Michael Lounsbury

23.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
115 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Lounsbury is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Lounsbury has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 35 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 25 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Michael Lounsbury's work include Management and Organizational Studies (59 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (19 papers) and Accounting and Organizational Management (11 papers). Michael Lounsbury is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (59 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (19 papers) and Accounting and Organizational Management (11 papers). Michael Lounsbury collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Lounsbury's co-authors include Royston Greenwood, William Ocasio, Patricia Thornton, Evelyn Micelotta, Mia Raynard, Farah Kodeih, Paul M. Hirsch, Ronald S. Burt, Nan Lin and Karen S. Cook and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Michael Lounsbury

107 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Institutional Logics ... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2012 2011 2002 2011 2007 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Lounsbury Canada 41 5.8k 4.6k 4.2k 2.2k 1.8k 115 13.7k
Thomas B. Lawrence Canada 45 6.1k 1.1× 4.5k 1.0× 3.9k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 957 0.5× 91 13.4k
Roy Suddaby Canada 45 7.6k 1.3× 4.9k 1.1× 3.8k 0.9× 2.3k 1.1× 2.3k 1.3× 116 16.0k
Nelson Phillips United Kingdom 57 5.8k 1.0× 4.4k 1.0× 3.6k 0.9× 2.4k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 129 13.3k
Ann Langley Canada 51 7.0k 1.2× 6.5k 1.4× 3.5k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 1.0k 0.6× 146 16.8k
Cynthia Hardy Australia 56 7.9k 1.4× 5.5k 1.2× 5.0k 1.2× 1.9k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 140 18.2k
William Ocasio United States 28 4.7k 0.8× 5.7k 1.2× 2.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 2.6k 1.5× 48 12.4k
Paul S. Adler United States 40 4.8k 0.8× 5.9k 1.3× 4.9k 1.2× 2.9k 1.3× 1.6k 0.9× 116 16.5k
Sim B. Sitkin United States 34 6.4k 1.1× 5.1k 1.1× 4.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 2.3k 1.3× 74 17.6k
C. R. Hinings Canada 41 6.4k 1.1× 5.5k 1.2× 3.3k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 88 14.8k
Lynne G. Zucker United States 24 3.9k 0.7× 4.5k 1.0× 3.1k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 53 12.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Lounsbury

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bhatt, Babita, et al.. (2025). Building Inclusive Markets: A Review and Synthesis of the Interplay between Intermediaries and Institutions. Academy of Management Annals. 20(1). 34–75.
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Lounsbury, Michael & Joel Gehman. (2024). Concise Introduction to Organization Theory. Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks. 3 indexed citations
3.
Taeuscher, Karl & Michael Lounsbury. (2024). It Is Not the Whole Story: Toward a Broader Understanding of Entrepreneurial Ventures’ Symbolic Differentiation. Academy of Management Journal. 68(3). 648–668. 2 indexed citations
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Harley, Bill, Peter Fleming, Ulla Eriksson‐Zetterquist, et al.. (2023). Collegiality Under Threat?. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2023(1). 1 indexed citations
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Eberhart, Robert, Michael Lounsbury, Andrew J. Nelson, et al.. (2023). The Social Effects of Entrepreneurship on Society and Some Potential Remedies: Four Provocations. Journal of Management Inquiry. 32(4). 251–277. 31 indexed citations
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Taeuscher, Karl, Eric Yanfei Zhao, & Michael Lounsbury. (2022). Categories and narratives as sources of distinctiveness: Cultural entrepreneurship within and across categories. Strategic Management Journal. 43(10). 2101–2134. 38 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Paul M. & Michael Lounsbury. (2014). Toward a More Critical and “Powerful” Institutionalism. Journal of Management Inquiry. 24(1). 96–99. 28 indexed citations
8.
Lounsbury, Michael, et al.. (2013). Stock Markets on Trial: Towards an Understanding of Great Recession Consequences. Econstor (Econstor). 14(3). 4–13. 1 indexed citations
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Raynard, Mia, Michael Lounsbury, & Royston Greenwood. (2013). Legacies of Logics: Sources of Community Variation in CSR Implementation in China. SSRN Electronic Journal. 29 indexed citations
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Wry, Tyler & Michael Lounsbury. (2012). Contextualizing the categorical imperative: Category linkages, technology focus, and resource acquisition in nanotechnology entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing. 28(1). 117–133. 4 indexed citations
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Jennings, P. Devereaux, Royston Greenwood, Michael Lounsbury, & Roy Suddaby. (2012). Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and Communities: A Special Issue on Entrepreneurship. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
12.
Thornton, Patricia, William Ocasio, & Michael Lounsbury. (2012). The Institutional Logics Perspective. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2079 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lounsbury, Michael & Min‐Dong Paul Lee. (2010). Domesticating Radical Rant and Rage: An Exploration of the Consequences of Environmental Shareholder Resolutions on Corporate Environmental Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Lounsbury, Michael, et al.. (2010). Institutions and Work. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Zald, Mayer N. & Michael Lounsbury. (2010). The Wizards of Oz: Towards an Institutional Approach to Elites, Expertise and Command Posts. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Wry, Tyler, Michael Lounsbury, & Mary Ann Glynn. (2010). Legitimating Nascent Collective Identities: Coordinating Cultural Entrepreneurship. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Weber, Klaus, Gerald F. Davis, & Michael Lounsbury. (2008). Policy as Myth and Ceremony? The Global Spread of Stock Exchanges, 1980-2005. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
18.
Lounsbury, Michael. (2007). New Practice Creation: An Institutional Approach to Innovation. Organization Studies. 28. 27 indexed citations
19.
Marquis, Christopher & Michael Lounsbury. (2007). Vive la résistance: competing logic in the consolidation of community banking. NPARC. 480 indexed citations
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Lounsbury, Michael, et al.. (1978). Resource analysis: Water and energy as linked resources. 4. 33–8.

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