Debra Howcroft

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Debra Howcroft is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Public Administration and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Debra Howcroft has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Public Administration and 8 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Debra Howcroft's work include Digital Economy and Work Transformation (10 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (7 papers) and Information Systems Theories and Implementation (7 papers). Debra Howcroft is often cited by papers focused on Digital Economy and Work Transformation (10 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (7 papers) and Information Systems Theories and Implementation (7 papers). Debra Howcroft collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. Debra Howcroft's co-authors include Birgitta Bergvall‐Kåreborn, Helen Richardson, Eileen M. Trauth, Phil Taylor, Bob S. Carter, Andrew Smith, Andy Danford, Melanie Wilson, Sue Newell and Erica L. Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Information Communication & Society and Internet Research.

In The Last Decade

Debra Howcroft

45 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

A Typology of Crowdwork Platforms 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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. A Typology of Crowdwork Platforms
    2018 299 citations Debra Howcroft, Birgitta Bergvall‐Kåreborn Work Employment and Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Debra Howcroft United Kingdom 21 983 316 309 309 234 47 1.7k
Regina Connolly Ireland 17 743 0.8× 148 0.5× 109 0.4× 161 0.5× 107 0.5× 74 1.9k
Reinhard Bachmann United Kingdom 15 579 0.6× 369 1.2× 74 0.2× 121 0.4× 726 3.1× 35 2.0k
James Douglas Orton United States 7 396 0.4× 410 1.3× 77 0.2× 150 0.5× 908 3.9× 15 2.2k
Mark Stuart United Kingdom 25 621 0.6× 107 0.3× 674 2.2× 152 0.5× 139 0.6× 86 1.9k
Edward J. Conlon United States 18 316 0.3× 272 0.9× 135 0.4× 136 0.4× 395 1.7× 35 1.6k
Emmanuel Josserand Australia 19 382 0.4× 94 0.3× 107 0.3× 174 0.6× 348 1.5× 50 1.0k
Eli Berniker United States 5 258 0.3× 356 1.1× 128 0.4× 66 0.2× 511 2.2× 9 1.7k
Gerardo Patriotta United Kingdom 25 629 0.6× 148 0.5× 92 0.3× 162 0.5× 645 2.8× 44 2.0k
Marguerite Schneider United States 14 266 0.3× 182 0.6× 80 0.3× 193 0.6× 830 3.5× 23 1.9k
Ronan Carbery Ireland 24 735 0.7× 72 0.2× 281 0.9× 347 1.1× 243 1.0× 52 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Debra Howcroft

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Fields of papers citing papers by Debra Howcroft

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Debra Howcroft

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Howcroft, Debra & Jill Rubery. (2021). Labour and technology: Reflecting on a century of debate in the International Labour Review. International Labour Review. 160(4). 1 indexed citations
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Carter, Bob S., et al.. (2016). Uncomfortable truths – teamworking under lean in the UK. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 28(3). 449–467. 23 indexed citations
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Carter, Bob S., et al.. (2014). ‘They can’t be the buffer any longer’: Front-line managers and class relations under white-collar lean production. Capital & Class. 38(2). 323–343. 19 indexed citations
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Bergvall‐Kåreborn, Birgitta & Debra Howcroft. (2014). Persistent problems and practices in information systems development: a study of mobile applications development and distribution. Information Systems Journal. 24(5). 425–444. 24 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Helen Richardson. (2012). The back office goes global: exploring connections and contradictions in shared service centres. Work Employment and Society. 26(1). 111–127. 48 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra. (2010). Software and organisations: the biography of the enterprise-wide system or how SAP conquered the world - By Neil Pollock and Robin Williams. New Technology Work and Employment. 25(1). 94–97. 2 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Helen Richardson. (2009). Work and life in the global economy: a gendered analysis of service work. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 8 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra. (2009). Information Systems. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Helen Richardson. (2008). Gender matters in the global sourcing of service work. University of Salford Institutional Repository (University of Salford). 15 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra, Frank Land, Leslie P. Willcocks, & Allen S. Lee. (2008). Information systems infrastructure. Sage eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Eileen M. Trauth. (2008). The implications of a critical agenda in gender and IS research. Information Systems Journal. 18(2). 185–202. 62 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Ben Light. (2008). IT consultants, salesmanship and the challenges of packaged software selection in SMEs. Journal of Enterprise Information Management. 21(6). 597–615. 6 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Robert I. McDonald. (2007). An Ethnographic Study of Is Investment Appraisal. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction. 3(3). 69–102. 4 indexed citations
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Trauth, Eileen M., Debra Howcroft, Brian Fitzgerald, Janice I. DeGross, & Tom Butler. (2006). Social Inclusion: Societal and Organizational Implications for Information Systems. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing/IFIP. 31 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra. (2005). Handbook Of Information Systems Research. 17 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Eileen M. Trauth. (2005). Handbook of critical information systems research: Theory and application. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 72 indexed citations
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Richardson, Helen & Debra Howcroft. (2005). The contradictions of CRM – a critical lens on call centres. Information and Organization. 16(2). 143–168. 32 indexed citations
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Adam, Alison, Debra Howcroft, & Helen Richardson. (2004). A decade of neglect: reflecting on gender and IS. New Technology Work and Employment. 19(3). 222–240. 4 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Nathalie Mitev. (1999). Doctors on the Net: are GP's ready for the information superhighway. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 866–879.
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Howcroft, Debra. (1999). THE HYPERBOLIC AGE OF INFORMATION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF INTERNET USAGE. Information Communication & Society. 2(3). 277–299. 10 indexed citations

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