Nick Butler

1.0k total citations
46 papers, 656 citations indexed

About

Nick Butler is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick Butler has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 656 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 4 papers in Social Psychology and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Nick Butler's work include Management and Organizational Studies (16 papers), Management Theory and Practice (9 papers) and Ethics in Business and Education (4 papers). Nick Butler is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (16 papers), Management Theory and Practice (9 papers) and Ethics in Business and Education (4 papers). Nick Butler collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Nick Butler's co-authors include Sverre Spoelstra, Helen Delaney, Dimitrinka Stoyanova Russell, David Collins, George Philip, Coby L. Needle, Normàn Jackson, Stephen Dunne, Martyna Śliwa and Pippa Carter and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Business Ethics and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Nick Butler

40 papers receiving 629 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nick Butler Sweden	13	285	144	73	68	66	46	656
Max Visser Netherlands	14	286 1.0×	140 1.0×	75 1.0×	69 1.0×	50 0.8×	38	823
Tojo Thatchenkery United States	13	366 1.3×	263 1.8×	99 1.4×	49 0.7×	30 0.5×	40	866
Christopher J. Rees United Kingdom	15	248 0.9×	220 1.5×	60 0.8×	74 1.1×	27 0.4×	65	728
Jean Helms Mills Canada	17	427 1.5×	271 1.9×	64 0.9×	56 0.8×	34 0.5×	45	851
Guowei Jian United States	16	271 1.0×	212 1.5×	33 0.5×	120 1.8×	52 0.8×	31	667
Christian De Cock United Kingdom	17	457 1.6×	255 1.8×	59 0.8×	34 0.5×	34 0.5×	70	819
Danny L. Balfour United States	14	363 1.3×	348 2.4×	121 1.7×	82 1.2×	78 1.2×	35	932
Françoise Dany France	13	427 1.5×	219 1.5×	66 0.9×	52 0.8×	28 0.4×	16	792
Linda Forbes United States	9	230 0.8×	159 1.1×	41 0.6×	21 0.3×	49 0.7×	22	554
Stephen Fox United Kingdom	11	365 1.3×	228 1.6×	40 0.5×	60 0.9×	33 0.5×	25	760

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nick Butler

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20 of 20 papers shown

Butler, Nick & Sverre Spoelstra. (2025). Algorithmic management learning. Management Learning. 56(1). 132–139. 2 indexed citations

Liao, Chuan, Jenny Kao‐Kniffin, Matthew C. Reid, et al.. (2025). Rice farming for climate change adaptation in the Northeastern United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(49). e2402181122–e2402181122. 1 indexed citations

Butler, Nick & Sverre Spoelstra. (2024). Redemption Through Play? Exploring the Ethics of Workplace Gamification. Journal of Business Ethics. 193(2). 259–270. 6 indexed citations

Butler, Nick & Sverre Spoelstra. (2023). “You just earned 10 points!”: Gaming and grinding in academia. Organization. 31(4). 720–730. 5 indexed citations

Butler, Nick & Sverre Spoelstra. (2023). What is the point of method sections?. Organization. 30(6). 1266–1272.

Butler, Nick & Sverre Spoelstra. (2023). Media Review: Experimental Games: Critique, Play, and Design in the Age of Gamification. Organization Studies. 44(6). 1021–1024.

Butler, Nick & Sverre Spoelstra. (2020). Academics at play: Why the “publication game” is more than a metaphor. Management Learning. 51(4). 414–430. 38 indexed citations

Spoelstra, Sverre, Nick Butler, & Helen Delaney. (2020). Measures of Faith: Science and Belief in Leadership Studies. Journal of Management Inquiry. 30(3). 300–311. 12 indexed citations

Butler, Nick, Sverre Spoelstra, & Helen Delaney. (2019). Measures of faith: Science and belief in leadership studies. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2019(1). 18138–18138. 1 indexed citations

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Butler, Nick & Dimitrinka Stoyanova Russell. (2018). No funny business: Precarious work and emotional labour in stand-up comedy. Human Relations. 71(12). 1666–1686. 56 indexed citations

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Butler, Nick & Sverre Spoelstra. (2018). Academics at Play: Why the ‘Publication Game’ is More than a Metaphor. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2018(1). 16177–16177.

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Butler, Nick. (2016). Functional Stupidity : A Critique. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 16(2). 115–123. 4 indexed citations

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Spoelstra, Sverre, Nick Butler, & Helen Delaney. (2016). Never let an academic crisis go to waste: Leadership Studies in the wake of journal retractions. Leadership. 12(4). 383–397. 26 indexed citations

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Butler, Nick. (2015). Humour and organization. 453–461. 1 indexed citations

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Butler, Nick & Sverre Spoelstra. (2014). The Regime of Excellence and the Erosion of Ethos in Critical Management Studies. British Journal of Management. 25(3). 538–550. 89 indexed citations

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Butler, Nick, Shiona Chillas, & Sara Louise Muhr. (2013). Professions at the Margins. CBS Research Portal (Copenhagen Business School). 12(3). 259–272. 8 indexed citations

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Butler, Nick & Stephen Dunne. (2012). Duelling with dualisms: Descartes, Foucault and the history of organizational limits. Management & Organizational History. 7(1). 31–44. 7 indexed citations

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Butler, Nick, et al.. (2011). Work, play and boredom : editorial. 11(4). 329–335. 1 indexed citations

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Diebold, William & Nick Butler. (1987). The International Grain Trade. Foreign Affairs. 65(4). 897–897. 3 indexed citations

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Butler, Nick. (1983). Agriculture in Western Europe: Challenge and Response 1880–1980. International Affairs. 59(2). 293–294. 15 indexed citations

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