Richard M. Walker

14.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
206 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Richard M. Walker is a scholar working on Public Administration, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard M. Walker has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Public Administration, 59 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 44 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Richard M. Walker's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (94 papers), Accounting and Organizational Management (28 papers) and Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (27 papers). Richard M. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (94 papers), Accounting and Organizational Management (28 papers) and Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (27 papers). Richard M. Walker collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United Kingdom and United States. Richard M. Walker's co-authors include George A. Boyne, Rhys Andrews, Fariborz Damanpour, Claudia N. Avellaneda, Gene A. Brewer, Jennifer Law, Kenneth J. Meier, Laurence J. O’Toole, Ian Kirkpatrick and Stephen Ackroyd and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Cleaner Production and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

In The Last Decade

Richard M. Walker

196 papers receiving 8.7k citations

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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.

Combinative Effects of Innovation Types and Organizational Performance: A Longitudinal Study of Service Organizations

2009 873 citations Richard M. Walker et al. profile →
Management Innovation and Organizational Performance: The Mediating Effect of Performance Management

2010 382 citations Richard M. Walker et al. profile →
Does Strategic Planning Improve Organizational Performance? A Meta‐Analysis

2019 254 citations Richard M. Walker et al. Public Administration Review profile →
The Expectancy‐Disconfirmation Model and Citizen Satisfaction with Public Services: A Meta‐analysis and an Agenda for Best Practice

2021 111 citations Zhang Jia-sheng, Wenna Chen et al. Public Administration Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard M. Walker Hong Kong	53	3.5k	2.8k	2.1k	2.1k	1.6k	206	9.6k
Keith G. Provan United States	40	3.9k 1.1×	3.8k 1.4×	3.9k 1.8×	2.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	87	12.3k
John M. Bryson United States	37	2.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	101	8.7k
Stephen P. Osborne United Kingdom	39	2.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	154	8.7k
Erik‐Hans Klijn Netherlands	47	3.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	3.0k 1.4×	3.0k 1.4×	1.0k 0.6×	141	10.1k
George A. Boyne United Kingdom	59	4.6k 1.3×	2.2k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	3.1k 1.5×	1.6k 1.0×	189	9.4k
Christopher Pollitt Belgium	49	5.4k 1.5×	1.8k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	4.3k 2.1×	1.5k 0.9×	172	10.8k
Michael Power United Kingdom	38	1.6k 0.5×	2.4k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	79	9.9k
Pamela S. Tolbert United States	26	1.1k 0.3×	2.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	992 0.5×	3.2k 2.0×	54	9.9k
Andrew Abbott United Kingdom	30	1.1k 0.3×	1.6k 0.6×	4.3k 2.0×	1.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.5×	80	13.7k
Laurence J. O’Toole United States	50	4.9k 1.4×	1.6k 0.6×	2.8k 1.3×	3.1k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	152	8.8k

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Walker, Richard M., et al.. (2025). Tolerating violence: public opinion of anti-government protests and state repression. Democratization. 33(2). 222–246.

Walker, Richard M., Oliver James, M. Jae Moon, & Wen Wen. (2024). A cross‐cultural replication of “citizens' blame of politicians for public service failure: Experimental evidence about blame reduction through delegation and contracting”. Public Administration Review. 85(2). 436–450. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Wenna, Chih‐Wei Hsieh, Ning Liu, et al.. (2022). A replication of “an experimental test of the expectancy‐disconfirmation theory of citizen satisfaction”. Public Administration. 100(3). 778–791. 15 indexed citations

Brady, Bernadette, Sam Adie, Wei Xuan, et al.. (2020). Implementing early mobilisation after knee or hip arthroplasty to reduce length of stay: a quality improvement study with embedded qualitative component. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 21(1). 765–765. 16 indexed citations

Walker, Richard M., Yanto Chandra, Zhang Jia-sheng, & A. van Witteloostuijn. (2019). Topic Modeling the Research‐Practice Gap in Public Administration. Public Administration Review. 79(6). 931–937. 53 indexed citations

Walker, Richard M., et al.. (2018). Analyzing the Complexity of Performance Information Use: Experiments with Stakeholders to Disaggregate Dimensions of Performance, Data Sources, and Data Types. Public Administration Review. 78(6). 852–863. 37 indexed citations

Walker, Richard M., et al.. (2014). The diffusion of the Bookstart programme in Taiwan: description, concepts and research design. Journal of Asian Public Policy. 7(2). 115–127. 2 indexed citations

Walker, Richard M.. (2013). Strategic Management and Performance in Public Organizations: Findings from the Miles and Snow Framework. Public Administration Review. 73(5). 675–685. 73 indexed citations

Walker, Richard M., et al.. (2013). REFORM AND TRANSITION IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION THEORY AND PRACTICE IN GREATER CHINA. Public Administration. 91(2). 253–260. 18 indexed citations

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Walker, Richard M., Gene A. Brewer, & Yujin Choi. (2013). Public Administration Research in East and Southeast Asia. The American Review of Public Administration. 44(2). 131–150. 23 indexed citations

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Brewer, Gene A. & Richard M. Walker. (2012). Personnel Constraints in Public Organizations: The Impact of Reward and Punishment on Organizational Performance. Public Administration Review. 73(1). 121–131. 34 indexed citations

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Andrews, Rhys, George A. Boyne, & Richard M. Walker. (2011). Overspending in public organizations. 1–31. 1 indexed citations

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Boyne, George A., Julian Gould‐Williams, Jennifer Law, & Richard M. Walker. (2010). Core Articles: Best Value—Total Quality Management for Local Government?. Public Money & Management. 22(3). 9–16. 1 indexed citations

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Boyne, George A., Julian Gould‐Williams, Jennifer Law, & Richard M. Walker. (2010). Markets, Bureaucracy and Public Management: Competitive Tendering and Best Value in Local Government. Public Money & Management. 19(4). 23–29. 3 indexed citations

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Boyne, George A. & Richard M. Walker. (2008). Public Management Reform and Organizational Performance: An Empirical Assessment of the U.K. Labour Government’s Public Service Improvement Strategy. Public Administration Issues. 88–117. 12 indexed citations

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Andrews, Rhys, George A. Boyne, Laurence J. O’Toole, & Richard M. Walker. (2008). Exploring strategic fit: an empirical test of the miles and snow model. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff. 2 indexed citations

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Walker, Richard M., Emma Jeanes, & R. J. Rowlands. (2003). Measuring Innovation - Applying the Literature-Based Innovation Output Indicator to Public Services. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Walker, Richard M., et al.. (2001). Shanghai: The greatest cycling city in the world?. World Transport Policy and Practice. 7(3). 4 indexed citations

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Varaiya, Pravin & Richard M. Walker. (1984). KISSINGER REPORT- Another Alliance for Progress. Economic and political weekly. 19(6).

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Walker, Richard M. & Michael Storper. (1978). Erosion of the Clean Air Act of 1970: A Study in the Failure of Government Regulation and Planning. Boston College environmental affairs law review. 7(2). 189. 12 indexed citations

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