Jeffrey Pfeffer

79.7k total citations · 32 hit papers
261 papers, 55.9k citations indexed

About

Jeffrey Pfeffer is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeffrey Pfeffer has authored 261 papers receiving a total of 55.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 37 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Jeffrey Pfeffer's work include Management and Organizational Studies (39 papers), Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (21 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (21 papers). Jeffrey Pfeffer is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (39 papers), Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (21 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (21 papers). Jeffrey Pfeffer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Jeffrey Pfeffer's co-authors include Gerald R. Salancik, H. Joseph Reitz, Jarlath Benson, Christina T. Fong, Robert I. Sutton, Paul Lawrence, Alison Davis‐Blake, Daniel J. Julius, Andrew Pettigrew and Bill McKelvey and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Jeffrey Pfeffer

252 papers receiving 48.7k citations

Hit Papers

The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Depende... 1972 2026 1990 2008 1979 1978 1978 1981 1975 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jeffrey Pfeffer United States 89 21.2k 19.1k 11.2k 10.3k 5.8k 261 55.9k
Paul DiMaggio United States 51 13.3k 0.6× 18.8k 1.0× 19.8k 1.8× 7.1k 0.7× 5.4k 0.9× 128 59.3k
Donald C. Hambrick United States 97 18.2k 0.9× 26.1k 1.4× 5.4k 0.5× 25.4k 2.5× 4.0k 0.7× 162 56.2k
Geert Hofstede Netherlands 59 20.3k 1.0× 14.5k 0.8× 22.6k 2.0× 7.1k 0.7× 4.1k 0.7× 115 76.8k
James G. March United States 71 14.5k 0.7× 32.6k 1.7× 10.0k 0.9× 9.2k 0.9× 6.7k 1.2× 187 70.1k
Karl E. Weick United States 63 21.1k 1.0× 18.6k 1.0× 13.6k 1.2× 2.8k 0.3× 5.8k 1.0× 178 60.6k
Charles A. O’Reilly United States 74 13.3k 0.6× 12.1k 0.6× 6.4k 0.6× 4.8k 0.5× 2.5k 0.4× 162 33.5k
Barry M. Staw United States 55 16.9k 0.8× 9.3k 0.5× 9.9k 0.9× 4.3k 0.4× 2.6k 0.5× 99 39.8k
Walter W. Powell United States 43 11.9k 0.6× 23.3k 1.2× 13.6k 1.2× 6.9k 0.7× 4.9k 0.8× 96 54.4k
Jeong Yeon Lee United States 15 23.2k 1.1× 13.9k 0.7× 18.8k 1.7× 3.0k 0.3× 4.9k 0.9× 39 62.0k
Ronald S. Burt United States 61 9.2k 0.4× 13.4k 0.7× 20.2k 1.8× 4.3k 0.4× 1.9k 0.3× 147 49.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jeffrey Pfeffer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey, et al.. (2025). Emphasis on Financial vs Nonfinancial Criteria in Employer Benefits’ Measurements. JAMA Health Forum. 6(1). e245229–e245229. 1 indexed citations
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Richman, Barak D., Amy Monahan, Jeffrey Pfeffer, & Sara J. Singer. (2025). ERISA and the Failure of Employers to Perform Their Fiduciary Duties: Evidence from a Survey of Health Plan Administrators. The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics. 54(1). 14–20.
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey. (2023). Creating a Policy-Oriented Organization Science: Expanding on Aguinis, Jensen, and Kraus. Academy of Management Perspectives. 37(4). 368–370. 1 indexed citations
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey, et al.. (2020). Employers’ Role in Employee Health. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 62(11). e601–e610. 9 indexed citations
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Baron, James N., Michael T. Hannan, Neil Fligstein, et al.. (2016). The Impact of Economics on Contemporary Sociology. Journal of Economic Literature. 32(3). 1111–1146. 18 indexed citations
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey, et al.. (2011). ¿Desafiar al jefe o desistir?: un ejecutivo estrella en ascenso piensa cómo responder a un superior híper crítico. Harvard business review. 89(4). 89–93. 1 indexed citations
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DeVoe, Sanford E., et al.. (2010). Hourly Versus Salaried Payment and Decisions About Trading Off Time and Money Over Time. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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DeVoe, Sanford E. & Jeffrey Pfeffer. (2010). How Higher Economic Value of Time Increases Feelings of Time Pressure. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey. (2009). ¿Los accionistas primero? No tan rápido.... Harvard business review. 87(7). 90–91. 2 indexed citations
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Sutton, Robert I. & Jeffrey Pfeffer. (2006). La gestión basada en la evidencia. Harvard business review. 84(148). 40–57. 1 indexed citations
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey & Robert I. Sutton. (2006). Treat Your Organization as a Prototype: The Essence of Evidence‐Based Management. Design Management Review. 17(3). 10–14. 5 indexed citations
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey. (2004). Managers Not MBAs: A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of Managing and Management Development. Administrative Science Quarterly. 49(3). 476–479. 15 indexed citations
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey & Christina T. Fong. (2003). Educação em administração. O fim das escolas de negócio. Revista de Administração de Empresas. 43(2). 11–28. 1 indexed citations
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey & Christina T. Fong. (2003). O FIM DAS ESCOLAS DE NEGÓCIO. Revista de Administração de Empresas. 43(2). 11–28. 9 indexed citations
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey. (2001). What's wrong with management practices in Silicon Valley? A lot. To prevent high turnover, burnout and loss of employee commitment, learn to avoid four practices that are undermining some high-profile companies. MIT Sloan management review. 42(3). 101–102. 22 indexed citations
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Hinds, Pamela, Michael Patterson, & Jeffrey Pfeffer. (2001). Bothered by abstraction: The effect of expertise on knowledge transfer and subsequent novice performance.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 86(6). 1232–1243. 25 indexed citations
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey. (1993). El poder en las organizaciones: política e influencia en una empresa. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 26(3). 247–52. 3 indexed citations
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McKelvey, Bill & Jeffrey Pfeffer. (1984). Organizations and Organization Theory.. Administrative Science Quarterly. 29(4). 640–640. 801 indexed citations breakdown →
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Salancik, Gerald R. & Jeffrey Pfeffer. (1978). A Social Information Processing Approach to Job Attitudes and Task Design. Administrative Science Quarterly. 23(2). 224–224. 4106 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey, et al.. (1975). Organizational Legitimacy: Social Values and Organizational Behavior. The Pacific Sociological Review. 18(1). 122–136. 2611 indexed citations breakdown →

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