John Van Maanen

15.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
74 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

John Van Maanen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, John Van Maanen has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in John Van Maanen's work include Management and Organizational Studies (12 papers), Management Theory and Practice (4 papers) and Digital Games and Media (3 papers). John Van Maanen is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (12 papers), Management Theory and Practice (4 papers) and Digital Games and Media (3 papers). John Van Maanen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Austria. John Van Maanen's co-authors include Stephen R. Barley, Jesper B. Sørensen, Terence R. Mitchell, Nigel Fielding, James P. Spradley, Judith Wittner, Peter K. Manning, Stephen M. Fjellman, Ralph Katz and Marc L. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Academy of Management Review and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

John Van Maanen

69 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography

1992 1.7k citations John Van Maanen et al. The American Indian Quarterly profile →
The Fact of Fiction in Organizational Ethnography

1979 964 citations John Van Maanen Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
Occupational Communities: Culture and Control in Organizations

1982 785 citations John Van Maanen, Stephen R. Barley Research in Organizational Behavior profile →
Reclaiming Qualitative Methods for Organizational Research: A Preface

1979 697 citations John Van Maanen Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
The interplay between theory and method

2007 618 citations John Van Maanen, Jesper B. Sørensen et al. Academy of Management Review profile →
Police Socialization: A Longitudinal Examination of Job Attitudes in an Urban Police Department

1975 507 citations John Van Maanen Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
Tales of the Field

2011 450 citations John Van Maanen profile →
Participant Observation.

1980 376 citations John Van Maanen et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
Observations on the Making of Policemen

1973 369 citations John Van Maanen Human Organization profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Van Maanen

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Making of a Classic Ethnography: Notes on Alice Goffman’s On the Run 2016 ·Academy of Management Review ·John Van Maanen, Mark de Rond	7
2	Reclaiming “Anthropology: the forgotten behavioral science in management history” – commentaries 2013 ·Journal of Organizational Ethnography ·Fred Luthans, Ivana Milošević, Beth A. Bechky, Edgar H. Schein, Susan Wright, John Van Maanen, Davydd J. Greenwood	9
3	The interplay between theory and method breakdown → 2007 ·Academy of Management Review ·John Van Maanen, Jesper B. Sørensen, Terence R. Mitchell	618
4	The Reflective Spin 2000 ·WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks ·(unknown), John Van Maanen	5
5	Changing Scripts at Work: Managers and Professionals 1999 ·The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ·Gideon Kunda, John Van Maanen	60
6	Representation in Ethnography. 1998 ·Administrative Science Quarterly ·Steven Worden, John Van Maanen	10
7	Crossroads Style as Theory 1995 ·Organization Science ·John Van Maanen	305
8	Secretos del oficio: sobre escribir etnografía 1993 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·John Van Maanen	2
9	Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World and America. 1993 ·Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews ·John Van Maanen, Stephen M. Fjellman	154
10	Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography breakdown → 1992 ·The American Indian Quarterly ·(unknown), John Van Maanen	1703
11	Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers. 1989 ·Administrative Science Quarterly ·John Van Maanen, Robert Jackall	21
12	Where Policy Studies Go Wrong 1985 ·Administration & Society ·Deborah M. Kolb, John Van Maanen	4
13	Cultural Organization: Fragments of a Theory, 1983 ·Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis ·John Van Maanen, Stephen R. Barley	199
14	Occupational Communities: Culture and Control in Organizations breakdown → 1982 ·Research in Organizational Behavior ·John Van Maanen, Stephen R. Barley	785
15	The Informant Game 1981 ·Urban Life ·John Van Maanen	12
16	People processing: Strategies of organizational socialization 1978 ·Organizational Dynamics ·John Van Maanen	276
17	Policing: A View from the Street 1978 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Peter K. Manning, John Van Maanen	168
18	Organizational careers : some new perspectives 1977 ·University Microfilms International eBooks ·John Van Maanen	254
19	INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR CAREERS: SOME TEMPORAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR WORK SATISFACTION¹ 1976 ·Personnel Psychology ·John Van Maanen, Ralph Katz	51
20	Observations on the Making of Policemen breakdown → 1973 ·Human Organization ·John Van Maanen	369

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