Ralph Stacey

8.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
51 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Ralph Stacey is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Strategy and Management and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Stacey has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 7 papers in Strategy and Management and 6 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Ralph Stacey's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (21 papers), Chaos, Complexity, and Education (6 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (5 papers). Ralph Stacey is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (21 papers), Chaos, Complexity, and Education (6 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (5 papers). Ralph Stacey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Ralph Stacey's co-authors include Douglas Griffin, Patricia Shaw, Chris Mowles, Patricia Shaw, Donald MacLean and Robert MacIntosh and has published in prestigious journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Long Range Planning.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Stacey

49 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Complexity and Creativity in Organizations 1995 2026 2005 2015 1996 1995 1999 2001 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralph Stacey United Kingdom 28 1.8k 1.4k 1.4k 823 559 51 4.9k
Bill McKelvey United States 33 1.6k 0.9× 1.8k 1.3× 2.3k 1.7× 1.1k 1.3× 324 0.6× 93 6.5k
Nils Brunsson Sweden 31 828 0.5× 1.7k 1.2× 1.7k 1.3× 1.4k 1.7× 62 0.1× 91 5.8k
Russ Marion United States 11 680 0.4× 1.0k 0.7× 591 0.4× 297 0.4× 186 0.3× 23 2.6k
Mary Uhl‐Bien United States 33 1.0k 0.6× 7.9k 5.6× 2.0k 1.5× 2.8k 3.4× 182 0.3× 65 12.6k
Meryl Reis Louis United States 21 955 0.5× 3.6k 2.5× 1.6k 1.1× 2.1k 2.5× 66 0.1× 28 8.2k
David J. Snowden United Kingdom 18 982 0.6× 308 0.2× 540 0.4× 471 0.6× 96 0.2× 26 3.0k
Warren G. Bennis United States 39 724 0.4× 3.0k 2.1× 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 50 0.1× 158 8.5k
Connie J. G. Gersick United States 14 1000 0.6× 2.1k 1.5× 1.8k 1.4× 1.3k 1.6× 28 0.1× 19 6.2k
Eric Trist Canada 19 651 0.4× 1.0k 0.7× 682 0.5× 766 0.9× 45 0.1× 31 3.4k
Bernard Burnes United Kingdom 34 578 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 1.6k 1.2× 526 0.6× 24 0.0× 100 4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ralph Stacey

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralph Stacey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Stacey

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ralph Stacey. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ralph Stacey 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 Ralph Stacey. Ralph Stacey 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
1.
Stacey, Ralph. (2016). The Paradox of Consensus and Conflict in Organisational Life. 18(1). 52–58. 1 indexed citations
2.
Stacey, Ralph. (2012). Comment on target article: Coaching Psychology Coming of Age : The challenges we face in the messy world of complexity. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 33(3). 409–23. 2 indexed citations
3.
Stacey, Ralph. (2012). Comment on debate article: Coaching Psychology Coming of Age: The challenges we face in the messy world of complexity. International Coaching Psychology Review. 7(1). 91–95. 6 indexed citations
4.
Stacey, Ralph. (2012). Tools and Techniques of Leadership and Management: Meeting the Challenge of Complexity. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 42 indexed citations
5.
Stacey, Ralph. (2009). Complexity and Organizational Reality. 25 indexed citations
6.
Stacey, Ralph & Patricia Shaw. (2006). Experiencing risk, spontaneity and improvization in organizational change : working live. Routledge eBooks. 7 indexed citations
7.
Stacey, Ralph, et al.. (2005). A Complexity Perspective on Researching Organizations : Taking Experience Seriously. Routledge eBooks. 62 indexed citations
8.
Stacey, Ralph. (2003). Learning as an activity of interdependent people. The Learning Organization. 10(6). 325–331. 123 indexed citations
9.
Stacey, Ralph, Douglas Griffin, & Patricia Shaw. (2002). Complexity and Management: Fad or Radical Challenge to Systems Thinking?. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 395 indexed citations
10.
Stacey, Ralph. (2001). What Can it Mean to Say that the Individual is Social through and through?. Group Analysis. 34(4). 457–471. 12 indexed citations
11.
Stacey, Ralph. (2001). Complexity and the Group Matrix. Group Analysis. 34(2). 221–239. 19 indexed citations
12.
Stacey, Ralph. (2001). Complex Responsive Processes in Organizations: Learning and Knowledge Creation. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 506 indexed citations breakdown →
13.
Stacey, Ralph. (2000). Reflexivity, Self-Organization and Emergence in the Group Matrix. Group Analysis. 33(4). 501–514. 13 indexed citations
14.
Stacey, Ralph. (1999). Strategic Management and Organisational Dynamics: The Challenge of Complexity. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 536 indexed citations breakdown →
15.
Stacey, Ralph, et al.. (1997). Governance and cooperative networks: An adaptive systems perspective. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 54(1). 79–94. 28 indexed citations
16.
Stacey, Ralph. (1993). Strategic Thinking and the Management of Change : International Perspectives on Organisational Dynamics. Kogan Page eBooks. 94–5. 2 indexed citations
17.
Stacey, Ralph. (1993). Strategic Management and Organisational Dynamics. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 361 indexed citations
18.
Stacey, Ralph. (1993). Strategy as order emerging from chaos. Long Range Planning. 26(1). 3–9. 5 indexed citations
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Stacey, Ralph. (1992). Managing the Unknowable : The Strategic Boundaries Between Order and Chaos. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 33 indexed citations
20.
Stacey, Ralph. (1990). Dynamic strategic management for the 1990s : balancing opportunism and business planning. Kogan Page eBooks. 9 indexed citations

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