Hokyu Hwang

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Hokyu Hwang is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Hokyu Hwang has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 5 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Hokyu Hwang's work include Management and Organizational Studies (5 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (5 papers) and Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (5 papers). Hokyu Hwang is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (5 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (5 papers) and Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (5 papers). Hokyu Hwang collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and South Korea. Hokyu Hwang's co-authors include Walter W. Powell, Gili S. Drori, Jeannette A. Colyvas, John W. Meyer, David Suárez, David P. Chandler, Patricia Bromley, Markus A. Höllerer, Jennifer E. Mosley and Yong Suk Jang and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly and Journal of Management.

In The Last Decade

Hokyu Hwang

19 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

The Rationalization of Charity: The Influences of Professionalism in the Nonprofit Sector

2009 578 citations Hokyu Hwang, Walter W. Powell Administrative Science Quarterly profile →

Peers

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Laurie E. Paarlberg United States

Alan Lawton United Kingdom

Chris Cornforth United Kingdom

Julian Teicher Australia

Peter Frumkin United States

Marc Schneiberg United States

Marie‐Laure Djelic France

Nicolas Bacon United Kingdom

Sigrid Quack Germany

Sanford M. Jacoby United States

Laurie E. Paarlberg United States

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519 ×1.2

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Citations per year, relative to Hokyu Hwang Hokyu Hwang (= 1×) peers Laurie E. Paarlberg

Countries citing papers authored by Hokyu Hwang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hokyu Hwang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hwang, Hokyu, et al.. (2026). Expanding institutional analysis: helping professionals and the reconstruction of academic individuals. Higher Education.

Brandtner, Christof, Wei Luo, Michaël Meyer, et al.. (2024). Neighborhood effects on integrative organizational practices in five global cities. Nature Cities. 1(12). 853–860. 1 indexed citations

Mosley, Jennifer E., David Suárez, & Hokyu Hwang. (2022). Conceptualizing Organizational Advocacy Across the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector: Goals, Tactics, and Motivation. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 52(1_suppl). 187S–211S. 21 indexed citations

Hwang, Hokyu & Markus A. Höllerer. (2020). The COVID-19 Crisis and Its Consequences: Ruptures and Transformations in the Global Institutional Fabric. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 56(3). 294–300. 29 indexed citations

Hwang, Hokyu & Jeannette A. Colyvas. (2020). Constructed Actors and Constitutive Institutions for a Contemporary World. Academy of Management Review. 46(1). 214–219. 2 indexed citations

Hwang, Hokyu, Jeannette A. Colyvas, & Gili S. Drori. (2019). Agents, Actors, Actorhood: Institutional Perspectives on the Nature of Agency, Action, and Authority. 20 indexed citations

Hwang, Hokyu, et al.. (2019). The Rationalization of Korean Universities. Minerva. 57(4). 501–521. 11 indexed citations

Hwang, Hokyu & Jeannette A. Colyvas. (2019). Ontology, Levels of Society, and Degrees of Generality: Theorizing Actors as Abstractions in Institutional Theory. Academy of Management Review. 45(3). 570–595. 41 indexed citations

Lok, Jaco, Hokyu Hwang, & Markus A. Höllerer. (2016). “Managers to the Rescue!”: Evaluating the Legacy of Stewardship Theory from an Institutional Perspective. 134–149. 1 indexed citations

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Hwang, Hokyu & Patricia Bromley. (2015). Internal and External Determinants of Formal Plans in the Nonprofit Sector. International Public Management Journal. 18(4). 568–588. 6 indexed citations

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Chandler, David P. & Hokyu Hwang. (2015). Learning From Learning Theory. Journal of Management. 41(5). 1446–1476. 65 indexed citations

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Suárez, David & Hokyu Hwang. (2012). Resource Constraints or Cultural Conformity? Nonprofit Relationships with Businesses. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 24(3). 581–605. 32 indexed citations

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Hwang, Hokyu, et al.. (2012). The Changing Motivations of ISO 9000 Adoption among Korean Firms. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2012(1). 17541–17541. 1 indexed citations

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Bromley, Patricia, Hokyu Hwang, & Walter W. Powell. (2012). Decoupling revisited: Common pressures, divergent strategies in the U. S. nonprofit sector. M n gement. 15(5). 469–469. 81 indexed citations

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Bromley, Patricia, Hokyu Hwang, & Walter W. Powell. (2011). Institutional Junctures: Key Points of Divergence in the Process of Institutionalization. 1 indexed citations

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Hwang, Hokyu & Jeannette A. Colyvas. (2010). Problematizing Actors and Institutions in Institutional Work. Journal of Management Inquiry. 20(1). 62–66. 110 indexed citations

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Hwang, Hokyu & Walter W. Powell. (2009). The Rationalization of Charity: The Influences of Professionalism in the Nonprofit Sector. Administrative Science Quarterly. 54(2). 268–298. 578 indexed citations breakdown →

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Suárez, David & Hokyu Hwang. (2007). Civic Engagement and Nonprofit Lobbying in California, 1998-2003. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 37(1). 93–112. 75 indexed citations

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Drori, Gili S., John W. Meyer, & Hokyu Hwang. (2006). Globalization and Organization: World Society and Organizational Change. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 245 indexed citations

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Kim, Young Shin, Yong Suk Jang, & Hokyu Hwang. (2002). Structural Expansion and the Cost of Global Isomorphism. International Sociology. 17(4). 481–503. 10 indexed citations

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