OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Academy of Management Annals is 18. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Unpacking Errors in Organizations as Processes: Integrating Organizational Research and Operations Management Literature	167
Teamwork Under Adversity: An Integrative Review and Future Research Agenda	165
Reviews as Research: Steps in Developing Trustworthy Synthesis	157
Addressing the Flexible Use of Cognitive Flexibility Constructs: Toward a Multifaceted Approach	112
Reeling in the Slack: An Integrative Review to Reinstate Slack as a Central Theoretical Construct for Management Research	70
The Cogs and Wheels of Cultural Entrepreneurship: The Becoming of New Possibilities	69
The Translucent Hand of Managed Ecosystems: Engaging Communities for Value Creation and Capture	68
The Crowd Beyond Funders: An Integrative Review of and Research Agenda for Crowdfunding	67
Women in the C-Suite: A Review of Predictors, Experiences, and Outcomes	66
Nationalism and Contemporary Organizations: An Integrative Theoretical Framework and Agenda for Future Research	65
The Social Innovation Trap: Critical Insights into an Emerging Field	65
Debiasing the Literature on Executive Decision-Making Biases	60
Honest Behavior: Truth-Seeking, Belief-Speaking, and Fostering Understanding of the Truth in Others	58
Responding to the Emotions of Others at Work: A Review and Integrative Theoretical Framework for the Effects of Emotion-Response Strategies on Work-Related Outcomes	58
Work-Related Psychological Trauma Research: A Multidisciplinary Review and Integrated Trauma Response and Adaptation Model	56
Managing with Artificial Intelligence: An Integrative Framework	55
Decentralization in Organizations: A Revolution or a Mirage?	54
Bureaucracy for the 21st Century: Clarifying and Expanding Our View of Bureaucratic Organization	47
Understanding How People React to Change: A Domain of Uncertainty Approach	46
Catalyzing Action on Social and Environmental Challenges: An Integrative Review of Insider Social Change Agents	45
Another World Is Possible—It Is Already Here: A Review and Research Agenda on Alternative Organizing	43
Categorizing Concepts and Phenomena in Management Research: A Four-Phase Integrative Review and Recommendations	43
Creating New Industries: The Generative Role of Heterogeneous Actors	39
Legal and Regulatory Entrepreneurship: A Review of Organizational Tactics and Their Consequences for Organizations and the Law	38
Community Inside and Out: Moving Community Front and Center in Management Research	37

Large Language Models as Tools for Integrative Reviews	37
Shareholder Activism Research: A System-Level View	36
A Return to the Foundations of Social Information Processing Theory	36
Atypicality: Toward an Integrative Framework in Organizational and Market Settings	36
Thinking in Systems: From Ceremonial to Meaningful Use of Systems Perspectives in Organization and Management Research	36
An Intellectual History of Institutional Theory: Looking Back to Move Forward	34
Entrepreneurial Pitching: A Critical Review and Integrative Framework	34
Narrative Affordances: What Stories Can and Cannot Do	34
Heuristics in Organizations: Toward an Integrative Process Model	34
Necessity Entrepreneurship	33
A Strategic View of Team Learning in Organizations	33
Incentive Effects on Ethics	31
Missed Connections Between the Leadership and Work–Life Fields: Work–Life Supportive Leadership for a Dual Agenda	30
Mental Health and Mental Illness in Organizations: A Review, Comparison, and Extension	28
The Evolution of Technology	27
Theorizing about the Implications of Multiplexity: An Integrative Typology	24
Leadership Styles: A Comprehensive Assessment and Way Forward	23
Unpacking “Ideas” in Creative Work: A Multidisciplinary Review	22
The Aesthetic Dimension of Organizing: A Review and Research Agenda	22
Technology Use for Nonwork Purposes at Work: A Behavior-Focused Integrative Review	20
Pushing Back Against Power: Using a Multilevel Power Lens to Understand Intersectionality in the Workplace	20
Organizations as Artificial Intelligences: The Use of Artificial Intelligence Analogies in Organization Theory	20
Personal Growth in Organizations: A Review and Integrative Theoretical Framework	19
Individual-Centered Interventions: Identifying What, How, and Why Interventions Work in Organizational Contexts	19
An Integrative Review of Management Research on Caste: Broadening Our Horizons	19
Strategic Alliance Outcomes: Consolidation and New Directions	18
Ecologies of Memories: Memory Work Within and Between Organizations and Communities	18