Robert P. Gephart

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Robert P. Gephart is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert P. Gephart has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Robert P. Gephart's work include Management and Organizational Studies (11 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (5 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (4 papers). Robert P. Gephart is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (11 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (5 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (4 papers). Robert P. Gephart collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Austria. Robert P. Gephart's co-authors include Dennis K. Mumby, David M. Bøje, Tojo Thatchenkery, Thomas Oberlechner, John Van Maanen, Charles J. Fox, Lisa A. Zanetti, Hugh T. Miller, Richard Wolfe and Thomas E. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Academy of Management Review and Academy of Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Robert P. Gephart

37 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Qualitative Research and the Academy of Management Journal 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 250 500 750 1000
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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. Qualitative Research and the Academy of Management Journal
    2004 1.0k citations Robert P. Gephart Academy of Management Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert P. Gephart Canada 21 1.3k 1.0k 752 305 291 39 3.1k
Gregory A. Bigley United States 14 1.4k 1.0× 876 0.9× 973 1.3× 281 0.9× 229 0.8× 19 3.1k
Nancy DiTomaso United States 25 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 648 0.9× 282 0.9× 219 0.8× 66 3.7k
David C. Wilson United States 33 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.5× 226 0.7× 479 1.6× 97 3.6k
Kumar Chittipeddi United States 4 1.7k 1.3× 601 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 242 0.8× 303 1.0× 7 3.0k
John A. A. Sillince United Kingdom 29 1.3k 1.0× 566 0.6× 903 1.2× 229 0.8× 307 1.1× 61 2.5k
George T. Milkovich United States 26 1.5k 1.1× 679 0.7× 582 0.8× 223 0.7× 259 0.9× 78 3.5k
Emmanuel Ogbonna United Kingdom 31 1.9k 1.5× 895 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 194 0.6× 376 1.3× 72 3.6k
Allan A. Kennedy United States 8 1.3k 1.0× 485 0.5× 849 1.1× 267 0.9× 293 1.0× 11 3.2k
Craig C. Lundberg United States 23 1.1k 0.9× 645 0.6× 795 1.1× 200 0.7× 315 1.1× 97 3.5k
Cliff Oswick United Kingdom 27 2.1k 1.6× 945 0.9× 711 0.9× 314 1.0× 229 0.8× 70 3.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert P. Gephart

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert P. Gephart

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Denyer, David, Clare Kelliher, Elena P. Antonacopoulou, et al.. (2010). Managing change in the aftermath of extreme events: Professional Development Workshop. 1 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P., John Van Maanen, & Thomas Oberlechner. (2005). Special Issue on ‘Organizations and Risk in Late Modernity’. Organization Studies. 26(9). 1439–1440. 1 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P.. (2004). Sensemaking and New Media at Work. American Behavioral Scientist. 48(4). 479–495. 13 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P.. (2002). Introduction to the brave new workplace: organizational behavior in the electronic age. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 23(4). 327–344. 49 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P.. (2002). Book Reviews. Administrative Science Quarterly. 47(4). 736–739. 1 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P., Colette A. Frayne, David M. Bøje, John A. White, & Michael W. Lawless. (2000). Genres at Journal of Management Inquiry. Journal of Management Inquiry. 9(3). 246–255. 7 indexed citations
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Bøje, David M., Robert P. Gephart, & Tojo Thatchenkery. (1996). Postmodern Management and Organization Theory. 162 indexed citations
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Zanetti, Lisa A., Charles J. Fox, Hugh T. Miller, et al.. (1996). Postmodern Public Administration: Toward Discourse. Public Productivity & Management Review. 20(2). 204–204. 207 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Richard, Robert P. Gephart, & Thomas E. Johnson. (1993). Computer-facilitated Qualitative Data Analysis: Potential Contributions to Management Research. Journal of Management. 19(3). 637–660. 69 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P. & Robert Pitter. (1993). The Organizational Basis of Industrial Accidents in Canada. Journal of Management Inquiry. 2(3). 238–252. 15 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P.. (1993). The Textual Approach: Risk and Blame in Disaster Sensemaking. Academy of Management Journal. 36(6). 1465–1514. 50 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P.. (1992). Sensemaking, communicative distortion and the logic of public inquiry legitimation. 6(2). 115–135. 39 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P.. (1991). Succession Sensemaking and Organizational Change: A Storyof a Deviant College President. Journal of Organizational Change Management. 4(3). 35–44. 38 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P. & Richard Wolfe. (1989). Qualitative Data Analysis: Three Microcomputer-Supported Approaches.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 1989(1). 382–386. 15 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P., et al.. (1989). Ethnostatistics: Qualitative Foundations for Quantitative Research.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 18(6). 962–962. 7 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P.. (1988). Ethnostatistics. 51 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P.. (1988). Ethnostatistics: Qualitative Foundations for Quantitative Research. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 53 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P.. (1986). Deconstructing the defense for quantification in social science: A content analysis of journal articles on the parametric strategy. Qualitative Sociology. 9(2). 126–144. 16 indexed citations
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Gephart, Robert P.. (1983). Multiple R, the “Parametric Strategy,” and Measurement Imprecision. Sociological Perspectives. 26(4). 473–500. 6 indexed citations

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