Colin Higgins

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Colin Higgins is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Higgins has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Strategy and Management, 19 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 14 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Colin Higgins's work include Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (23 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (18 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (12 papers). Colin Higgins is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (23 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (18 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (12 papers). Colin Higgins collaborates with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and France. Colin Higgins's co-authors include Wendy Stubbs, Robyn Walker, Markus J. Milne, Tyron Love, Bob Frame, Jan Bebbington, Brian Coffey, Samuel Tang, Bernadine Van Gramberg and Hari Bapuji and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Business Research and Journal of Business Ethics.

In The Last Decade

Colin Higgins

35 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Integrated Reporting and internal mechanisms of change

2014 341 citations Wendy Stubbs, Colin Higgins Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal profile →

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Michelle Rodrigue Canada

Muhammad Azizul Islam Australia

Helen Tregidga New Zealand

Federica Ricceri Italy

Kristi Yuthas United States

Sybille Sachs Switzerland

Rainer Lueg Denmark

Simon Zadek United States

Suresh Cuganesan Australia

Indra Abeysekera Australia

Michelle Rodrigue Canada

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Countries citing papers authored by Colin Higgins

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Higgins

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Higgins

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin Higgins. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin Higgins 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 Colin Higgins. Colin Higgins is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Arora, Punit, et al.. (2025). Desk Rejection: When the Musical Notes Just Don’t Come Together. Business & Society. 65(3). 515–527. 2 indexed citations

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Bakker, Frank G. A. de, Hari Bapuji, Jill A. Brown, et al.. (2022). From the Editors: Introducing Impact. Business & Society. 61(4). 791–794. 1 indexed citations

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Bakker, Frank G. A. de, Hari Bapuji, Jill A. Brown, et al.. (2021). From the Editors: Introducing Business & Society Commentary. Business & Society. 60(6). 1255–1257. 7 indexed citations

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Bapuji, Hari, Jill A. Brown, Frank G. A. de Bakker, et al.. (2020). Something Old, Something New: Continuity and Change at Business & Society. Business & Society. 59(5). 791–798. 9 indexed citations

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Stubbs, Wendy & Colin Higgins. (2020). Future of environmental, social and governance reporting: Sustainable Development Goals, Integrated Reporting and Global Reporting Initiative.. 2 indexed citations

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Stubbs, Wendy & Colin Higgins. (2020). The Discourse of Risk and Materiality in Sustainability Reporting. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2020(1). 15051–15051.

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Bapuji, Hari, Frank G. A. de Bakker, Jill A. Brown, et al.. (2020). Business and Society Research in Times of the Corona Crisis. Business & Society. 59(6). 1067–1078. 106 indexed citations

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Higgins, Colin, Samuel Tang, & Wendy Stubbs. (2019). On managing hypocrisy: The transparency of sustainability reports. Journal of Business Research. 114. 395–407. 92 indexed citations

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Higgins, Colin & Brian Coffey. (2016). Improving how sustainability reports drive change: a critical discourse analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 136. 18–29. 99 indexed citations

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Higgins, Colin, Wendy Stubbs, & Markus J. Milne. (2015). Is Sustainability Reporting Becoming Institutionalised? The Role of an Issues-Based Field. Journal of Business Ethics. 147(2). 309–326. 65 indexed citations

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Higgins, Colin, et al.. (2014). Consumer Reactions to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Thailand: The Moderating Effect of Competitive Positioning. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society. 25. 160–166.

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Stubbs, Wendy & Colin Higgins. (2014). Integrated Reporting and internal mechanisms of change. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 27(7). 1068–1089. 341 indexed citations breakdown →

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Higgins, Colin, Markus J. Milne, & Bernadine Van Gramberg. (2014). The Uptake of Sustainability Reporting in Australia. Journal of Business Ethics. 129(2). 445–468. 73 indexed citations

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Higgins, Colin & Robyn Walker. (2010). Strategies of persuasion in social/environmental reporting. Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University).

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Higgins, Colin. (2010). Social and Environmental Reporting: A Critical Discourse Analysis. Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University). 2 indexed citations

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Higgins, Colin, et al.. (2009). Globalization and CSR in Asia. Asian Business & Management. 8(2). 125–127. 15 indexed citations

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Bebbington, Jan, Colin Higgins, & Bob Frame. (2009). Initiating sustainable development reporting: evidence from New Zealand. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 22(4). 588–625. 200 indexed citations

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Love, Tyron & Colin Higgins. (2007). Do we know enough about corporate philanthropy. Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University). 27. 18–21. 8 indexed citations

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Higgins, Colin. (2002). Triple bottom line reporting: the importance of reputation and trust. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 1(2). 91–115. 5 indexed citations

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Higgins, Colin, et al.. (2001). Corporate volunteering: ad hoc interaction or route to dialogue and partnership?. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 14 indexed citations

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