Richard Whipp

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Richard Whipp is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Whipp has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Strategy and Management, 7 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Richard Whipp's work include Healthcare innovation and challenges (6 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (6 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (4 papers). Richard Whipp is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare innovation and challenges (6 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (6 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (4 papers). Richard Whipp collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Finland. Richard Whipp's co-authors include Andrew Pettigrew, Mariann Jelinek, Richard Whittington, Martin Kitchener, Robert Rosenfeld, Ian Kirkpatrick, Terry McNulty, Margaret Grieco, Bárbara Adam and Ida Sabelis and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies and European Journal of Marketing.

In The Last Decade

Richard Whipp

33 papers receiving 962 citations

Hit Papers

Managing Change for Competitive Success 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Managing Change for Competitive Success
    1993 634 citations Andrew Pettigrew, Richard Whipp et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Whipp United Kingdom 15 494 419 216 154 130 35 1.2k
Bert Spector United States 18 718 1.5× 519 1.2× 229 1.1× 202 1.3× 85 0.7× 52 1.6k
Edward J. Conlon United States 18 555 1.1× 395 0.9× 272 1.3× 316 2.1× 227 1.7× 35 1.6k
Terry McNulty United Kingdom 18 800 1.6× 552 1.3× 253 1.2× 237 1.5× 62 0.5× 32 1.9k
Farhad Analoui United Kingdom 18 497 1.0× 432 1.0× 173 0.8× 204 1.3× 59 0.5× 67 1.3k
Philip Stiles United Kingdom 20 917 1.9× 573 1.4× 205 0.9× 227 1.5× 46 0.4× 39 1.8k
David Faulkner United Kingdom 15 281 0.6× 899 2.1× 178 0.8× 228 1.5× 83 0.6× 38 1.4k
Alan Thomas United Kingdom 16 404 0.8× 280 0.7× 82 0.4× 208 1.4× 86 0.7× 54 1.0k
Sten Jönsson Sweden 16 477 1.0× 487 1.2× 665 3.1× 178 1.2× 183 1.4× 58 1.5k
Lloyd Baird United States 14 693 1.4× 523 1.2× 181 0.8× 195 1.3× 75 0.6× 30 1.5k
Andrew von Nordenflycht Canada 13 526 1.1× 537 1.3× 219 1.0× 227 1.5× 89 0.7× 26 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Whipp

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Whipp

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Whipp

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Whipp, Richard. (2014). Managing technological changes: opportunities and pitfalls. International Journal of Vehicle Design. 2 indexed citations
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Whipp, Richard, Martin Kitchener, & Ian Kirkpatrick. (2004). Managing Residential Childcare: A Managed Service. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff. 1 indexed citations
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Whipp, Richard, Bárbara Adam, & Ida Sabelis. (2002). Making Time. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff. 33 indexed citations
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Kitchener, Martin, Ian Kirkpatrick, & Richard Whipp. (2000). Supervising Professional Work under New Public Management: Evidence from an ‘Invisible Trade’. British Journal of Management. 11(3). 213–226. 51 indexed citations
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Kitchener, Martin, Ian Kirkpatrick, & Richard Whipp. (1999). Decoupling managerial audit. International Journal of Public Sector Management. 12(4). 338–350. 5 indexed citations
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Kitchener, Martin & Richard Whipp. (1997). Tracks of change in hospitals: a study of quasi‐market transformation. International Journal of Public Sector Management. 10(1/2). 47–61. 15 indexed citations
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Forster, Nick & Richard Whipp. (1995). Future of European human resource management: A contingent approach. European Management Journal. 13(4). 434–442. 16 indexed citations
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McNulty, Terry, Richard Whittington, Richard Whipp, & Martin Kitchener. (1994). Implementing marketing in NHS hospitals. Public Money & Management. 14(3). 51–57. 11 indexed citations
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Whittington, Richard, Terry McNulty, & Richard Whipp. (1994). MARKET‐DRIVEN CHANGE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: PROBLEMS AND PROCESSES*. Journal of Management Studies. 31(6). 829–846. 54 indexed citations
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Whipp, Richard & Andrew Pettigrew. (1992). Managing Change for Competitive Success: Bridging the Strategic and the Operational. Industrial and Corporate Change. 1(1). 205–233. 10 indexed citations
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Blaszczyk, Regina Lee & Richard Whipp. (1992). Patterns of Labour: Work and Social Change in the Pottery Industry. Technology and Culture. 33(3). 611–611. 1 indexed citations
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Whittington, Richard & Richard Whipp. (1992). Professional Ideology and Marketing Implementation. European Journal of Marketing. 26(1). 52–63. 61 indexed citations
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McNulty, Terry, Richard Whipp, Richard Whittington, & Martin Kitchener. (1992). Managing Market‐Oriented Change in Public and Private Sectors. Management Research News. 15(5/6). 36–37. 1 indexed citations
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Grieco, Margaret & Richard Whipp. (1991). Dismantling Logics of Action. International Studies of Management and Organization. 21(4). 78–85. 5 indexed citations
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Gray, Robert & Richard Whipp. (1991). Patterns of Labour: Work and Social Change in the Pottery Industry.. The Economic History Review. 44(4). 737–737. 19 indexed citations
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Whipp, Richard, Andrew Pettigrew, & Paul Sparrow. (1989). New technology, competition and the firm: a framework for research. International Journal of Vehicle Design. 10(4). 2 indexed citations
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Whipp, Richard, Robert Rosenfeld, & Andrew Pettigrew. (1989). Managing strategic change in a mature business. Long Range Planning. 22(6). 92–99. 35 indexed citations
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Whipp, Richard, Robert Rosenfeld, & Andrew Pettigrew. (1989). CULTURE AND COMPETITIVENESS: EVIDENCE FROM TWO MATURE UK INDUSTRIES. Journal of Management Studies. 26(6). 561–585. 73 indexed citations
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Whipp, Richard. (1988). WORK AND SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS: THE BRITISH POTTERS IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. Past & Present. 119(1). 132–157. 1 indexed citations
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Whipp, Richard. (1987). CALHOUN, KINSHIP AND COMMUNITY. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 7(1). 1–12. 2 indexed citations

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