Bill Wooldridge

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Bill Wooldridge is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill Wooldridge has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Strategy and Management, 11 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 2 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Bill Wooldridge's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (16 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (7 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (4 papers). Bill Wooldridge is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (16 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (7 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (4 papers). Bill Wooldridge collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Hong Kong. Bill Wooldridge's co-authors include Steven W. Floyd, Torsten Schmid, James M. Pappas, Jeffrey Gauthier, Murat Tarakci, Nüfer Yasin Ateş, Karen Flaherty, Andrew Watson and J. Ignacio Canales and has published in prestigious journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.

In The Last Decade

Bill Wooldridge

24 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

The strategy process, middle management involvement, and ... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 200 400 600
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.

  1. The strategy process, middle management involvement, and organizational performance
    1990 634 citations Bill Wooldridge, Steven W. Floyd Strategic Management Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bill Wooldridge United States 17 1.8k 1.7k 647 621 518 24 3.7k
William McKinley United States 29 1.2k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 621 1.0× 410 0.7× 692 1.3× 65 3.6k
Henry W. Lane Canada 16 3.0k 1.6× 1.7k 1.0× 709 1.1× 474 0.8× 378 0.7× 27 5.0k
Dave Ulrich United States 33 1.5k 0.8× 2.5k 1.4× 362 0.6× 585 0.9× 331 0.6× 124 4.4k
C. Chet Miller United States 25 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 561 0.9× 398 0.6× 953 1.8× 42 3.5k
Ben L. Kedia United States 29 2.4k 1.3× 871 0.5× 575 0.9× 585 0.9× 651 1.3× 64 3.7k
Niels Noorderhaven Netherlands 30 2.2k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 775 1.2× 576 0.9× 626 1.2× 84 4.3k
Jeffrey B. Arthur United States 16 1.3k 0.7× 2.3k 1.3× 337 0.5× 530 0.9× 514 1.0× 28 4.1k
Carl F. Fey Sweden 29 2.4k 1.3× 1.4k 0.8× 641 1.0× 320 0.5× 672 1.3× 64 4.2k
Gary C. McMahan United States 20 2.0k 1.1× 2.7k 1.6× 485 0.7× 606 1.0× 700 1.4× 36 5.1k
John A. Parnell United States 31 1.7k 0.9× 855 0.5× 457 0.7× 452 0.7× 553 1.1× 156 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bill Wooldridge

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill Wooldridge

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All Works

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Tarakci, Murat, et al.. (2017). Performance feedback and middle managers’ divergent strategic behavior: The roles of social comparisons and organizational identification. Strategic Management Journal. 39(4). 1139–1162. 103 indexed citations
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Tarakci, Murat, Nüfer Yasin Ateş, & Bill Wooldridge. (2015). Performance Feedback and Middle Managers’ Divergent Strategic Behavior. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2015(1). 16577–16577. 1 indexed citations
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Wooldridge, Bill & Steven W. Floyd. (2012). Managerial knowledge underlying the process of strategic renewal. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2012(1). 17873–17873. 3 indexed citations
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Gauthier, Jeffrey & Bill Wooldridge. (2011). Influences on Sustainable Innovation Adoption: Evidence from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Business Strategy and the Environment. 21(2). 98–110. 51 indexed citations
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Canales, J. Ignacio & Bill Wooldridge. (2009). MANAGERIAL INTERPLAY: LINKING INTENT TO REALIZED STRATEGY.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2009(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Wooldridge, Bill, Torsten Schmid, & Steven W. Floyd. (2008). The Middle Management Perspective on Strategy Process: Contributions, Synthesis, and Future Research. Journal of Management. 34(6). 1190–1221. 465 indexed citations
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Pappas, James M. & Bill Wooldridge. (2007). Middle Managers' Divergent Strategic Activity: An Investigation of Multiple Measures of Network Centrality. Journal of Management Studies. 44(3). 323–341. 113 indexed citations
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Watson, Andrew & Bill Wooldridge. (2005). Business Unit Manager Influence on Corporate-Level Strategy Formulation. Journal of managerial issues. 17(2). 147. 14 indexed citations
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Pappas, James M., Karen Flaherty, & Bill Wooldridge. (2004). Tapping into Hospital Champions-Strategic Middle Managers. Health Care Management Review. 29(1). 8–16. 32 indexed citations
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Pappas, James M., Karen Flaherty, & Bill Wooldridge. (2003). Achieving Strategic Consensus in the Hospital Setting: A Middle Management Perspective. Hospital Topics. 81(1). 15–22. 16 indexed citations
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Floyd, Steven W. & Bill Wooldridge. (2000). Building Strategy from the Middle: Reconceptualizing Strategy Process. Alexandria (UniSG) (University of St.Gallen). 93 indexed citations
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Floyd, Steven W. & Bill Wooldridge. (1999). Knowledge Creation and Social Networks in Corporate Entrepreneurship: The Renewal of Organizational Capability. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 23(3). 123–144. 259 indexed citations
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Floyd, Steven W. & Bill Wooldridge. (1997). Middle Management’s Strategic Influence and Organizational Performance. Journal of Management Studies. 34(3). 465–485. 472 indexed citations
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Floyd, Steven W. & Bill Wooldridge. (1996). The Strategic Middle Manager: How to Create and Sustain Competitive Advantage. 62 indexed citations
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Floyd, Steven W. & Bill Wooldridge. (1994). Dinosaurs or dynamos? Recognizing middle management's strategic role. Academy of Management Perspectives. 8(4). 47–57. 270 indexed citations
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Wooldridge, Bill, et al.. (1993). Self-Confidence and Managerial Autonomy: Successor Characteristics Critical to Succession in Family Firms. Family Business Review. 6(1). 55–73. 104 indexed citations
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Floyd, Steven W. & Bill Wooldridge. (1992). Middle management involvement in strategy and its association with strategic type: A research note. Strategic Management Journal. 13(S1). 153–167. 485 indexed citations
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Floyd, Steven W. & Bill Wooldridge. (1990). Path Analysis of the Relationship between Competitive Strategy, Information Technology, and Financial Performance. Journal of Management Information Systems. 7(1). 47–64. 160 indexed citations
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Wooldridge, Bill & Steven W. Floyd. (1990). The strategy process, middle management involvement, and organizational performance. Strategic Management Journal. 11(3). 231–241. 634 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wooldridge, Bill & Steven W. Floyd. (1989). Research notes and communications strategic process effects on consensus. Strategic Management Journal. 10(3). 295–302. 139 indexed citations

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