers) and Accounting and Organizational Management (8 papers). Bert George collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Hong Kong. Bert George's co-authors include Sanjay K. Pandey, Richard M. Walker, Adelien Decramer, Mieke Audenaert, Sebastian Desmidt, Bram Verschuere, Martin Bækgaard, Marco Kools, Bram Steijn and Bishoy L. Zaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Public Administration Review, The International Journal of Human Resource Management and Long Range Planning.

In The Last Decade

Bert George

50 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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 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.

We Know the Yin—But Where Is the Yang? Toward a Balanced Approach on Common Source Bias in Public Administration Scholarship

2017 336 citations Bert George, Sanjay K. Pandey Review of Public Personnel Administration profile →
Does Strategic Planning Improve Organizational Performance? A Meta‐Analysis

2019 254 citations Bert George et al. Public Administration Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bert George Belgium	23	616	586	446	440	291	56	1.8k
Zeger van der Wal Singapore	23	843 1.4×	493 0.8×	401 0.9×	602 1.4×	366 1.3×	70	1.7k
Jeannette Taylor Australia	22	1.1k 1.7×	903 1.5×	252 0.6×	673 1.5×	307 1.1×	46	2.0k
Lene Holm Pedersen Denmark	19	932 1.5×	548 0.9×	278 0.6×	615 1.4×	450 1.5×	63	1.8k
Sandra Groeneveld Netherlands	24	412 0.7×	770 1.3×	250 0.6×	676 1.5×	240 0.8×	88	2.0k
Joris van der Voet Netherlands	18	401 0.7×	538 0.9×	245 0.5×	300 0.7×	169 0.6×	36	1.2k
Nicola Bellè Italy	20	850 1.4×	718 1.2×	222 0.5×	637 1.4×	274 0.9×	54	2.0k
Daniel Muzio United Kingdom	30	457 0.7×	1.3k 2.2×	629 1.4×	773 1.8×	253 0.9×	89	3.1k
Alan Lawton United Kingdom	23	411 0.7×	382 0.7×	332 0.7×	395 0.9×	198 0.7×	45	1.3k
David Courpasson France	21	253 0.4×	865 1.5×	297 0.7×	716 1.6×	196 0.7×	48	1.8k
Laurie E. Paarlberg United States	21	562 0.9×	519 0.9×	251 0.6×	956 2.2×	139 0.5×	51	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Bert George

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bert George

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bert George

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

George, Bert, et al.. (2025). The organizational change capability of public organizations: Concept and measurement. Public Money & Management. 46(1). 112–123. 1 indexed citations

George, Bert, et al.. (2025). Understanding the nomological network of red tape: Synthesis and research agenda. International Public Management Journal. 28(6). 820–847.

Willems, Jürgen, et al.. (2025). Performance rankings reduce cognitive processing of underlying performance information. Public Management Review. 28(2). 498–520.

George, Bert, et al.. (2025). Understanding politicians’ attitudes to reusing built heritage: An experimental and behavioral approach. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 76. 299–306.

George, Bert. (2025). Towards purposeful strategic planning: A mixed research synthesis across disciplines. Long Range Planning. 58(4). 102563–102563.

George, Bert, et al.. (2025). Untangling the Relationship Between Red Tape and Job Satisfaction: The Role of Self‐Efficacy and High‐Individualistic Culture. Public Administration Review. 85(6). 1723–1737.

George, Bert, Dag Ingvar Jacobsen, Jan‐Erik Johanson, Åge Johnsen, & Elias Pekkola. (2024). User acceptance of strategic planning: Evidence from Northern European municipalities. Public Administration Review. 85(3). 752–767. 1 indexed citations

George, Bert, et al.. (2024). Do network management and trust matter for network outcomes? A meta-analysis and research agenda. Public Management Review. 26(11). 3270–3297. 7 indexed citations

Groeneveld, Sandra, et al.. (2023). Coping with administrative tasks: A cross‐country analysis from a street‐level perspective. Public Administration Review. 84(6). 1134–1147. 5 indexed citations

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George, Bert, Lotte Bøgh Andersen, Jeremy L. Hall, & Sanjay K. Pandey. (2023). Writing impactful reviews to rejuvenate public administration: A framework and recommendations. Public Administration Review. 83(6). 1517–1527. 19 indexed citations

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Hansen, Jesper Rosenberg, et al.. (2022). A review of open strategy: bridging strategy and public management research. Public Management Review. 26(3). 678–700. 24 indexed citations

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Eshuis, Jasper, et al.. (2021). The Effect of the EU‐Brand on Citizens’ Trust in Policies: Replicating an Experiment. Public Administration Review. 81(4). 776–786. 4 indexed citations

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Audenaert, Mieke, Adelien Decramer, & Bert George. (2021). How to foster employee quality of life: The role of employee performance management and authentic leadership. Evaluation and Program Planning. 85. 101909–101909. 20 indexed citations

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George, Bert, et al.. (2020). Determinants of non-profit commercialism. Resource deficits, institutional pressures or organizational contingencies?. Public Management Review. 23(10). 1456–1478. 24 indexed citations

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George, Bert, Sanjay K. Pandey, Bram Steijn, Adelien Decramer, & Mieke Audenaert. (2020). Red Tape, Organizational Performance, and Employee Outcomes: Meta‐analysis, Meta‐regression, and Research Agenda. Public Administration Review. 81(4). 638–651. 85 indexed citations

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Kools, Marco, Pierre Gouëdard, Bert George, et al.. (2019). The relationship between the school as a learning organisation and staff outcomes: A case study of Wales. European Journal of Education. 54(3). 426–442. 11 indexed citations

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George, Bert, et al.. (2019). Innovating and optimizing in public organizations: does more become less?. Public Management Review. 22(4). 475–497. 42 indexed citations

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George, Bert, et al.. (2018). Institutional isomorphism, negativity bias and performance information use by politicians: A survey experiment. Public Administration. 98(1). 14–28. 6 indexed citations

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George, Bert & Sanjay K. Pandey. (2017). We Know the Yin—But Where Is the Yang? Toward a Balanced Approach on Common Source Bias in Public Administration Scholarship. Review of Public Personnel Administration. 37(2). 245–270. 336 indexed citations breakdown →

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Audenaert, Mieke, Adelien Decramer, Bert George, Bram Verschuere, & Thomas Van Waeyenberg. (2016). When employee performance management affects individual innovation in public organizations: the role of consistency and LMX. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 30(5). 815–834. 142 indexed citations

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