Eric Trist

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Eric Trist is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Strategy and Management and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Trist has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 2 papers in Strategy and Management and 2 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. Recurrent topics in Eric Trist's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (4 papers), Occupational Health and Safety Research (2 papers) and Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy (1 paper). Eric Trist is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (4 papers), Occupational Health and Safety Research (2 papers) and Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy (1 paper). Eric Trist collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Eric Trist's co-authors include F. E. Emery, Gerald I. Susman, Jan Hill, Davis Dyer, Paul R. Lawrence, Hugh Murray, Howard V. Perlmutter, Ting Dai, Einar Thorsrud and Cyril Sofer and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Administrative Science Quarterly and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Eric Trist

30 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Some Social and Psychological Consequences of the Longwall Method of Coal-Getting

1951 1.7k citations Eric Trist et al. Human Relations profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Trist Canada	19	1.0k	766	682	651	476	31	3.4k
Raanan Lipshitz Israel	25	953 0.9×	503 0.7×	888 1.3×	640 1.0×	598 1.3×	51	3.5k
Carl E. Ferguson United States	10	1.0k 1.0×	841 1.1×	709 1.0×	298 0.5×	312 0.7×	15	3.5k
Raymond F. Zammuto United States	29	1.5k 1.4×	917 1.2×	1.4k 2.0×	371 0.6×	277 0.6×	56	4.2k
Stephen P. Robbins United States	31	2.0k 2.0×	712 0.9×	828 1.2×	260 0.4×	487 1.0×	79	4.9k
Gerald I. Susman United States	16	447 0.4×	490 0.6×	527 0.8×	470 0.7×	214 0.4×	31	2.2k
Roger Evered United States	8	783 0.8×	587 0.8×	911 1.3×	538 0.8×	215 0.5×	14	2.9k
Gregory A. Bigley United States	14	1.4k 1.3×	876 1.1×	973 1.4×	258 0.4×	478 1.0×	19	3.1k
Abraham B. Shani United States	28	1.0k 1.0×	483 0.6×	907 1.3×	496 0.8×	307 0.6×	102	2.9k
Michael Armstrong United States	22	2.0k 2.0×	452 0.6×	960 1.4×	366 0.6×	530 1.1×	81	5.2k
Noel M. Tichy United States	27	1.4k 1.3×	620 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	369 0.6×	309 0.6×	73	3.4k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Trist, Eric, et al.. (2018). The Transitional Approach to Change. 9 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric, Hugh Murray, & F. E. Emery. (1997). The socio-ecological perspective. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Frank, Jerome D., et al.. (1991). The Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology: Vol. 1: The Socio-Psychological Perspective.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 20(3). 475–475. 32 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric & Hugh Murray. (1990). The socio-psychological perspective. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric. (1989). The assumptions of ordinariness as a denial mechanism: Innovation and conflict in a coal mine. Human Resource Management. 28(2). 253–264. 10 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric, Paul R. Lawrence, & Davis Dyer. (1984). Renewing American Industry.. Administrative Science Quarterly. 29(1). 119–119. 139 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric. (1983). Referent Organizations and the Development of Inter-Organizational Domains. Human Relations. 36(3). 269–284. 367 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric. (1980). The environment and system-response capability. Futures. 12(2). 113–127. 51 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric. (1979). New directions of hope: Recent innovations interconnecting organizational, industrial, community and personal development. Regional Studies. 13(5). 439–451. 22 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric, et al.. (1977). An Experiment in Autonomous Working in an American Underground Coal Mine. Human Relations. 30(3). 201–236. 124 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric. (1977). Collaboration in Work Settings: A Personal Perspective. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 13(3). 268–278. 65 indexed citations

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Susman, Gerald I. & Eric Trist. (1976). Autonomy at work: A sociotechnical analysis of participative management. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 114 indexed citations

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Emery, F. E. & Eric Trist. (1973). Towards A Social Ecology. 206 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric. (1970). Organisation et système: Quelques remarques théoriques se rapportant plus particulièrement aux recherches d'Andras Angyal. Revue Française de Sociologie. 11. 123–123. 1 indexed citations

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Thorsrud, Einar, et al.. (1969). Form and content in industrial democracy: Some experiences from Norway and other European countries. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 32 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric & Cyril Sofer. (1959). Exploration in group relations : a residential conference held in September 1957 by the University of Leicester and the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations. 3 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric, et al.. (1953). The Institution of an Absent Leader by a Students' Discussion Group. Human Relations. 6(3). 215–248. 9 indexed citations

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Hill, Jan & Eric Trist. (1953). A Consideration of Industrial Accidents as a Means of Withdrawal from the work situation. Human Relations. 6(4). 357–380. 69 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric, et al.. (1952). Institutional and Sub-institutional Determinants of Change in Labour Turnover. Human Relations. 5(4). 347–371. 28 indexed citations

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Trist, Eric, et al.. (1951). Some Social and Psychological Consequences of the Longwall Method of Coal-Getting. Human Relations. 4(1). 3–38. 1667 indexed citations breakdown →

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