Karen Legge

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Karen Legge is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Legge has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 4 papers in Strategy and Management and 4 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Karen Legge's work include Management and Organizational Studies (8 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (3 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 papers). Karen Legge is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (8 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (3 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 papers). Karen Legge collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Karen Legge's co-authors include Geoff Lockett, Paul Halstead, Lynne Brydon, Leah D. Minc, Peter Rowley‐Conwy, Henry T. Wright, Willem Jongman, John O’Shea, Hamish Forbes and Peter Garnsey and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Management Studies, Journal of the Operational Research Society and Management Decision.

In The Last Decade

Karen Legge

47 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Human Resource Management... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 1995 250 500 750
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. Human Resource Management: Rhetorics and Realities
    1995 815 citations Karen Legge Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  2. Human Resource Management
    1995 700 citations Karen Legge profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen Legge United Kingdom 21 1.6k 648 577 519 467 49 3.3k
John Thomas Delaney United States 21 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 1.9× 553 1.0× 765 1.5× 367 0.8× 69 3.8k
Stephen Ackroyd United Kingdom 25 1.1k 0.7× 430 0.7× 1.0k 1.8× 800 1.5× 532 1.1× 67 2.9k
Graham Dietz United Kingdom 16 1.5k 0.9× 707 1.1× 712 1.2× 227 0.4× 266 0.6× 30 2.8k
W. E. Douglas Creed United States 15 2.1k 1.3× 1.1k 1.7× 1.2k 2.1× 519 1.0× 163 0.3× 24 3.8k
Robert B. McKersie United States 22 915 0.6× 871 1.3× 1.6k 2.7× 1.7k 3.3× 638 1.4× 84 4.3k
Michael Useem United States 33 1.0k 0.6× 1.2k 1.8× 1.4k 2.4× 327 0.6× 382 0.8× 114 4.5k
Michel Crozier Germany 16 607 0.4× 464 0.7× 909 1.6× 324 0.6× 151 0.3× 88 2.6k
Sally Coleman Selden United States 26 1.2k 0.8× 607 0.9× 1.5k 2.6× 1.9k 3.8× 326 0.7× 47 3.9k
Klaus Weber United States 24 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 2.0× 784 1.4× 183 0.4× 101 0.2× 62 3.3k
Robert B. Denhardt United States 19 616 0.4× 500 0.8× 929 1.6× 1.3k 2.4× 174 0.4× 59 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Karen Legge

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen Legge

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Legge

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karen Legge. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karen Legge 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 Karen Legge. Karen Legge 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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Stafford, Bruce, et al.. (2007). New Deal for Disabled People: Third synthesis report – key findings from the evaluation. Department for Work and Pensions: Research Report No. 430.. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 9 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen. (2006). Human Resource Management. Oxford University Press eBooks. 63 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen, et al.. (2006). The Social Fund: Current Role and Future Direction. Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University). 8 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen. (2005). Human Resource Management. 189 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen, et al.. (2000). The Experience of managing : a skills guide. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University).
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Burrell, Gibson, Mick Marchington, P. D. Thompson, et al.. (2000). Training in the Workplace. 42 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen. (1999). Representing People at Work. Organization. 6(2). 247–264. 40 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen. (1995). Human Resource Management: Rhetorics and Realities. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 815 indexed citations breakdown →
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Legge, Karen, et al.. (1993). Case studies in organizational behaviour and human resource management. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen. (1989). Information Technology: Personnel Management’s Lost Opportunity?. Personnel Review. 18(5). 2–61. 9 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen. (1988). Personnel Management in Recession and Recovery: A Comparative Analysis of What the Surveys Say. Personnel Review. 17(2). 2–72. 43 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen, et al.. (1986). Images of Employees in Company Reports — Do Company Chairmen View their Most Valuable Asset as Valuable?. Personnel Review. 15(5). 9–18. 9 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen, et al.. (1986). Personnel and paradigms: four perspectives on the future. Industrial Relations Journal. 17(3). 225–235. 23 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen & Geoff Lockett. (1985). Journal of management studies. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. EM-32(3). 136–136. 44 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen. (1978). Power, innovation, and problem-solving in personnel management. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 292 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen. (1975). Authority, Ambiguity and Adaptation: The Personnel Specialist's Dilemma. Industrial Relations Journal. 6(2). 51–65. 4 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen. (1975). Authority, Ambiguity and Adaptation: The Personnel Specialist's Dilemma. Industrial Relations Journal. 6(3). 51–65. 23 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen. (1974). Flexible Working Hours‐Panacea or Placebo?. Management Decision. 12(5). 264–279. 3 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen, et al.. (1972). Occupational Role Development Part 11. Personnel Review. 1(3). 58–73. 5 indexed citations
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Legge, Karen. (1970). THE OPERATION OF THE 'REGRESSIVE SPIRAL' IN THE LABOUR MARKET. Journal of Management Studies. 7(1). 1–22. 11 indexed citations

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