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Hierarchical Authority

Hierarchical Authority is a formal governance structure within bureaucratic organizations—situated under the broader topic of Power Distance—that designates asymmetric decision-making power and accountability relations across vertically ordered roles, where higher-level positions exercise legitimate control over subordinates in accordance with institutionalized rules and rank-based prerogatives.

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Orchestrating Innovation Networks

Charles Dhanaraj, Arvind Parkhe · Academy of Management Review · 2006 · 1.7K citations

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Authority, Control, and the Distribution of Earnings

Sherwin Rosen · The Bell Journal of Economics · 1982 · 1.3K citations

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Hierarchies and Bureaucracies: On the Role of Collusion in Organizations

The Journal of Law Economics and Organization · 1986 · 1.2K citations

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Big Questions in Public Network Management Research

Robert Agranoff, Michael McGuire · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory · 2001 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Reciprocity in international relations

Robert O. Keohane · International Organization · 1986 · 1K citations

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Authors

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  1. CL
    Corinne Lathrop Gilb

    Wayne State University, United States

    3 publications · 110 citations

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  2. LH
    Liesbet Hooghe

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    3 publications · 526 citations

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  3. AH
    Adrienne Héritier

    European University Institute, Italy

    3 publications · 603 citations

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  4. SK
    Sanjay K. Pandey

    George Washington University, United States

    3 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. JM
    John Moore

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 394 citations

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Institutions

240

  1. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    2K citations

  2. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    830 citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    699 citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    509 citations

  6. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    78 citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    2.5K citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 11 publications · 979 citations

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  2. Administrative Science Quarterly

    ASQ · 9 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Academy of Management Review

    AMR · 7 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

    JPART · 5 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Administration & Society

    AAS · 5 publications · 127 citations

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