Thomas Maak

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas Maak is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Information Systems and Management and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Maak has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 13 papers in Information Systems and Management and 10 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Thomas Maak's work include Ethics in Business and Education (13 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (9 papers) and Workplace Spirituality and Leadership (6 papers). Thomas Maak is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in Business and Education (13 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (9 papers) and Workplace Spirituality and Leadership (6 papers). Thomas Maak collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Australia and Spain. Thomas Maak's co-authors include Nicola M. Pless, Günter K. Stahl, Christian Voegtlin, David A. Waldman, Atri Sengupta, Franz Wohlgezogen, Melissa Wheeler, Diana C. Robertson, Peter Ulrich and Howard Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management Studies and Academy of Management Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Maak

39 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Responsible Leadership in a Stakeholder Society – A Relational Perspective

2006 577 citations Thomas Maak, Nicola M. Pless Journal of Business Ethics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Maak Switzerland	21	1.4k	1.2k	729	570	438	41	3.0k
Nicola M. Pless Spain	19	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	670 0.9×	524 0.9×	390 0.9×	43	2.9k
Harry J. Van Buren United States	27	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	418 0.6×	361 0.6×	1.2k 2.8×	79	3.8k
Will Felps Australia	15	1.2k 0.9×	881 0.7×	612 0.8×	432 0.8×	808 1.8×	27	3.2k
I. M. Jawahar United States	32	1.7k 1.2×	672 0.5×	481 0.7×	286 0.5×	848 1.9×	91	3.7k
Benjamin B. Dunford United States	18	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	289 0.4×	383 0.7×	650 1.5×	43	3.5k
Carolyn P. Egri Canada	24	962 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	257 0.4×	794 1.4×	566 1.3×	72	2.9k
Susanne G. Scott United States	14	1.4k 1.0×	942 0.8×	212 0.3×	448 0.8×	621 1.4×	17	3.2k
Michelle Greenwood Australia	23	975 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	447 0.6×	623 1.1×	530 1.2×	73	2.6k
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld United States	23	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	320 0.4×	580 1.0×	582 1.3×	60	3.4k
Dusya Vera United States	23	1.8k 1.3×	2.4k 2.0×	257 0.4×	348 0.6×	532 1.2×	58	4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Maak

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Javed, Muzhar, Nicola M. Pless, David A. Waldman, et al.. (2024). What, When, and How of Responsible Leadership: Taking Stock of Eighteen Years of Research and a Future Agenda. Journal of Management Studies. 62(7). 3182–3219. 7 indexed citations

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Pless, Nicola M., Atri Sengupta, Melissa Wheeler, & Thomas Maak. (2021). Responsible Leadership and the Reflective CEO: Resolving Stakeholder Conflict by Imagining What Could be done. Journal of Business Ethics. 180(1). 313–337. 60 indexed citations

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Pless, Nicola M. & Thomas Maak. (2021). Responsible Leadership. 10 indexed citations

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Maak, Thomas, Nicola M. Pless, & Franz Wohlgezogen. (2021). The Fault Lines of Leadership: Lessons from the Global Covid-19 Crisis. Journal of Change Management. 21(1). 66–86. 51 indexed citations

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Pless, Nicola M., Thomas Maak, & Howard Harris. (2017). Art, Ethics and the Promotion of Human Dignity. Journal of Business Ethics. 144(2). 223–232. 30 indexed citations

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Pless, Nicola M., Thomas Maak, David A. Waldman, & Danni Wang. (2014). Development of a Measure of Responsible Leadership. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2014(1). 12973–12973. 5 indexed citations

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Eisenbeiß, Silke Astrid, Thomas Maak, & Nicola M. Pless. (2014). Leader Mindfulness and Ethical Decision Making. 3 indexed citations

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Pless, Nicola M., Thomas Maak, & David A. Waldman. (2012). Different Approaches Toward Doing the Right Thing: Mapping the Responsibility Orientations of Leaders. Academy of Management Perspectives. 26(4). 51–65. 180 indexed citations

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Pless, Nicola M. & Thomas Maak. (2012). Thinking about doing the right thing: Mapping the responsibility mindsets of leaders. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2012(1). 11179–11179. 2 indexed citations

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Pless, Nicola M., et al.. (2011). PROMOTING CSR AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAMS. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2011(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Pless, Nicola M. & Thomas Maak. (2011). Responsible Leadership: Pathways to the Future. Journal of Business Ethics. 98(S1). 3–13. 184 indexed citations

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Pless, Nicola M. & Thomas Maak. (2010). Desarrollando líderes globales responsables. Universia business review. 3(27). 56–69. 1 indexed citations

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Maak, Thomas & Nicola M. Pless. (2009). Business Leaders as Citizens of the World. Advancing Humanism on a Global Scale. Journal of Business Ethics. 88(3). 537–550. 126 indexed citations

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Maak, Thomas. (2009). The Cosmopolitical Corporation. Journal of Business Ethics. 84(S3). 361–372. 22 indexed citations

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Pless, Nicola M. & Thomas Maak. (2008). Responsible Leaders as Agents of World Benefit: Learnings from “Project Ulysses”. Journal of Business Ethics. 85(S1). 59–71. 44 indexed citations

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Maak, Thomas & Peter Ulrich. (2007). Integre Unternehmensführung : Ethisches Orientierungswissen für die Wirtschaftspraxis. Alexandria (UniSG) (University of St.Gallen). 21 indexed citations

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Maak, Thomas. (2007). Responsible Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement, and the Emergence of Social Capital. Journal of Business Ethics. 74(4). 329–343. 359 indexed citations

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Pless, Nicola M. & Thomas Maak. (2004). Building an Inclusive Diversity Culture: Principles, Processes and Practice. Journal of Business Ethics. 54(2). 129–147. 379 indexed citations

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Maak, Thomas, et al.. (2000). Weltwirtschaftsethik. Globalisierung auf dem Prüfstand der Lebensdienlichkeit. 1 indexed citations

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Maak, Thomas. (1999). Die Wirtschaft der Bürgergesellschaft. 7 indexed citations

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