Charles Perrow

29.3k total citations · 11 hit papers
114 papers, 18.3k citations indexed

About

Charles Perrow is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Perrow has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 18.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Strategy and Management and 5 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Charles Perrow's work include Risk Perception and Management (7 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (4 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (4 papers). Charles Perrow is often cited by papers focused on Risk Perception and Management (7 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (4 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (4 papers). Charles Perrow collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ecuador and Argentina. Charles Perrow's co-authors include A. J. Grimes, Neil Fligstein, Mancur Olson, Johan P. Olsen, James G. March, Edward L. Suntrup, James O. Gibbs, J. Craig Jenkins, L. Vaughn Blankenship and Oliver E. Williamson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Charles Perrow

108 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

Normal Accidents: Living with High Risk Technologies 1961 2026 1982 2004 1985 1977 1967 1984 1990 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Normal Accidents: Living with High Risk Technologies
    1985 3.3k citations Charles Perrow et al. Academy of Management Review profile →
  2. Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations.
    1977 1.9k citations Charles Perrow et al. profile →
  3. A Framework for the Comparative Analysis of Organizations
    1967 1.7k citations Charles Perrow profile →
  4. Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies.
    1984 1.7k citations Charles Perrow et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  5. Complex Organizations: A Critical Essay
    1990 1.3k citations Neil Fligstein, Charles Perrow profile →
  6. The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups.
    1973 1.3k citations Charles Perrow et al. Social Forces profile →
  7. Complex Organizations: A Critical Essay.
    1974 1.1k citations Charles Perrow et al. profile →
  8. Organizational Analysis: A Sociological View
    1970 646 citations Charles Perrow profile →
  9. Organizational Analysis: A Sociological View.
    1971 517 citations Charles Perrow et al. Social Forces profile →
  10. Insurgency of the Powerless: Farm Worker Movements (1946-1972)
    1977 501 citations Charles Perrow et al. profile →
  11. The Analysis of Goals in Complex Organizations
    1961 438 citations Charles Perrow profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles Perrow United States 41 5.3k 4.3k 3.7k 2.2k 2.1k 114 18.3k
Donald A. Schön United States 46 7.4k 1.4× 3.9k 0.9× 4.7k 1.3× 3.6k 1.6× 2.1k 1.0× 103 50.0k
Harris Chaiklin United States 27 7.5k 1.4× 6.1k 1.4× 3.0k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 121 32.1k
Edgar H. Schein United States 47 5.8k 1.1× 4.8k 1.1× 8.9k 2.4× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 143 25.6k
Kim S. Cameron United States 51 2.2k 0.4× 4.1k 0.9× 7.0k 1.9× 1.2k 0.5× 921 0.4× 137 15.6k
Ajay Mehra United States 24 5.0k 0.9× 4.1k 0.9× 5.5k 1.5× 1.8k 0.8× 772 0.4× 46 17.6k
Alan Bryman United Kingdom 53 4.2k 0.8× 2.3k 0.5× 2.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 832 0.4× 152 16.9k
Denise M. Rousseau United States 35 4.6k 0.9× 3.0k 0.7× 6.8k 1.8× 921 0.4× 589 0.3× 69 16.7k
Stephen R. Barley United States 40 5.1k 1.0× 3.5k 0.8× 5.3k 1.4× 1.2k 0.5× 873 0.4× 77 14.1k
Rosabeth Moss Kanter United States 46 8.5k 1.6× 3.3k 0.8× 5.9k 1.6× 790 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 155 24.1k
Sim B. Sitkin United States 34 4.7k 0.9× 5.1k 1.2× 6.4k 1.7× 1.3k 0.6× 515 0.2× 74 17.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baron, James N., Michael T. Hannan, Neil Fligstein, et al.. (2016). The Impact of Economics on Contemporary Sociology. Journal of Economic Literature. 32(3). 1111–1146. 18 indexed citations
2.
Perrow, Charles. (2011). Software Failures, Security, and Cyberattacks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20(3). 41–46. 3 indexed citations
3.
Perrow, Charles. (2006). Disaster after 9/11 The Department of Homeland Security and the Intelligence Reorganization. Calhoun: The Naval Postgraduate School Institutional Archive (Naval Postgraduate School). 2(1). 3 indexed citations
4.
Perrow, Charles. (2005). Using Organizations: The Case of FEMA. 1(2). 16 indexed citations
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Stablein, Ralph & Charles Perrow. (2003). Organizing America: Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate Capitalism. Academy of Management Review. 28(2). 334–334. 168 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1999). Normal accidents : living with high-risk technologies : with a new afterword and a postscript on the Y2K problem. Princeton University Press eBooks. 121 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles & Wendy Nelson Espeland. (1999). The Struggle for Water: Politics, Rationality, and Identity in the American Southwest.. Social Forces. 77(4). 1652–1652. 59 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1994). The Limits of Safety: The Enhancement of a Theory of Accidents. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 2(4). 212–220. 147 indexed citations
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Stallings, Robert A., Charles Perrow, & Mauro F. Guillén. (1993). The AIDS Disaster: The Failure of Organizations in New York and the Nation.. Administrative Science Quarterly. 38(1). 137–137. 2 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1992). ¿Nuevos mandarines o nuevo proletariado?: Poder profesional en el trabajo. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. 34(59). 57–88. 1 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1989). Normale katastrophen : die unvermeidbaren risiken der großtechnik. Campus Verlag eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1982). Disintegrating Social Sciences.. Phi Delta Kappan. 63(10). 18 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1981). Normal accident at three Mile Island. Society. 18(5). 17–26. 92 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1973). The short and glorious history of organizational theory. Organizational Dynamics. 2(1). 3–15. 71 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1972). The radical attack on business. 13 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1972). The Theory of Organizations: A Sociological Framework.David Silverman. American Journal of Sociology. 77(6). 1247–1251. 1 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1966). Reality Adjustment: A Young Institution Settles for Humane Care. Social Problems. 14(1). 69–79. 1 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1963). Reality Shock: A New Organization Confronts the Custody-Treatment Dilemma. Social Problems. 10(4). 374–382. 1 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1962). Organizational prestige: some functions and dysfunctions. Nursing Research. 11(2). 124–124. 6 indexed citations
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Perrow, Charles. (1959). Research in a Home Care Program. American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health. 49(1). 34–44. 3 indexed citations

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