Paul Osterman

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Paul Osterman is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Administration and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Osterman has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in General Health Professions, 30 papers in Public Administration and 25 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Paul Osterman's work include Employment and Welfare Studies (30 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (29 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (24 papers). Paul Osterman is often cited by papers focused on Employment and Welfare Studies (30 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (29 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (24 papers). Paul Osterman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and France. Paul Osterman's co-authors include James E. Rosenbaum, Harry C. Katz, Thomas A. Kochan, Peter Cappelli, David Knoke, Michael Useem, Laurie J. Bassi, Linda Markowitz, Daniel J. B. Mitchell and Michael B. Arthur and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

Paul Osterman

98 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

How Common is Workplace Transformation and Who Adopts it? 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. How Common is Workplace Transformation and Who Adopts it?
    1994 1.1k citations Paul Osterman Industrial and Labor Relations Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Osterman United States 38 1.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.8k 1.7k 101 6.5k
Peter Cappelli United States 44 1.6k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 3.3k 1.8× 1.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 153 7.9k
Thomas A. Kochan United States 45 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 2.2k 1.2× 2.0k 1.1× 3.0k 1.8× 203 8.2k
Eileen Appelbaum United States 26 718 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 2.4k 1.3× 1.4k 0.8× 991 0.6× 74 5.3k
James N. Baron United States 35 1.8k 0.9× 698 0.4× 1.8k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 961 0.6× 56 6.2k
Rosemary Batt United States 30 685 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 2.6k 1.4× 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 83 5.5k
Randy Hodson United States 45 818 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 2.9k 1.6× 728 0.4× 111 5.6k
John Purcell United Kingdom 33 481 0.2× 1.4k 0.7× 3.3k 1.8× 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 103 6.2k
David Guest United Kingdom 52 903 0.5× 2.8k 1.5× 7.8k 4.2× 2.8k 1.5× 1.4k 0.8× 147 12.8k
John Storey United Kingdom 39 504 0.3× 751 0.4× 2.3k 1.2× 1.4k 0.7× 990 0.6× 190 6.6k
Fang Lee Cooke Australia 47 675 0.3× 995 0.5× 3.0k 1.6× 1.6k 0.9× 506 0.3× 229 6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Osterman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Osterman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Osterman

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Osterman, Paul, Nichola Lowe, Bridget Anderson, et al.. (2022). A Forum on the Politics of Skills. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 75(5). 1348–1368. 6 indexed citations
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Osterman, Paul. (2021). How American Adults Obtain Work Skills: Results of a New National Survey. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 75(3). 578–607. 10 indexed citations
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Osterman, Paul. (2020). Creating Good Jobs : An Industry-Based Strategy. MIT Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Osterman, Paul. (2009). INTRODUCTION. International Labour Review. 148(4). 335–336.
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Osterman, Paul. (2008). Improving the quality of low‐wage work: The current American experience. International Labour Review. 147(2-3). 115–134. 21 indexed citations
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Osterman, Paul. (2008). Améliorer la qualité du travail peu rémunéré: l'expérience des Etats‐Unis. Revue internationale du Travail. 147(2-3). 123–144. 3 indexed citations
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Osterman, Paul. (2008). Cómo se mejora el trabajo de baja retribución en los Estados Unidos. Revista Internacional del Trabajo. 127(2-3). 127–148. 1 indexed citations
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Papola, T. S., et al.. (2007). ÉDITORIAL. Revue internationale du Travail. 146(1-2). 1–2.
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Katz, Harry C., Paul Osterman, Thomas A. Kochan, Richard M. Locke, & Michael J. Piore. (2002). Working in America: A Blueprint for the New Labor Market. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 55(4). 715–715. 8 indexed citations
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Osterman, Paul. (1998). Changing work organisation in America : what has happened and who has benefited?. Transfer European Review of Labour and Research. 4(2). 246–263. 7 indexed citations
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Osterman, Paul. (1994). Supervision, discretion, and work organization. American Economic Review. 84(2). 380–384. 54 indexed citations
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Osterman, Paul. (1994). How Common is Workplace Transformation and Who Adopts it?. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 47(2). 173–173. 234 indexed citations
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Osterman, Paul. (1993). How Common Is Workplace Transformation and How Can We Explain Who Adopts It? Results from a National Survey.. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 73(7). 472–3. 28 indexed citations
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Houseman, Susan N. & Paul Osterman. (1989). Employment Futures: Reorganization, Dislocation, and Public Policy.. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 43(1). 150–150. 31 indexed citations
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Kochan, Thomas A., John Paul MacDuffie, & Paul Osterman. (1988). Employment security at DEC: Sustaining values amid environmental change. Human Resource Management. 27(2). 121–143. 15 indexed citations
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Baron, James N. & Paul Osterman. (1985). Internal Labor Markets.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(1). 63–63. 57 indexed citations
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Osterman, Paul, et al.. (1982). Getting Started: The Youth Labor Market.. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 35(2). 285–285. 7 indexed citations
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Thornton, Craig & Paul Osterman. (1981). Getting Started: The Youth Labor Market. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 1(1). 156–156. 53 indexed citations
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Osterman, Paul. (1975). An Empirical Study of Labor Market Segmentation. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 28(4). 508–523. 67 indexed citations

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