Ken Starkey

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Ken Starkey is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Starkey has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 14 papers in Strategy and Management and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ken Starkey's work include Management and Organizational Studies (36 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (9 papers) and Management Theory and Practice (9 papers). Ken Starkey is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (36 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (9 papers) and Management Theory and Practice (9 papers). Ken Starkey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Ken Starkey's co-authors include Sue Tempest, Andrew D. Brown, Alan McKinlay, David Tranfield, Christopher Barnatt, Andrew Crane, Gerard P. Hodgkinson, Nick Tiratsoo, William Weaver and Hugh Scullion and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Strategic Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ken Starkey

81 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Bridging the Relevance Ga... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 200 400 600
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. Bridging the Relevance Gap: Aligning Stakeholders in the Future of Management Research
    2001 617 citations Ken Starkey et al. British Journal of Management profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ken Starkey 2.5k 1.4k 961 796 514 83 4.9k
Allen C. Bluedorn 2.4k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 998 1.0× 991 1.2× 392 0.8× 52 5.4k
Karen Locke 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 557 0.7× 571 1.1× 35 4.5k
Linda Smircich 3.7k 1.5× 1.8k 1.3× 1.7k 1.8× 910 1.1× 775 1.5× 39 7.5k
Walter R. Nord 2.6k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 1.6k 1.7× 505 0.6× 438 0.9× 97 5.7k
Richard W. Woodman 3.4k 1.3× 2.2k 1.5× 985 1.0× 768 1.0× 484 0.9× 57 7.6k
Robert Chia 3.5k 1.4× 1.6k 1.1× 1.5k 1.6× 731 0.9× 594 1.2× 74 5.9k
James B. Thomas 2.3k 0.9× 2.1k 1.5× 863 0.9× 606 0.8× 510 1.0× 31 4.8k
Susan Albers Mohrman 1.9k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 633 0.7× 430 0.5× 726 1.4× 90 4.4k
Thomas J. Peters 1.9k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 628 0.7× 425 0.5× 716 1.4× 20 5.5k
Scott Sonenshein 2.8k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 553 0.7× 624 1.2× 37 5.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Starkey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Starkey

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

All Works

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Starkey, Ken & Sue Tempest. (2025). The Business School and the End of History: Reimagining Management Education. Academy of Management Learning and Education. 24(1). 111–125. 6 indexed citations
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Lejeune, Christophe, Julie Davies, & Ken Starkey. (2015). The impact of the impact agenda. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 2 indexed citations
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Romme, A.G.L., Marie‐José Avenier, David Denyer, et al.. (2015). Towards Common Ground and Trading Zones in Management Research and Practice. British Journal of Management. 26(3). 544–559. 55 indexed citations
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Starkey, Ken. (2015). The Strange Absence of Management During the Current Financial Crisis. Academy of Management Review. 40(4). 652–663. 22 indexed citations
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Hodgkinson, Gerard P. & Ken Starkey. (2012). Extending the Foundations and Reach of Design Science: Further Reflections on the Role of Critical Realism. British Journal of Management. 23(4). 605–610. 28 indexed citations
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Hodgkinson, Gerard P. & Ken Starkey. (2011). Not Simply Returning to the Same Answer Over and Over Again: Reframing Relevance. British Journal of Management. 22(3). 355–369. 106 indexed citations
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Starkey, Ken & Nick Tiratsoo. (2007). The Business School and the Bottom Line. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 148 indexed citations
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Starkey, Ken & Sue Tempest. (2005). The future of the business school: Knowledge challenges and opportunities. Human Relations. 58(1). 61–82. 88 indexed citations
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Pilnick, Alison, Robert Dingwall, & Ken Starkey. (2001). Disease management: definitions, difficulties and future directions.. PubMed. 79(8). 755–63. 17 indexed citations
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Starkey, Ken. (2001). In Defence of Modes One, Two and Three: A Response. British Journal of Management. 12(s1). 26 indexed citations
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Scullion, Hugh & Ken Starkey. (2000). In search of the changing role of the corporate human resource function in the international firm Стремление изменить роль корпоративной HR-функции в международной фирме. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 11(6). 5 indexed citations
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Starkey, Ken, Christopher Barnatt, & Sue Tempest. (2000). Beyond Networks and Hierarchies: Latent Organizations in the U.K. Television Industry. Organization Science. 11(3). 299–305. 208 indexed citations
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McKinlay, Alan & Ken Starkey. (1998). Foucault, Management and Organization Theory: From Panoptic on to Technologies of Self. 69 indexed citations
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Petchey, Roland, et al.. (1998). A tale of two (low prevalence) cities: social movement organisations and the local policy response to HIV/AIDS. Social Science & Medicine. 47(9). 1197–1208. 16 indexed citations
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Starkey, Ken. (1998). Book Review: What Can We Learn from the Learning Organization?. Human Relations. 51(4). 531–546. 31 indexed citations
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Wright, Mike, Ken Robbie, Steve Thompson, & Ken Starkey. (1994). Longevity and the life‐cycle of management buy‐outs. Strategic Management Journal. 15(3). 215–227. 68 indexed citations
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Filatotchev, Igor, Ken Starkey, & Mike Wright. (1994). The ethical challenge of management buy-outs as a form of privatisation in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of Business Ethics. 13(7). 523–532. 23 indexed citations
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Loveridge, Ray & Ken Starkey. (1992). Continuity and crisis in the NHS : the politics of design and innovation in health care. Open University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Starkey, Ken, Mike Wright, & Steve Thompson. (1991). Flexibility, Hierarchy, Markets. British Journal of Management. 2(3). 165–176. 12 indexed citations
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Starkey, Ken. (1990). REVIEW ESSAY STUDIES ON TRANSITIONS: MEANINGS AND METHOD. Journal of Management Studies. 27(1). 97–110. 10 indexed citations

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