Bert Spector

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Bert Spector is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Bert Spector has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 11 papers in Strategy and Management and 7 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Bert Spector's work include Management and Organizational Studies (13 papers), Management Theory and Practice (10 papers) and Ethics in Business and Education (4 papers). Bert Spector is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (13 papers), Management Theory and Practice (10 papers) and Ethics in Business and Education (4 papers). Bert Spector collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and France. Bert Spector's co-authors include Michael Beer, Richard E. Walton, D. Quinn Mills, Paul R. Lawrence, Michael Beer, Glenn M. McEvoy, Richard W. Beatty, Paul Lawrence, Ludo Van der Heyden and Russell A. Eisenstat and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Perspectives, Industrial and Labor Relations Review and European Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Bert Spector

48 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Managing Human Assets. 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 100 200 300 400 500

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bert Spector United States 18 718 519 229 202 156 52 1.6k
Odd Nordhaug Norway 15 600 0.8× 514 1.0× 153 0.7× 170 0.8× 163 1.0× 43 1.4k
Charles R. Greer United States 21 599 0.8× 591 1.1× 333 1.5× 261 1.3× 227 1.5× 56 1.7k
Ian Palmer Australia 23 664 0.9× 465 0.9× 159 0.7× 315 1.6× 83 0.5× 47 1.5k
Timothy Morris United Kingdom 17 700 1.0× 586 1.1× 281 1.2× 278 1.4× 123 0.8× 33 1.5k
Sean A. Way United States 17 1.0k 1.4× 516 1.0× 169 0.7× 262 1.3× 158 1.0× 33 1.6k
Edward J. Conlon United States 18 555 0.8× 395 0.8× 272 1.2× 316 1.6× 143 0.9× 35 1.6k
Larry Hubbell United States 8 750 1.0× 475 0.9× 137 0.6× 414 2.0× 101 0.6× 22 1.6k
Brian S. Klaas United States 22 750 1.0× 323 0.6× 379 1.7× 401 2.0× 230 1.5× 59 1.5k
Nicholas Kinnie United Kingdom 20 1.0k 1.4× 545 1.1× 177 0.8× 357 1.8× 112 0.7× 40 1.8k
Johngseok Bae South Korea 21 817 1.1× 499 1.0× 83 0.4× 223 1.1× 145 0.9× 51 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Bert Spector

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bert Spector

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bert Spector

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bert Spector. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bert Spector based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bert Spector. Bert Spector is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spector, Bert. (2022). Volodymyr Zelenskyy, heroic leadership, and the historical gaze. Leadership. 19(1). 27–42. 7 indexed citations
2.
Spector, Bert. (2019). Constructing Crisis. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Spector, Bert. (2019). Constructing Crisis: Leaders, Crises and Claims of Urgency. 7 indexed citations
4.
Spector, Bert. (2017). Moral leadership? Be careful what you wish for. Leadership. 15(1). 123–131. 10 indexed citations
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Spector, Bert. (2015). Carlyle, Freud, and the Great Man Theory more fully considered. Leadership. 12(2). 250–260. 59 indexed citations
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Spector, Bert. (2013). The evolution of a private-label brand strategy at J.C. Penney, 1902–33. Management & Organizational History. 8(4). 387–399. 1 indexed citations
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Spector, Bert, et al.. (2009). Developing Innovation Transfer Capacity in a Cross-National Firm. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 45(2). 261–279. 1 indexed citations
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Spector, Bert. (2008). The Man in the Gray Flannel Suitin the executive suite. Journal of Management History. 14(1). 87–104. 11 indexed citations
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Spector, Bert. (2008). “Business Responsibilities in a Divided World”: The Cold War Roots of the Corporate Social Responsibility Movement. Enterprise & Society. 9(2). 314–336. 36 indexed citations
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Spector, Bert. (2004). Introduction: Roger Fisher and William Ury's Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In. Academy of Management Perspectives. 18(3). 99–100. 1 indexed citations
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Spector, Bert. (1995). Taking Charge and Letting Go: A Breakthrough Strategy for Creating and Managing the Horizontal Company. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Spector, Bert. (1989). From bogged down to fired up: Inspiring organizational change.. 30(4). 29–34. 75 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael, Russell A. Eisenstat, & Bert Spector. (1988). The Critical Path for Change: Keys to Success and Failure in Six Companies. 17 indexed citations
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Spector, Bert. (1987). Transformational Leadership: The New Challenge for U.S. Unions. Human Resource Management. 26(1). 3–16. 4 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael, Bert Spector, Paul R. Lawrence, & D. Quinn Mills. (1985). Managing human assets: I. A general manager's perspective.. 7 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael, Bert Spector, Paul Lawrence, D. Quinn Mills, & Richard E. Walton. (1985). Human Resource Management: A General Manager's Perspective. 185 indexed citations
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Walton, Richard E., Michael Beer, Bert Spector, & Paul R. Lawrence. (1985). Human Resource Management: A General Manager's Perspective: Text and Cases. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 22 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael & Bert Spector. (1985). Readings in Human Resource Management. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 31 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael, et al.. (1984). Managing Human Assets: The Groundbreaking Harvard Business School Program. 64 indexed citations
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Spector, Bert. (1982). The Weavers: A Case History in Show Business Blacklisting. Journal of American Culture. 5(3). 113–120. 1 indexed citations

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