Luca Gnan

1.2k total citations
42 papers, 788 citations indexed

About

Luca Gnan is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Accounting and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Gnan has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 788 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 17 papers in Accounting and 12 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Luca Gnan's work include Family Business Performance and Succession (27 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (17 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (12 papers). Luca Gnan is often cited by papers focused on Family Business Performance and Succession (27 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (17 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (12 papers). Luca Gnan collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Norway and Poland. Luca Gnan's co-authors include Lucrezia Songini, Morten Huse, Alessandro Zattoni, Teemu Malmi, Massimiliano Matteo Pellegrini, Alessandro Hinna, Gabriele Colombo, Frank Lambrechts, Rocco Palumbo and Mohammad Fakhar Manesh and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Management, Sustainability and Long Range Planning.

In The Last Decade

Luca Gnan

39 papers receiving 730 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luca Gnan Italy 14 534 486 271 147 85 42 788
Nils D. Kraiczy Switzerland 10 508 1.0× 359 0.7× 513 1.9× 156 1.1× 74 0.9× 17 794
Carla D. Jones United States 8 479 0.9× 520 1.1× 297 1.1× 199 1.4× 63 0.7× 15 772
Olof Brunninge Sweden 10 519 1.0× 362 0.7× 278 1.0× 272 1.9× 76 0.9× 32 807
Neri Karra United Kingdom 6 465 0.9× 305 0.6× 414 1.5× 242 1.6× 155 1.8× 12 783
Paola Rovelli Italy 14 452 0.8× 269 0.6× 402 1.5× 78 0.5× 102 1.2× 30 699
Christopher S. Tuggle United States 8 289 0.5× 333 0.7× 244 0.9× 193 1.3× 63 0.7× 13 640
María Andrea Trujillo Dávila Colombia 15 467 0.9× 566 1.2× 221 0.8× 158 1.1× 64 0.8× 72 857
Joseph Harrison United States 11 211 0.4× 392 0.8× 168 0.6× 253 1.7× 71 0.8× 19 752
Noam Wasserman United States 10 334 0.6× 758 1.6× 597 2.2× 231 1.6× 52 0.6× 25 1.1k
Nancy Upton United States 9 613 1.1× 390 0.8× 516 1.9× 147 1.0× 86 1.0× 13 836

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luca Gnan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gnan, Luca, et al.. (2025). Unlocking project success: how proactive personality, transformational leadership and affective commitment drive outcomes in complex environments. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. 18(8). 161–188.
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Loarne–Lemaire, Séverine Le, et al.. (2021). La parentalité en entrepreneuriat : une dimension oubliée ?. Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat. Vol. 19(3). 13–21. 2 indexed citations
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Songini, Lucrezia, et al.. (2021). The Determinants of Tax Aggressiveness in Family Firms: An Investigation of Italian Private Family Firms. Sustainability. 13(14). 7654–7654. 20 indexed citations
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Palumbo, Rocco, et al.. (2021). Looking for meanings at work: unraveling the implications of smart working on organizational meaningfulness. International journal of organizational analysis. 31(3). 624–645. 19 indexed citations
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Gnan, Luca, et al.. (2020). Forty years of research on human resource management in family firms: analyzing the past; preparing for the future. Journal of Family Business Management. 11(3). 264–285. 16 indexed citations
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Pellegrini, Massimiliano Matteo, et al.. (2020). European entrepreneurship research and practice : a multifaceted effort towards integration of different perspectives. Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University). 3 indexed citations
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Pellegrini, Massimiliano Matteo, et al.. (2019). Opportunity recognition in family entrepreneurship: voluntaristic and deterministic orientations of individual cognitions. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship. 32(1). 101–122. 8 indexed citations
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Gnan, Luca, et al.. (2019). Configurations of HRM Practices in Family Firms: Goals and Organizational Performances. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2019(1). 10917–10917. 1 indexed citations
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Gnan, Luca & Frank Lambrechts. (2018). Human Resources and Mutual Gains in Family Firms. Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt). 2 indexed citations
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Roberts, Hanno & Luca Gnan. (2017). Welcoming family business into the accounting family: an introduction to the special issue. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management. 14(2). 106–110. 3 indexed citations
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Songini, Lucrezia, et al.. (2015). The why and how of managerialization of family businesses: evidences from Italy. Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University). 1(1). 4. 10 indexed citations
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Neider, Linda L., Chester A. Schriesheim, Luca Gnan, & H. Lundberg. (2014). Advances in Authentic and Ethical Leadership. 13 indexed citations
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Gnan, Luca, et al.. (2010). SOEs ownership and control: Independence and competence of boards members. Corporate Ownership and Control. 8(1). 720–740. 9 indexed citations
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Gnan, Luca & Lucrezia Songini. (2010). Ma è così vero che nelle imprese familiari non ci siano conflitti? ... e che non ci sia bisogno di meccanismi per affrontarli?. Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University). 44(44). 1 indexed citations
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Gnan, Luca & Lucrezia Songini. (2008). Family involvement and agency cost control mechanisms in family firms. Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University). 2 indexed citations
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Gnan, Luca, et al.. (2008). Governance structures in Italian family SMEs. Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University). 4 indexed citations
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Mazzola, Pietro, Claudia Gabbioneta, Luca Gnan, & Irene Eleonora Lisi. (2006). The information content of strategic plan presentations of Italian listed companies. 2 indexed citations
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Gnan, Luca, et al.. (2005). Family councils and governance systems in family businesses: agency theory or paternalistic logic. Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University). 1 indexed citations
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Gnan, Luca & Lucrezia Songini. (2003). The Professionalization of family firms: the role of agency cost control mechanisms. Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University). 18 indexed citations
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Gnan, Luca & Lucrezia Songini. (1995). Management styles of a sample of Italian Japanese companies. Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University). 1 indexed citations

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