OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Management Reviews is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
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The dark side of leadership: A systematic review of creativity and innovation	143
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Career success and geographical location: A systematic review and future research agenda	93
Hybrid organization deconstructed: A bibliographic investigation into the origins, development, and future of the research domain	92
Interactional governing activities: A novel perspective on how actors co‐develop field governance	90
Issue information	85
Tensions as a framework for managing work in collaborative workplaces: A review of the empirical studies	79
The physical office work environment and employee wellbeing: Current state of research and future research agenda	76
The attention‐based view: Review and conceptual extension towards situated attention	73
Putting humour to work: To make sense of and constitute organizations	72
Pathways to social value and social change: An integrative review of the social entrepreneurship literature	66
The good, the bad and the evil: A unified conceptualization of negative leadership behaviour	61
Innovative conceptual contributions—Raising the game for theory‐driven reviews	61
The role of emotions during mergers and acquisitions: A review of the past and a glimpse into the future	60
Divide and conquer: Relating patent quality and value in a conceptual framework based on a systematic review	59
Board governance of Strategic Change: An assessment of the literature and avenues for future research	43
Issue information	41
Challenging the ‘dirty worker’—‘clean client’ dichotomy: Conceptualizing worker‐client relations in dirty work	40
Embracing the paradox of customer experiences in the hospitality and tourism industry	39
How workers meet new expertise needs throughout their careers: An integrative review revealing a dynamic process model of flexpertise	37
A review of the physical context of creativity: A three‐dimensional framework for investigating the physical context of creativity	33
Examining the Ability, Motivation and Opportunity (AMO) framework in HRM research: Conceptualization, measurement and interactions	29
Strategy in the digitalization era	29
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Alliance management capabilities in sustainability‐oriented collaboration: Problematization and new research directions	25
Using review articles to address societal grand challenges	24
Employee green behaviour: A review and recommendations for future research	24
The evolution of employee engagement: Towards a social and contextual construct for balancing individual performance and wellbeing dynamically	23
Putting the individual and context back into national human resource development research: A systematic review and research agenda	22
Issue information	22
Reflecting back and looking forward: A systematic literature review of SME–university collaborations	21
One name for two concepts: A systematic literature review about meta‐organizations	19
Nurses’ well‐being and implications for human resource management: A systematic literature review	18
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Mapping women's involvement in family firms: A review based on bibliographic coupling analysis	16
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Digital ecosystems and their impact on organizations—A dynamic capabilities approach	16
The panopticon, an emblematic concept in management and organization studies: Heaven or hell?	15
Disentangling the ‘digital’: A critical review of information technology capabilities, information technology–enabled capabilities and digital capabilities in business research	15
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Open strategy and digital transformation: A framework and future research agenda	14
Design in entrepreneurship: Unveiling multiple interpretations and philosophical underpinnings	14
What is (and is not) stakeholder dialogue in CSR? A review and research agenda	14
Dogmatic, instrumental and paradoxical frames: A pragmatic research framework for studying organizational sustainability	14
Guidelines for Bibliometric‐Systematic Literature Reviews: 10 steps to combine analysis, synthesis and theory development	13
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Issue information	12
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A century of labour turnover research: A systematic literature review	11
Acknowledging the Contribution of Reviewers	11
Traduttore, traditore? Gains and losses from the translation of the economies of worth	11
Design science in operations management: A review and synthesis of the literature	10
Explaining differences in internationalization between emerging and developed economy born global firms: A systematic literature review and the way forward	10
Corruption dynamics: Integrating structure, agency and institutional logics across contexts	10
A paradox‐constitutive perspective of organizational gossip	10
Relational dynamics in information technology outsourcing: An integrative review and future research directions	10
Conceptualising SME brand co‐creation	10
Evaluating definitions of social entrepreneurship: A rulebook from the philosophy of science	9
Digital‐sustainable business models: Definition, systematic literature review, integrative framework and research agenda from a strategic management perspective	8
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Dynamic capabilities measurement safari: A roadmap	7
Issue information	7
Absolute autonomy, respectful recognition and derived dignity: Towards a typology of meaningful work	7
Acknowledging the Contribution of Reviewers	7
A meme‐based research programme for management and organization studies	7
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How can research contribute to the implementation of sustainable development goals? An interpretive review of SDG literature in management	6
Linking individuals’ resources with (perceived) sustainable employability: Perspectives from conservation of resources and social information processing theory	6
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Advancing literature review methodology through rigour, generativity, scope and transparency	5
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Future‐proofing IJMR as a leading management journal: Reach, relevance and reputation	5

Towards a heuristic view of managerial heuristics: Integrating divergent perspectives	4
Uncovering the impact of digital technologies on strategising: Evidence from a systematic literature review	4
Issue information	4
Acknowledging the Contribution of Reviewers	4
Managing the external financing constraints of social enterprises: A systematic review of a diversified research landscape	4
Issue information	4