Kevin T. Leicht

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Kevin T. Leicht is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin T. Leicht has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 18 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 16 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Kevin T. Leicht's work include Employment and Welfare Studies (14 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (9 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (7 papers). Kevin T. Leicht is often cited by papers focused on Employment and Welfare Studies (14 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (9 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (7 papers). Kevin T. Leicht collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and Germany. Kevin T. Leicht's co-authors include Arne L. Kalleberg, Mary L. Fennell, J. Craig Jenkins, Karyn Loscocco, Kevin D. Henson, Michael Wallace, Lawrence E. Raffalovich, Scott Davies, Tony Walter and John Marx and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Academy of Management Review and Academy of Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Kevin T. Leicht

81 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

GENDER AND ORGANIZATIONAL... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 200 400 600
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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.

  1. GENDER AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: DETERMINANTS OF SMALL BUSINESS SURVIVAL AND SUCCESS.
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kevin T. Leicht United States 23 782 705 690 688 380 89 2.4k
Uschi Backes‐Gellner Switzerland 28 512 0.7× 327 0.5× 802 1.2× 384 0.6× 279 0.7× 183 2.1k
Richard Scase United Kingdom 22 611 0.8× 702 1.0× 312 0.5× 614 0.9× 235 0.6× 70 2.2k
Karyn Loscocco United States 23 1.3k 1.7× 1.0k 1.4× 394 0.6× 625 0.9× 189 0.5× 32 2.8k
Alison Davis‐Blake United States 25 915 1.2× 1.3k 1.8× 681 1.0× 215 0.3× 531 1.4× 41 3.4k
Nicolas Bacon United Kingdom 29 373 0.5× 775 1.1× 265 0.4× 275 0.4× 342 0.9× 86 2.0k
Emilio J. Castilla United States 17 943 1.2× 410 0.6× 516 0.7× 163 0.2× 210 0.6× 35 2.0k
Glenn M. McEvoy United States 23 387 0.5× 1.5k 2.1× 329 0.5× 279 0.4× 258 0.7× 46 3.1k
Josef Brüderl Germany 18 891 1.1× 582 0.8× 908 1.3× 1.3k 1.9× 769 2.0× 62 2.9k
Kim Hoque United Kingdom 24 444 0.6× 752 1.1× 237 0.3× 181 0.3× 150 0.4× 59 1.9k
Sara Nadin United Kingdom 25 492 0.6× 429 0.6× 723 1.0× 406 0.6× 242 0.6× 71 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin T. Leicht

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin T. Leicht

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leicht, Kevin T. & Mary L. Fennell. (2023). Crisis in the Professions. 2 indexed citations
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Leicht, Kevin T.. (2022). Inequality and the Status Window: Inequality, Conflict, and the Salience of Status Differences in Conflicts over Resources. RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 8(6). 103–121. 1 indexed citations
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Leicht, Kevin T., et al.. (2022). The Presentation of Self in Virtual Life: Disinformation Warnings and the Spread of Misinformation Regarding COVID-19. RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 8(8). 52–68. 2 indexed citations
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Leicht, Kevin T.. (2020). Occupations and Inequalities in the 21st Century: What’s in your Wallet?. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 70. 100550–100550. 7 indexed citations
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Baker, Phyllis L. & Kevin T. Leicht. (2017). Globalization, Gender, and Development. 3(4). 323–345. 5 indexed citations
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Leicht, Kevin T. & J. Craig Jenkins. (2017). State investments in high-technology job growth. Social Science Research. 65. 30–46. 7 indexed citations
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Leicht, Kevin T.. (2012). Political environments and labour market opportunities as contributors to housing indebtedness: a US state-level analysis. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 5(1). 61–75. 5 indexed citations
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Harper, Charles L. & Kevin T. Leicht. (2010). Exploring Social Change: America and the World. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 24 indexed citations
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Leicht, Kevin T.. (2008). Broken Down by Race and Gender? Sociological Explanations of New Sources of Earnings Inequality. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Brady, David & Kevin T. Leicht. (2008). Party to inequality: Right party power and income inequality in affluent Western democracies. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 26(1). 77–106. 31 indexed citations
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Jenkins, J. Craig, et al.. (2006). Class Forces, Political Institutions, and State Intervention: Subnational Economic Development Policy in the United States, 1971-1990. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Leicht, Kevin T.. (2002). The future of market transition. 10 indexed citations
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Leicht, Kevin T.. (2001). From the Editor. Sociological Quarterly. 42(1). vii–xi. 1 indexed citations
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Leicht, Kevin T.. (1999). The future of affirmative action. JAI Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Isaac, Larry W. & Kevin T. Leicht. (1997). Regimes of Power and the Power of Analytic Regimes: Explaining U.S. Military Procurement Keynesianism as Historical Process. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 30(1). 28–45. 10 indexed citations
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Leicht, Kevin T., Richard Delgado, & Jean Stefancic. (1996). Failed Revolutions: Social Reform and the Limits of Legal Imagination.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 25(1). 93–93. 5 indexed citations
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Leicht, Kevin T., et al.. (1995). The effects of hospital characteristics and radical organizational change on the relative standing of health care professions.. PubMed. 36(2). 151–67. 16 indexed citations
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Loscocco, Karyn & Kevin T. Leicht. (1993). Gender, Work-Family Linkages, and Economic Success among Small Business Owners. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 55(4). 875–875. 114 indexed citations
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Leicht, Kevin T., Michael Wallace, & Don Grant. (1993). Union Presence, Class, and Individual Earnings Inequality. Work and Occupations. 20(4). 429–451. 12 indexed citations
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Raffalovich, Lawrence E., Kevin T. Leicht, & Michael Wallace. (1992). Macroeconomic Structure and Labor's Share of Income: United States, 1950 to 1980. American Sociological Review. 57(2). 243–243. 30 indexed citations

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