Frank Dobbin

13.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
131 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Frank Dobbin is a scholar working on Public Administration, Gender Studies and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Dobbin has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Public Administration, 25 papers in Gender Studies and 24 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Frank Dobbin's work include Labor Movements and Unions (29 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (22 papers) and Gender Diversity and Inequality (20 papers). Frank Dobbin is often cited by papers focused on Labor Movements and Unions (29 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (22 papers) and Gender Diversity and Inequality (20 papers). Frank Dobbin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Denmark. Frank Dobbin's co-authors include Geoffrey Garrett, Beth A. Simmons, Alexandra Kalev, Erin L. Kelly, John R. Sutton, Timothy J. Dowd, John Campbell, James N. Baron, P. Devereaux Jennings and John W. Meyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Administrative Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Frank Dobbin

119 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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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.

The Global Diffusion of Public Policies: Social Construction, Coercion, Competition, or Learning?

2007 742 citations Frank Dobbin, Beth A. Simmons et al. profile →
Introduction: The International Diffusion of Liberalism

2006 608 citations Beth A. Simmons, Frank Dobbin et al. profile →
Equal Opportunity Law and the Construction of Internal Labor Markets

1993 418 citations Frank Dobbin, John R. Sutton et al. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Why diversity programs fail 2016 ·Harvard business review ·Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev	169
2	Agency Theory as Prophecy: How Boards, Analysts, and Fund Managers Perform Their Roles 2016 ·Seattle University law review ·Jiwook Jung, Frank Dobbin	9
3	Progressive Corporations at Work: The Case of Diversity Programs 2012 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·(unknown), Alexandra Kalev, Frank Dobbin	7
4	You Can't Always Get What You Need: Organizational Determinants of Diversity Programs 2011 ·Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) ·Frank Dobbin, (unknown), Alexandra Kalev	9
5	The Strength of a Weak State: The Rights Revolution and the Rise of Human Resources Management Divisions 2009 ·Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) ·John R. Sutton, Frank Dobbin	244
6	Conclusion: The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy 2008 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Geoffrey Garrett, Frank Dobbin, Beth A. Simmons	2
7	The Global Diffusion of Public Policies: Social Construction, Coercion, Competition or Learning? 2007 ·Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) ·Beth A. Simmons, Frank Dobbin, Geoffrey Garrett	59
8	Review of Victor Nee and Richard Swedberg, Eds., The Economic Sociology of Capitalism 2006 ·American Journal of Sociology ·Frank Dobbin	1
9	The Sociology of the Economy 2004 ·Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) ·Frank Dobbin	21
10	How Institutions Create Ideas: Notions of Public and Private Efficiency from Early French and American Railroading 2004 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Frank Dobbin	3
11	Review of Philippe d’Iribarne, Alain Henry, Jean- Pierre Segal, Sylvie Chevrier, Tatjana Globokar, Cultures et mondialisation: gérer par-delà les frontières 2001 ·Sociologie du Travail ·Frank Dobbin	2
12	The Strength of a Weak State: The Employment Rights Revolution and the Rise of Human Resources Management Division 1998 ·American Journal of Sociology ·Frank Dobbin, John R. Sutton	22
13	Review of Erhard Friedberg and Emoretta Yang, Local Orders: The Dynamics of Organized Action 1998 ·Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews ·Frank Dobbin	1
14	How Affirmative Action Became Diversity Management: Employer Response to Antidiscrimination Law, 1961-1996 1998 ·Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) ·Erin L. Kelly, Frank Dobbin	25
15	The Embedded Actor and the Invention of Natural Economic Law: Policy Change and Railroader Response in Early America 1997 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Timothy J. Dowd, Frank Dobbin	1
16	The Two Faces of Governance: Responses to Legal Uncertainty in American Firms, 1955-1985 1996 ·American Sociological Review ·(unknown), Frank Dobbin	20
17	The Origins of Economic Laws: Railway Entrepreneurs and Public Policy in Nineteenth-Century America 1995 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Frank Dobbin	2
18	Equal Opportunity Law and the Construction of Internal Labor Markets breakdown → 1993 ·Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) ·Frank Dobbin, John R. Sutton, John W. Meyer, Richard D. Scott	418
19	The Origins of Private Social Insurance: Public Policy and Fringe Benefits in America, 1920-1950 1992 ·Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) ·Frank Dobbin	2
20	War and Peace: The Evolution of Modern Personnel Administration in U.S. Industry 1985 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·James N. Baron, Frank Dobbin, P. Devereaux Jennings	7

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