Val Singh

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Val Singh is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Val Singh has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Gender Studies, 18 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 12 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Val Singh's work include Gender Diversity and Inequality (30 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (12 papers) and Family Business Performance and Succession (11 papers). Val Singh is often cited by papers focused on Gender Diversity and Inequality (30 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (12 papers) and Family Business Performance and Succession (11 papers). Val Singh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Val Singh's co-authors include Susan Vinnicombe, Siri Terjesen, Ruth Sealy, Sébastien Point, Savita Kumra, Phyl Johnson, Kim James, Doyin Atewologun, Deirdre Anderson and Andrés Dávila and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, The International Journal of Human Resource Management and Long Range Planning.

In The Last Decade

Val Singh

39 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Women Directors on Corporate Boards: A Review and Researc... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. Women Directors on Corporate Boards: A Review and Research Agenda
    2009 1.2k citations Siri Terjesen, Ruth Sealy et al. Corporate Governance An International Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Val Singh United Kingdom 26 2.7k 2.0k 1.4k 732 606 41 3.8k
Susan Vinnicombe United Kingdom 28 1.9k 0.7× 957 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 319 0.4× 690 1.1× 68 2.9k
María del Carmen Triana United States 24 1.6k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 591 0.8× 709 1.2× 62 2.9k
Christy Glass United States 24 1.7k 0.6× 872 0.4× 573 0.4× 627 0.9× 726 1.2× 76 2.7k
Ruth Sealy United Kingdom 16 1.5k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 654 0.5× 444 0.6× 318 0.5× 39 2.1k
Diana Bilimoria United States 28 1.6k 0.6× 726 0.4× 992 0.7× 277 0.4× 745 1.2× 91 3.1k
Ramona L. Paetzold United States 15 589 0.2× 1.1k 0.5× 750 0.6× 691 0.9× 413 0.7× 36 2.4k
Aaron Hill United States 23 472 0.2× 1.4k 0.7× 967 0.7× 1.4k 1.9× 481 0.8× 52 3.4k
Stella M. Nkomo South Africa 33 1.9k 0.7× 275 0.1× 1.4k 1.1× 328 0.4× 1.3k 2.1× 78 3.7k
Sean Dwyer United States 10 651 0.2× 425 0.2× 666 0.5× 402 0.5× 347 0.6× 14 1.7k
Jawad Syed United Kingdom 33 1.1k 0.4× 306 0.1× 686 0.5× 290 0.4× 1.4k 2.4× 136 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Val Singh

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Fields of papers citing papers by Val Singh

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Val Singh

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Val Singh. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Val Singh based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Val Singh. Val Singh is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Singh, Val & Susan Vinnicombe. (2011). Why So Few Women Directors in Top UK Boardrooms? Evidence and Theoretical \nExplanations. CERES (Cranfield University). 266 indexed citations
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Anderson, Deirdre, Susan Vinnicombe, & Val Singh. (2010). Women partners leaving the firm: choice, what choice?. Gender in Management An International Journal. 25(3). 170–183. 27 indexed citations
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Terjesen, Siri, Ruth Sealy, & Val Singh. (2009). Women Directors on Corporate Boards: A Review and Research Agenda. Corporate Governance An International Review. 17(3). 320–337. 1184 indexed citations breakdown →
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Singh, Val & Sébastien Point. (2009). Diversity statements for leveraging organizational legitimacy. Management international. 13(2). 23–34. 15 indexed citations
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Singh, Val, Siri Terjesen, & Susan Vinnicombe. (2008). Newly appointed directors in the boardroom:. European Management Journal. 26(1). 48–58. 393 indexed citations
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Singh, Val, Susan Vinnicombe, & Savita Kumra. (2006). Women in formal corporate networks: an organisational citizenship perspective. Women in Management Review. 21(6). 458–482. 70 indexed citations
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Singh, Val & Sébastien Point. (2006). (Re)Presentations of Gender and Ethnicity in Diversity Statements on European Company Websites. Journal of Business Ethics. 68(4). 363–379. 73 indexed citations
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Singh, Val & Susan Vinnicombe. (2004). Why So Few Women Directors in Top UK Boardrooms? Evidence and Theoretical Explanations. Corporate Governance An International Review. 12(4). 479–488. 48 indexed citations
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Singh, Val & Susan Vinnicombe. (2003). The 2002 female FTSE index and women directors. Women in Management Review. 18(7). 349–358. 65 indexed citations
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Point, Sébastien & Val Singh. (2003). Defining and Dimensionalising Diversity:. European Management Journal. 21(6). 750–761. 83 indexed citations
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Vinnicombe, Susan & Val Singh. (2002). Sex role stereotyping and requisites of successful top managers. Women in Management Review. 17(3/4). 120–130. 71 indexed citations
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Singh, Val, Savita Kumra, & Susan Vinnicombe. (2002). Gender and Impression Management: Playing the Promotion Game. Journal of Business Ethics. 37(1). 77–89. 151 indexed citations
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Singh, Val, et al.. (2002). Diversity management: Practices, strategy and measurement. CERES (Cranfield University). 1 indexed citations
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Singh, Val & Susan Vinnicombe. (2002). The 2002 Female FTSE Report: Women Directors moving Forward. CERES (Cranfield University). 3 indexed citations
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Singh, Val & Susan Vinnicombe. (2001). WOMEN DIRECTORS: SWIMMING, SINKING, OR NOT EVEN IN THE POOL? REPORT ON FEMALE DIRECTORS IN THE TOP 100 COMPANIES INDEX, 2001. 1 indexed citations
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Singh, Val & Susan Vinnicombe. (2001). Impression management, commitment and gender:. European Management Journal. 19(2). 183–194. 29 indexed citations
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Vinnicombe, Susan, et al.. (2001). Profiles of “successful managers” held by male and female banking managers across Europe. Women in Management Review. 16(3). 108–118. 17 indexed citations
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Singh, Val & Susan Vinnicombe. (2000). Gendered Meanings of Commitment from High Technology Engineering Managers in the United Kingdom and Sweden. Gender Work and Organization. 7(1). 1–19. 35 indexed citations
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Singh, Val & Susan Vinnicombe. (2000). What does “commitment” really mean?. Personnel Review. 29(2). 228–254. 52 indexed citations
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Singh, Val. (1998). Gender and managerial meanings of commitment in high tech engineering in the UK and Sweden. CERES (Cranfield University).

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