Organization Theory Publications

Publications in Organization Theory

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Organization Theory

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	Year	Citations
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling Journal of Financial Economics Agency CostsManagerial AspectOwnership StructureFirm PerformanceFirm Theory	1976	69.2K
The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields Paul DiMaggio, Walter W. Powell American Sociological Review Resource CentralizationCollective RationalityOrganizational CultureOrganization ScienceIndustrial Organization	1983	34.2K
Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony John W. Meyer, Brian Rowan American Journal of Sociology BureaucracyRationalized Institutional RulesOrganizational CommunicationOrganizational StructureFormal Institution	1977	26.5K
Theory Building From Cases: Opportunities And Challenges Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Melissa E. Graebner Academy of Management Journal Empirical Case StudyCase StudiesCase ConceptualizationCase-based ReasoningDesign	2007	15.6K
Toward a knowledge‐based theory of the firm Robert M. Grant Strategic Management Journal Knowledge‐based TheoryKnowledge CreationEducationOrganizational BehaviorKnowledge Management Strategy	1996	15.3K
The Social Psychology of Organizations. J. Richard Hackman, Daniel Katz, Robert L. Kahn Administrative Science Quarterly Organizational CommunicationSocial OrganizationSocial PsychologyManagementOrganization Theory	1979	12.4K
Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Tove Helland Hammer, John F. Anderson, Michael A. Gurdon, Administrative Science Quarterly Business CommunitiesWork AttitudeWorkplace PsychologyEmployee AttitudeMethodological Issues	1977	12.1K
The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups. Sidney C. Sufrin, Mancur Olson Industrial and Labor Relations Review Social ActionPublic PolicyCollective Action ProblemCollective ActionOrganization Theory	1966	11.8K
The Theory of Social and Economic Organization. Gottfried Salomon Delatour, Max Weber, A. M. Henderson, American Sociological Review Organizational StructureClassical SociologySocial OrganizationIndividual QualitiesSociology	1948	11.5K
Research in Organizational Behavior. A. J. Grimes, L. L. Cummings, Barry M. Staw Administrative Science Quarterly Behavioral SciencesManagementOrganization TheoryBusinessBehavioral Aspect	1986	11.2K
Organizational Culture and Leadership William G. Tierney, Edgar H. Schein Academy of Management Review CultureOrganizational CommunicationBusiness CultureManagementOrganization Theory	1986	9.7K
The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective H. Joseph Reitz, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Gerald R. Salancik Academy of Management Review Control EnvironmentOrganizationsOrganizational StructureOrganizational PolicyOrganization-environment Relationship	1979	9.4K

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