Authority

Authority is a relational power structure in which legitimate control is vested in an agent or institution by recognized norms or laws, distinguishing it from mere coercion through its accepted right to command and expect compliance within a defined domain.

Publications

413.4K

Citations

6.1K

Authors

1.4K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

704

Variants

Scope Of Authority

Parents

Adaptive LeadershipAgency LawAgency TheoryAncient ReligionCentral Banking LawComparative ReligionContract TheoryEthical LeadershipEthics In Educational LeadershipExecutive Power

Children

Bureaucratic AuthorityExpert AuthorityInformal AuthorityLegal-rational AuthorityPrivate Authority

Publications

Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action

Barry C. Field · Land Economics · 1992 · 19.2K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Public Policy, Sociology +10

The Theory of Social and Economic Organization.

Gottfried Salomon Delatour, Max Weber, A. M. Henderson et al. · American Sociological Review · 1948 · 11.5K citations

Social Sciences, Organization Studies, Philosophy +15

The Subject and Power

Michel Foucault · Critical Inquiry · 1982 · 5.8K citations

Humanities, Political Science, Feminist Theory +7

Current patterns of parental authority.

Diana Baumrind · Developmental Psychology · 1971 · 5.1K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Social Psychology, Sociology +13

The External Control of Organizations.

Jarlath Benson, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Gerald R. Salancik · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1978 · 5.1K citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +11

1–5 of 5K

Authors

6.1K

TR
Tom R. Tyler
New York University, United States
20 publications · 4.9K citations
18
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SC
Stewart Clegg
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
13 publications · 2.1K citations
13
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RB
Reinhard Bendix
University of California, Berkeley, United States
14 publications · 2.9K citations
13
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AJ
A. John Simmons
University of Virginia, United States
8 publications · 506 citations
8
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MZ
Michael Zürn
WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany
8 publications · 1.1K citations
8
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1–5 of 6.1K

Institutions

1.4K

1–8 of 1.4K

Venues

Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 174 publications · 27.2K citations
72
h-index
The American Historical Review
AHR · 68 publications · 6K citations
43
h-index
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
70 publications · 10.3K citations
42
h-index
American Political Science Review
50 publications · 10.8K citations
31
h-index
American Sociological Review
ASR · 52 publications · 16K citations
31
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