Beth A. Bechky

8.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
38 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Beth A. Bechky is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Beth A. Bechky has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 10 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Beth A. Bechky's work include Management and Organizational Studies (16 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (8 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (7 papers). Beth A. Bechky is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (16 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (8 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (7 papers). Beth A. Bechky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Canada. Beth A. Bechky's co-authors include Gerardo A. Okhuysen, Andrew Hargadon, Siobhán O’Mahony, Stephen R. Barley, Anne‐Laure Fayard, Kimberly D. Elsbach, Frances J. Milliken, Callen Anthony, Ileana Stigliani and Tim Hallett and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Administrative Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Beth A. Bechky

35 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Sharing Meaning Across Occupational Communities: The Transformation of Understanding on a Production Floor

2003 1.2k citations Beth A. Bechky Organization Science profile →
When Collections of Creatives Become Creative Collectives: A Field Study of Problem Solving at Work

2006 837 citations Beth A. Bechky et al. Organization Science profile →
Gaffers, Gofers, and Grips: Role-Based Coordination in Temporary Organizations

2006 649 citations Beth A. Bechky Organization Science profile →
The Changing Nature of Work: Careers, Identities, and Work Lives in the 21^stCentury

2017 226 citations Beth A. Bechky et al. profile →
“Collaborating” with AI: Taking a System View to Explore the Future of Work

2023 142 citations Callen Anthony, Beth A. Bechky et al. Organization Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Beth A. Bechky United States	21	2.0k	1.9k	1.7k	929	809	38	6.2k
David Obstfeld United States	13	2.3k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	780 0.8×	797 1.0×	26	7.3k
Andrew Hargadon United States	18	3.1k 1.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	795 0.9×	979 1.2×	28	6.7k
Martin Hoegl Germany	45	2.9k 1.4×	1.6k 0.8×	945 0.5×	1.9k 2.1×	1.4k 1.7×	117	7.2k
Deborah Ancona United States	19	2.4k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.9×	1.1k 1.4×	36	5.7k
Gerardo A. Okhuysen United States	25	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	997 1.1×	565 0.7×	37	4.3k
Paul R. Carlile United States	12	2.3k 1.2×	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	450 0.5×	972 1.2×	26	5.6k
Deborah Dougherty United States	29	3.9k 1.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	627 0.7×	906 1.1×	58	7.3k
Ray Reagans United States	18	3.5k 1.8×	1.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	2.4k 2.9×	32	8.2k
Isabell M. Welpe Germany	40	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	820 0.9×	970 1.2×	168	7.5k
Gary S. Lynn United States	30	2.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	715 0.8×	599 0.7×	84	5.9k

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Bechky, Beth A. & Gerald F. Davis. (2024). Resisting the Algorithmic Management of Science: Craft and Community After Generative AI. Administrative Science Quarterly. 70(1). 1–22. 18 indexed citations

Monteiro, Pedro, Davide Nicolini, Ingrid Erickson, et al.. (2024). Beyond the Buzz: Scholarly Approaches to the Study of Work. Journal of Management Inquiry. 34(1). 19–40. 1 indexed citations

Hsu, Greta & Beth A. Bechky. (2024). Exploring the Digital Undertow: How generative AI impacts social categorizations in creative work. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 5(3). 5 indexed citations

Anthony, Callen, Beth A. Bechky, & Anne‐Laure Fayard. (2023). “Collaborating” with AI: Taking a System View to Explore the Future of Work. Organization Science. 34(5). 1672–1694. 142 indexed citations breakdown →

Bechky, Beth A.. (2021). Blood, Powder, and Residue : How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 2 indexed citations

Bechky, Beth A.. (2021). Review of “Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof ”. Social Forces. 100(1). e25–e25.

Lebovitz, Sarah, et al.. (2020). Artificially Intelligent Futures: Technology, the Changing Nature of Work, and Organizing. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2020(1). 19930–19930. 1 indexed citations

Bechky, Beth A.. (2019). Evaluative Spillovers from Technological Change: The Effects of “DNA Envy” on Occupational Practices in Forensic Science. Administrative Science Quarterly. 65(3). 606–643. 46 indexed citations

Anteby, Michel & Beth A. Bechky. (2016). How Workplace Ethnographies Can Inform the Study of Work and Employment Relations. 69(2).

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Fayard, Anne‐Laure, Ileana Stigliani, & Beth A. Bechky. (2016). How Nascent Occupations Construct a Mandate: The Case of Service Designers’ Ethos. Administrative Science Quarterly. 62(2). 270–303. 89 indexed citations

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Bechky, Beth A., Ming D. Leung, Natalia Levina, Hatim A. Rahman, & Melissa Valentine. (2016). "Online Labor Markets: Fad, Fringe, or Future of Work?". Academy of Management Proceedings. 2016(1). 14694–14694. 1 indexed citations

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Bechky, Beth A. & Siobhán O’Mahony. (2015). Leveraging Comparative Field Data for Theory Generation. 200–208. 12 indexed citations

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Luthans, Fred, Ivana Milošević, Beth A. Bechky, et al.. (2013). Reclaiming “Anthropology: the forgotten behavioral science in management history” – commentaries. Journal of Organizational Ethnography. 2(1). 92–116. 9 indexed citations

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Okhuysen, Gerardo A. & Beth A. Bechky. (2009). 10 Coordination in Organizations: An Integrative Perspective. Academy of Management Annals. 3(1). 463–502. 434 indexed citations

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O’Mahony, Siobhán & Beth A. Bechky. (2008). Boundary Organizations: Enabling Collaboration among Unexpected Allies. Administrative Science Quarterly. 53(3). 422–459. 427 indexed citations

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Elsbach, Kimberly D. & Beth A. Bechky. (2007). It's More Than a Desk: Working Smarter through Leveraged Office Design. California Management Review. 49(2). 80–101. 90 indexed citations

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Elsbach, Kimberly D. & Beth A. Bechky. (2005). Qualitative Organizational Research: Best Papers from the Davis Conference on Qualitative Research. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 39 indexed citations

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Bechky, Beth A.. (2003). COORDINATION AS THE PRACTICE OF ORGANIZATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMON GROUND.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2003(1). I1–I6. 3 indexed citations

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Bechky, Beth A.. (2003). Sharing Meaning Across Occupational Communities: The Transformation of Understanding on a Production Floor. Organization Science. 14(3). 312–330. 1229 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bechky, Beth A.. (2003). Object Lessons: Workplace Artifacts as Representations of Occupational. 4 indexed citations

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