Leigh Sear

412 total citations
12 papers, 281 citations indexed

About

Leigh Sear is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Leigh Sear has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 281 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation, 5 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 3 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Leigh Sear's work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (7 papers), Human Resource and Talent Management (4 papers) and Higher Education and Employability (3 papers). Leigh Sear is often cited by papers focused on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (7 papers), Human Resource and Talent Management (4 papers) and Higher Education and Employability (3 papers). Leigh Sear collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Leigh Sear's co-authors include Harry Matlay, Matt Smith, Andy Penaluna, J. Elizabeth Mills, Ellen Morris, Kelly Smith, Alison Price, David Rae, Paul Hannon and David Brooksbank and has published in prestigious journals such as Urban Studies, International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship and Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development.

In The Last Decade

Leigh Sear

12 papers receiving 247 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leigh Sear United Kingdom 5 194 168 83 32 27 12 281
Norma Iredale United Kingdom 6 297 1.5× 245 1.5× 95 1.1× 50 1.6× 22 0.8× 8 391
Afreen Huq Australia 8 154 0.8× 107 0.6× 64 0.8× 52 1.6× 22 0.8× 24 290
Olivier Toutain France 7 145 0.7× 67 0.4× 49 0.6× 39 1.2× 25 0.9× 30 200
Signe Hedeboe Frederiksen Denmark 5 236 1.2× 165 1.0× 76 0.9× 58 1.8× 6 0.2× 11 292
Mohar Yusof Malaysia 8 177 0.9× 42 0.3× 72 0.9× 46 1.4× 30 1.1× 11 233
Heinz Klandt Germany 8 170 0.9× 62 0.4× 80 1.0× 33 1.0× 24 0.9× 26 207
Maripier Tremblay Canada 9 202 1.0× 58 0.3× 115 1.4× 60 1.9× 53 2.0× 43 302
Daniel Yar Hamidi Sweden 4 265 1.4× 113 0.7× 116 1.4× 73 2.3× 26 1.0× 9 349
Susan Duffy United States 4 396 2.0× 200 1.2× 171 2.1× 111 3.5× 33 1.2× 6 464
Imran Akhtar United Kingdom 3 292 1.5× 148 0.9× 122 1.5× 120 3.8× 11 0.4× 5 369

Countries citing papers authored by Leigh Sear

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leigh Sear

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leigh Sear

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
1.
Sear, Leigh. (2013). Graduate recruitment to SMEs. Final report. Digital Education Resource Archive (University College London). 1 indexed citations
2.
Sear, Leigh, Tracy Scurry, Janine Swail, & Simon Down. (2013). Graduate Recruitment to SMEs Final Report. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. 3 indexed citations
3.
Matlay, Harry, J. Elizabeth Mills, Ellen Morris, et al.. (2012). Enterprise and entrepreneurship education: Guidance for UK higher education providers. 160 indexed citations
4.
Lloyd‐Reason, Lester, et al.. (2009). Entrepreneurship education - embedding practitioner experience. Anglia Ruskin Research Online (Anglia Ruskin University). 10(4). 391–403. 4 indexed citations
5.
Lloyd‐Reason, Lester & Leigh Sear. (2007). Trading places--SMEs in the global economy : a critical research handbook. E. Elgar eBooks. 5 indexed citations
6.
Sear, Leigh, et al.. (2005). Employability and Enterprise: Evidence from the North East. Urban Studies. 42(2). 271–283. 24 indexed citations
7.
Atherton, Andrew & Leigh Sear. (2004). Generating Orders and Winning New Business. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 5(4). 255–265. 1 indexed citations
8.
Hannon, Paul, Colin Gray, David A. Kirby, et al.. (2004). Making the journey from student to entrepreneur: a review of the existing research into graduate entrepreneurship. Cronfa (Swansea University). 76 indexed citations
9.
Sear, Leigh, et al.. (2001). An Audit of export services in England: developing business focused support. SHURA (Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive) (Sheffield Hallam University). 1 indexed citations
10.
Moran, Paul & Leigh Sear. (1999). Young People’s views of business support: the case of PSYBT. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 6(2). 166–177. 2 indexed citations
11.
Sear, Leigh. (1999). Book Reviews. International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship. 18(1). 114–117. 2 indexed citations
12.
Atherton, Andrew, et al.. (1997). Reviewing the case for supporting start-ups:a policy overview of current thinking on start-ups. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 2 indexed citations

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