Russell A. Eisenstat

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Russell A. Eisenstat is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Russell A. Eisenstat has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Strategy and Management, 5 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 1 paper in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Russell A. Eisenstat's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (4 papers), Organizational Learning and Leadership (3 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (2 papers). Russell A. Eisenstat is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (4 papers), Organizational Learning and Leadership (3 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (2 papers). Russell A. Eisenstat collaborates with scholars based in United States and Sweden. Russell A. Eisenstat's co-authors include Michael Beer, Barbara S. Spector, Nathaniel Foote, Danny Miller, Jay R. Galbraith, Quentin M. Hope, Tobias Fredberg, Marion McCollom, Robert D. Felner and Flemming Norrgren and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Human Relations and California Management Review.

In The Last Decade

Russell A. Eisenstat

27 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Why change programs don't produce change. 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 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. Why change programs don't produce change.
    1991 694 citations Michael Beer, Russell A. Eisenstat et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Russell A. Eisenstat United States 16 877 807 434 246 201 28 2.0k
Bryan Borys United States 7 837 1.0× 1.2k 1.5× 671 1.5× 215 0.9× 145 0.7× 11 2.5k
Vicente Roca‐Puig Spain 19 675 0.8× 844 1.0× 545 1.3× 157 0.6× 170 0.8× 47 1.7k
Juan Carlos Bou Llusar Spain 23 812 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 672 1.5× 209 0.8× 277 1.4× 60 2.1k
David Ulrich United States 18 1.2k 1.4× 1.0k 1.3× 406 0.9× 107 0.4× 140 0.7× 29 2.6k
James Douglas Orton United States 7 589 0.7× 908 1.1× 410 0.9× 287 1.2× 150 0.7× 15 2.2k
Jos Benders Netherlands 25 773 0.9× 705 0.9× 724 1.7× 185 0.8× 127 0.6× 106 2.0k
Ana Belén Escrig Tena Spain 23 723 0.8× 1.0k 1.3× 770 1.8× 193 0.8× 277 1.4× 56 2.0k
Jacob Eskildsen Denmark 22 638 0.7× 574 0.7× 444 1.0× 127 0.5× 270 1.3× 61 1.7k
Diane L. Ferry United States 7 454 0.5× 537 0.7× 338 0.8× 194 0.8× 90 0.4× 16 1.5k
Inmaculada Beltrán Martín Spain 16 636 0.7× 738 0.9× 510 1.2× 130 0.5× 164 0.8× 33 1.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Henderson, Rebecca, et al.. (2014). Henry Schein: Doing Well by Doing Good?. 1 indexed citations
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Foote, Nathaniel, Russell A. Eisenstat, & Tobias Fredberg. (2011). The Higher Ambition Leader. Harvard business review. 89(9). 94. 5 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael, Russell A. Eisenstat, & Nathaniel Foote. (2009). High Commitment High Performance: How to Build A Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage. 81 indexed citations
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Fredberg, Tobias, Michael Beer, Russell A. Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, & Flemming Norrgren. (2008). Making it Happen: Leadership and the Practice of Strategy. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Fredberg, Tobias, Michael Beer, Russell A. Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, & Flemming Norrgren. (2008). Embracing Commitment and Performance: CEOs and Practices Used to Manage Paradox. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael & Russell A. Eisenstat. (2004). Cómo tener una conversación franca sobre una estrategia de negocios. Harvard business review. 82(2). 72–79. 2 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael & Russell A. Eisenstat. (2004). How to have an honest conversation about your business strategy.. PubMed. 82(2). 82–9, 123. 44 indexed citations
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Miller, Danny, Russell A. Eisenstat, & Nathaniel Foote. (2002). Strategy from the Inside Out. 3 indexed citations
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Miller, Danny, Russell A. Eisenstat, & Nathaniel Foote. (2002). Strategy from the inside Out: Building Capability-Creating Organizations. California Management Review. 44(3). 37–54. 97 indexed citations
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Eisenstat, Russell A., Nathaniel Foote, Jay R. Galbraith, & Danny Miller. (2001). Beyond the Business Unit. The McKinsey Quarterly. 54. 17 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael & Russell A. Eisenstat. (2000). The Silent Killers of Strategy Implementation and Learning. 321 indexed citations
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Eisenstat, Russell A.. (1996). What corporate human resources brings to the picnic: Four models for functional management. Organizational Dynamics. 25(2). 7–22. 36 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael & Russell A. Eisenstat. (1996). The Silent Killers: Overcoming the Hidden Barriers to Organizational Fitness. 3 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael & Russell A. Eisenstat. (1996). Developing an Organization Capable of Implementing Strategy and Learning. Human Relations. 49(5). 597–619. 126 indexed citations
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Eisenstat, Russell A., et al.. (1995). Strategic Change: A New Dimension of Human Resource Management. 9 indexed citations
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Eisenstat, Russell A.. (1993). Implementing strategy: Developing a partnership for change. Planning Review. 21(5). 33–36. 19 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael, Russell A. Eisenstat, & Barbara S. Spector. (1991). Why change programs don't produce change.. PubMed. 68(6). 158–66. 694 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beer, Michael, et al.. (1990). The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 248 indexed citations
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Beer, Michael, Russell A. Eisenstat, & Bert Spector. (1988). The Critical Path for Change: Keys to Success and Failure in Six Companies. 17 indexed citations
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DePaulo, Bella M., Robert Rosenthal, Susan H. Finkelstein, & Russell A. Eisenstat. (1979). The developmental priority of the evaluative dimension in perceptions of nonverbal cues. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 3(3). 164–171. 4 indexed citations

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