George Cheney

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

George Cheney is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, George Cheney has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in George Cheney's work include Management and Organizational Studies (20 papers), Public Relations and Crisis Communication (9 papers) and Rhetoric and Communication Studies (8 papers). George Cheney is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (20 papers), Public Relations and Crisis Communication (9 papers) and Rhetoric and Communication Studies (8 papers). George Cheney collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Denmark. George Cheney's co-authors include Lars Thøger Christensen, Cynthia Stohl, Juliet Roper, Phillip K. Tompkins, Jill J. McMillan, Craig R. Scott, Steven R. Corman, Daniel J. Lair, Theodore E. Zorn and Steve May and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Communication Research and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

In The Last Decade

George Cheney

67 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

The rhetoric of identification and the study of organizat... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 100 200 300 400
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. The rhetoric of identification and the study of organizational communication
    1983 429 citations George Cheney profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Cheney United States 29 2.1k 1.6k 1.2k 1.1k 794 72 4.7k
David M. Bøje United States 38 4.0k 1.9× 2.0k 1.3× 1.5k 1.3× 723 0.6× 558 0.7× 168 7.4k
Gail T. Fairhurst United States 36 3.0k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 654 0.6× 1.0k 1.3× 77 5.2k
Stanley Deetz United States 24 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 593 0.5× 662 0.6× 578 0.7× 54 4.1k
Yiannis Gabriel United Kingdom 43 3.2k 1.5× 1.9k 1.2× 743 0.6× 505 0.4× 698 0.9× 129 6.2k
François Cooren Canada 36 2.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 820 0.7× 692 0.6× 583 0.7× 114 4.6k
Dan Kärreman Denmark 26 3.0k 1.4× 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 553 0.5× 435 0.5× 66 5.7k
Dennis K. Mumby United States 27 2.0k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 527 0.5× 598 0.5× 624 0.8× 49 4.4k
Joanne Martin United States 20 2.6k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 520 0.5× 727 0.9× 49 5.7k
Linda Smircich United States 22 3.7k 1.8× 1.7k 1.1× 1.8k 1.5× 518 0.5× 612 0.8× 39 7.5k
James E. Grunig United States 33 732 0.3× 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 3.3k 2.9× 1.0k 1.3× 96 4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by George Cheney

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Cheney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Cheney

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cheney, George, et al.. (2023). Cooperatives at Work. 8 indexed citations
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Cheney, George, et al.. (2013). Seeing Through Transparency. 1 indexed citations
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Cheney, George, et al.. (2012). Making Organization matter: looking back and looking ahead. Organization. 20(1). 67–77. 4 indexed citations
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Cheney, George. (2011). The Handbook of Communication Ethics. 20 indexed citations
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Cheney, George. (2009). Introduction to Special Issue on International Migration. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 50(2). 99–102.
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Cheney, George. (2009). Just a Job?: Communication, Ethics, and Professional Life. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 10 indexed citations
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Cheney, George, Theodore E. Zorn, Sally Planalp, & Daniel J. Lair. (2008). Meaningful Work and Personal/Social Well-Being Organizational Communication Engages the Meanings of Work. Annals of the International Communication Association. 32(1). 137–185. 89 indexed citations
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Cheney, George. (2007). Organizational Communication Comes Out. Management Communication Quarterly. 21(1). 80–91. 18 indexed citations
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Roper, Juliet & George Cheney. (2006). 15Meanings of Social Entrepreneurship. 8 indexed citations
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Cheney, George & George A. Barnett. (2005). International and multicultural organizational communication. 14 indexed citations
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Cheney, George. (2004). Bringing ethics in from the margins. Australian journal of communication. 31(3). 35. 4 indexed citations
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Cheney, George, et al.. (2004). Values at Work: Employee Participation Meets Market Pressure at Mondragon. Labour / Le Travail. 53. 333–333. 9 indexed citations
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Lair, Daniel J., Katie Sullivan, & George Cheney. (2004). Marketization and the Recasting of the Professional Self. Management Communication Quarterly. 18(3). 307–343. 199 indexed citations
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Cheney, George, et al.. (2002). Trends at Work at the Turn of the 21St Century. Management Communication Quarterly. 15(4). 632–641. 5 indexed citations
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Christensen, Lars Thøger, et al.. (1999). Do We Really Want Constant Change?: Beyond the Bottom Line. 6 indexed citations
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McMillan, Jill J. & George Cheney. (1996). The student as consumer: The implications and limitations of a metaphor. Communication Education. 45(1). 1–15. 141 indexed citations
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Cheney, George, et al.. (1992). Rhetoric in an Organizational Society: Managing Multiple Identities. Sociological Analysis. 53(1). 111–111. 48 indexed citations
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Cheney, George & Jill J. McMillan. (1990). Organizational rhetoric and the practice of criticism. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 18(2). 93–114. 84 indexed citations
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Cheney, George, et al.. (1984). The U. S. catholic bishops on nuclear arms: Corporate advocacy, role redefinition, and rhetorical adaptation. Central States Speech Journal. 35(1). 8–23. 13 indexed citations
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Buss, Terry F., F. Stevens Redburn, & George Cheney. (1981). Studying the Politics of Economic Decline: The Use of Documentary Films in Political Science Classes. Teaching Political Science. 8(4). 511–516. 2 indexed citations

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