William Foote Whyte

11.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
185 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

William Foote Whyte is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and History. According to data from OpenAlex, William Foote Whyte has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Education and 12 papers in History. Recurrent topics in William Foote Whyte's work include Labor Movements and Unions (8 papers), Cooperative Studies and Economics (7 papers) and Participatory Visual Research Methods (6 papers). William Foote Whyte is often cited by papers focused on Labor Movements and Unions (8 papers), Cooperative Studies and Economics (7 papers) and Participatory Visual Research Methods (6 papers). William Foote Whyte collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. William Foote Whyte's co-authors include Davydd J. Greenwood, Kathleen King Whyte, Ira Harkavy, Philip H. Coombs, Manzoor Ahmed, Peter Lazes, Rosalie H. Wax, John Dean, Edward Hall and Mary Ann McGrath and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Administrative Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

William Foote Whyte

173 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Participatory Action Research

1991 704 citations William Foote Whyte profile →
Attacking Rural Poverty: How Nonformal Education Can Help

1975 330 citations William Foote Whyte et al. profile →
Doing Fieldwork: Warnings and Advice.

1972 208 citations William Foote Whyte et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Foote Whyte United States	27	1.6k	748	715	605	418	185	4.6k
Davydd J. Greenwood United States	21	1.3k 0.8×	927 1.2×	771 1.1×	564 0.9×	434 1.0×	75	4.4k
Robert Philip Weber United States	11	1.4k 0.9×	879 1.2×	570 0.8×	625 1.0×	789 1.9×	22	5.3k
Frederick C. Gamst United States	10	2.8k 1.7×	439 0.6×	500 0.7×	548 0.9×	622 1.5×	29	5.3k
R. Dale Wilson United States	16	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	420 0.6×	523 0.9×	400 1.0×	29	4.6k
Aarón V. Cicourel United States	26	2.4k 1.5×	635 0.8×	460 0.6×	472 0.8×	232 0.6×	91	5.5k
Charles H. Powers United States	8	2.7k 1.7×	568 0.8×	400 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	744 1.8×	15	6.3k
Howard L. Parsons United States	7	1.9k 1.2×	859 1.1×	308 0.4×	626 1.0×	342 0.8×	43	4.9k
John Lofland United States	19	3.0k 1.9×	953 1.3×	944 1.3×	441 0.7×	224 0.5×	57	6.3k
Yanyi K. Djamba United States	12	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 1.5×	721 1.0×	389 0.6×	467 1.1×	34	6.0k
Thomas McCarthy United States	19	2.7k 1.7×	960 1.3×	452 0.6×	489 0.8×	313 0.7×	44	6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by William Foote Whyte

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Foote Whyte

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Foote Whyte

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Foote Whyte. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Foote Whyte 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 William Foote Whyte. William Foote Whyte is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Whyte, William Foote. (2024). The British Academy’s home at 10–11 Carlton House Terrace: a history. Journal of the British Academy. 12. 0–0. 1 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote. (2006). Oxford Jackson. 4 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote. (2002). Great Deaths: Grieving, Religion, and Nationhood in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. The English Historical Review. 117(474). 1287–1289. 18 indexed citations

4.

Whyte, William Foote. (1994). Participant Observer. Cornell University Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote. (1991). Participatory Action Research. 704 indexed citations breakdown →

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Whyte, William Foote. (1989). Value of Joint Programs Underestimated. eCommons (Cornell University). 1(14). 2.

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Diebold, William, William Foote Whyte, & Kathleen King Whyte. (1988). Making Mondragón: The Growth and Dynamics of the Worker Cooperative Complex. Foreign Affairs. 67(2). 190–190. 19 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote & Kathleen King Whyte. (1984). Learning From The Field: A Guide From Experience. Swarthmore College Works (Swarthmore College Libraries). 221 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote. (1982). Social Inventions for Solving Human Problems. American Sociological Review. 47(1). 1–1. 3 indexed citations

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Blasi, Joseph & William Foote Whyte. (1981). WORKER OWNERSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY. Policy Studies Journal. 10(2). 320–337. 5 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote, et al.. (1978). Worker Participation: A Critique of the Literature and Some Fresh Evidence.. Administrative Science Quarterly. 23(1). 171–171. 44 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote, et al.. (1973). Action research for management. 28 indexed citations

13.

Whyte, William Foote. (1973). El mito del campesino pasivo : la dinámica del cambio en el Perú rural. 3 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote, et al.. (1970). Un ensayo de integración de la población campesina : el caso de Kuyo Chico (Cuzco). 1 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote, et al.. (1969). Dominación y cambios en el Perú rural : la micro-región del Valle de Chancay. 1 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote. (1969). Programming Human Relations in Food Facilities Planning. Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly. 10(1). 82–86. 1 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote, et al.. (1968). Little Italy : uno slum italo-americano. Laterza eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote, et al.. (1967). Enterprise in Latin America: Business Attitudes in a Developing Economy.. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 20(3). 525–525. 5 indexed citations

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Whyte, William Foote. (1961). Algunos Problemas Humanos del Desarrollo Industrial. Revista Mexicana de Sociología. 23(3). 785–796.

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Whyte, William Foote. (1956). On Asking Indirect Questions. Human Organization. 15(4). 21–23. 5 indexed citations

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