W. Richard Scott

41.8k total citations · 18 hit papers
117 papers, 28.0k citations indexed

About

W. Richard Scott is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Richard Scott has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 28.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 20 papers in Strategy and Management and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in W. Richard Scott's work include Management and Organizational Studies (24 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (11 papers) and Construction Project Management and Performance (8 papers). W. Richard Scott is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (24 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (11 papers) and Construction Project Management and Performance (8 papers). W. Richard Scott collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Finland. W. Richard Scott's co-authors include Rita Braito, Peter V. Marsden, M. Tina Dacin, John W. Meyer, Janice M. Beyer, Martin Ruef, David L. Clark, Jerry Goodstein, Gerald F. Davis and Henry M. Levin and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

W. Richard Scott

112 papers receiving 24.6k citations

Hit Papers

Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems 1962 2026 1983 2004 1988 1996 1987 2008 2007 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems
    1988 3.5k citations Rita Braito, W. Richard Scott Teaching Sociology profile →
  2. Institutions and Organizations.
    1996 2.5k citations W. Richard Scott et al. profile →
  3. The Adolescence of Institutional Theory
    1987 2.4k citations W. Richard Scott Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  4. Institutions and Organizations: Ideas and Interests
    2008 1.9k citations W. Richard Scott Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) profile →
  5. Institutions and Organizations: Ideas, Interests, and Identities
    2007 1.9k citations W. Richard Scott Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  6. Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems.
    1984 1.4k citations W. Richard Scott et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  7. Institutions and Organizations.
    1997 1.4k citations W. Richard Scott et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  8. Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality.
    1985 1.1k citations John W. Meyer, W. Richard Scott et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  9. Institutional Theory and Institutional Change: Introduction to the Special Research Forum
    2002 1.0k citations W. Richard Scott et al. profile →
  10. Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality
    1984 860 citations John W. Meyer, W. Richard Scott et al. profile →
  11. A Multidimensional Model of Organizational Legitimacy: Hospital Survival in Changing Institutional Environments
    1998 800 citations W. Richard Scott et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  12. Approaching adulthood: the maturing of institutional theory
    2008 784 citations W. Richard Scott Theory and Society profile →
  13. Institutional Environments and Organizations: Structural Complexity and Individualism
    1994 696 citations W. Richard Scott, John W. Meyer et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  14. Organizations and Organizing: Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives
    2006 667 citations W. Richard Scott et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  15. Formal Organizations: A Comparative Approach
    1962 587 citations W. Richard Scott et al. profile →
  16. The Organizational Life Cycle
    1981 533 citations W. Richard Scott profile →
  17. Lords of the Dance: Professionals as Institutional Agents
    2008 526 citations W. Richard Scott profile →
  18. The construct of institutional distance through the lens of different institutional perspectives: Review, analysis, and recommendations
    2019 264 citations W. Richard Scott et al. profile →

Peers

W. Richard Scott
Comparison fields: 5 of 182
  • Strategy and Management 10.1k
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8.0k
  • Sociology and Political Science 6.5k
  • Accounting 3.6k
  • Economics and Econometrics 3.2k
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Brian Rowan United States
John W. Meyer United States
Henry Mintzberg Canada
Gerald R. Salancik United States
Barry M. Staw United States
Andrew H. Van de Ven United States
Dennis A. Gioia United States
Karl E. Weick United States
Andrew Pettigrew United Kingdom
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
Imitation and adaptation: lessons from a case study of a metro rail project in India
2019 ·Construction Management and Economics ·(unknown), Ashwin Mahalingam, W. Richard Scott
4
2
(Re)defining public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the new public governance (NPG) paradigm: an institutional maturity perspective
2019 ·Public Management Review ·Carter B. Casady, Kent Eriksson, Raymond E. Levitt, W. Richard Scott
133
3
Why Learner-Centered New Faculty Orientations Matter: Organizational Culture and Faculty Retention.
2016 ·˜The œjournal of faculty development ·W. Richard Scott, Daisy Lemus, (unknown), Janet S. Oh
9
4
Embedding the Examination of Multilevel Factors in an Organization Field Context
2012 ·JNCI Monographs ·W. Richard Scott
13
5
Global Projects
2011 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·W. Richard Scott, Raymond E. Levitt, Ryan J. Orr, Doug McAdam, Ashwin Mahalingam, Amy Javernick‐Will, (unknown), Witold J. Henisz, (unknown)
97
6
Learning Centered Universities: The Changing Face of Higher Education
2009 ·˜The œjournal of faculty development ·W. Richard Scott, (unknown), (unknown)
6
7
Between Movement and Establishment: Organizations Advocating for Youth
2009 ·Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin, W. Richard Scott, Sarah N. Deschenes, (unknown), (unknown)
17
8
Institutions and Organizations: Ideas and Interests breakdown →
2008 ·Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) ·W. Richard Scott
1948
9
Approaching adulthood: the maturing of institutional theory breakdown →
2008 ·Theory and Society ·W. Richard Scott
784
10
Organizaciones: características duraderas y cambiantes
2005 ·Gestión y Política Pública ·W. Richard Scott
4
11
The institutional construction of organizations : international and longitudinal studies
1995 ·SAGE Publications eBooks ·W. Richard Scott, Søren Christensen
206
12
Institutional Environments and Organizations: Structural Complexity and Individualism breakdown →
1994 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·W. Richard Scott, John W. Meyer, John Boli
696
13
Innovation in Medical Care Organizations: A Synthetic Review
1990 ·Medical Care Review ·W. Richard Scott
60
14
The Structuring of Organizations and of Issues
1989 ·Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews ·W. Richard Scott, Edward O. Laumann, David Knoke
1
15
Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems breakdown →
1988 ·Teaching Sociology ·Rita Braito, W. Richard Scott
3499
16
The Adolescence of Institutional Theory breakdown →
1987 ·Administrative Science Quarterly ·W. Richard Scott
2410
17
Hospital Structure and Performance
1987 ·Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks ·Ann Barry Flood, W. Richard Scott
112
18
Technology and the Structure of Subunits: Distinguishing Individual and Workgroup Effects
1977 ·Administrative Science Quarterly ·(unknown), W. Richard Scott
126
19
Reactions to Supervision in a Heteronomous Professional Organization
1965 ·Administrative Science Quarterly ·W. Richard Scott
179
20
Public Leadership: A Critical Review with Special Reference to Adult Education.
1961 ·American Sociological Review ·W. Richard Scott, Wendell Bell, Richard J. Hill, Charles R. Wright
4

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