Management Fashion

Diffusion in Organizations and Social Movements: From Hybrid Corn to Poison Pills

Strang, D., & Soule, S. A. (1998) · Annual Review of Sociology · doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.24.1.265 · Cited by 1,698

An examination of the mediating role of psychological empowerment on the relations between the job, interpersonal relationships, and work outcomes.

Liden, R. C., Wayne, S. J., & Sparrowe, R. T. (2000) · Journal of Applied Psychology · doi:10.1037/0021-9010.85.3.407 · Cited by 1,451

Research in social entrepreneurship: past contributions and future opportunities

Short, J. C., Moss, T. W., & Lumpkin, G. T. (2009) · Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal · doi:10.1002/sej.69 · Cited by 1,334

The legitimacy of social enterprise

Dart, R. (2004) · Nonprofit Management and Leadership · doi:10.1002/nml.43 · Cited by 1,099

Digital Innovation as a Fundamental and Powerful Concept in the Information Systems Curriculum1

Fichman, R. G., Santos, B. L. D., & Zheng, Z. (2014) · MIS Quarterly · doi:10.25300/misq/2014/38.2.01 · Cited by 1,002

Generational Differences in Work Values: A Review of Theory and Evidence

Parry, E., & Urwin, P. (2011) · International Journal of Management Reviews · doi:10.1111/j.1468-2370.2010.00285.x · Cited by 879

A World of Standards

Brunsson, N., & Jacobsson, B. (2002) · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199256952.001.0001 · Cited by 736

Outside directors and firm performance during institutional transitions

Peng, M. W. (2004) · Strategic Management Journal · doi:10.1002/smj.390 · Cited by 719

Doing Design Thinking: Conceptual Review, Synthesis, and Research Agenda

Micheli, P. G., Wilner, S. J. S., Bhatti, S. H., Mura, M., & Beverland, M. B. (2018) · Journal of Product Innovation Management · doi:10.1111/jpim.12466 · Cited by 871

The Production of Culture Perspective

Peterson, R. A., & Anand, N. (2004) · Annual Review of Sociology · doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.30.012703.110557 · Cited by 703

Rhetoric and Myth in Management Fashion

Kieser, A. (1997) · Organization · doi:10.1177/135050849741004 · Cited by 627

The Work of Strategizing and Organizing: For a Practice Perspective

Whittington, R. (2003) · Strategic Organization · doi:10.1177/147612700311006 · Cited by 630

Reflections: our Journey in Organizational Change Research and Practice

Armenakis, A. A., & Harris, S. G. (2009) · Journal of Change Management · doi:10.1080/14697010902879079 · Cited by 546

Demand chain management in manufacturing and services: web‐based integration, drivers and performance

Frohlich, M. T., & Westbrook, R. (2002) · Journal of Operations Management · doi:10.1016/s0272-6963(02)00037-2 · Cited by 534

Optimal distinctiveness: Broadening the interface between institutional theory and strategic management

Zhao, E. Y., Fisher, G., Lounsbury, M. D., & Miller, D. (2016) · Strategic Management Journal · doi:10.1002/smj.2589 · Cited by 533

Sustainability accounting for companies: Catchphrase or decision support for business leaders?

Schaltegger, S., & Burritt, R. L. (2010) · Journal of World Business · doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2009.08.002 · Cited by 519

What's in a Fashion? Interpretative Viability and Management Fashions

Benders, J., & van Veen, K. (2001) · Organization · doi:10.1177/135050840181003 · Cited by 503

Empowerment—Fad or Fab? A Multilevel Review of the Past Two Decades of Research

Maynard, M. T., Gilson, L. L., & Mathieu, J. E. (2012) · Journal of Management · doi:10.1177/0149206312438773 · Cited by 529

The Disruptive Nature of Information Technology Innovations: The Case of Internet Computing in Systems Development Organizations1, 2

Lyytinen, K., & Rose, G. M. (2003) · MIS Quarterly · doi:10.2307/30036549 · Cited by 490

ISO 9001 and ISO 14001: Towards a Research Agenda on Management System Standards*

Saizarbitoria, I. H., & Boiral, O. (2012) · International Journal of Management Reviews · doi:10.1111/j.1468-2370.2012.00334.x · Cited by 490

Boundaryless Careers: Bringing Back Boundaries

Inkson, K., Gunz, H. P., Ganesh, S., & Roper, J. (2012) · Organization Studies · doi:10.1177/0170840611435600 · Cited by 441

Organizational Change Recipients' Beliefs Scale: Development of an Assessment Instrument

Armenakis, A. A., Bernerth, J. B., Pitts, J. P., & Walker, H. J. (2007) · The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science · doi:10.1177/0021886307303654 · Cited by 386

The Lean Startup Framework: Closing the Academic–Practitioner Divide

Shepherd, D. A., & Gruber, M. (2021) · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice · doi:10.1177/1042258719899415 · Cited by 459

Small-Business Owner-Managers’ Perceptions of Business Ethics and CSR-Related Concepts

Fassin, Y., Rossem, A. V., & Buelens, M. (2010) · Journal of Business Ethics · doi:10.1007/s10551-010-0586-y · Cited by 378

Performance Management in the Public Sector: The Ultimate Challenge

Arnaboldi, M., Lapsley, I., & Steccolini, I. (2015) · Financial Accountability and Management · doi:10.1111/faam.12049 · Cited by 417

Lean, six sigma and lean sigma: fads or real process improvement methods?

Näslund, D. (2008) · Business Process Management Journal · doi:10.1108/14637150810876634 · Cited by 359

Achieving competitive advantage through implementing a replicable management standard: Installing and using ISO 9000

Naveh, E., & Marcus, A. A. (2005) · Journal of Operations Management · doi:10.1016/j.jom.2005.01.004 · Cited by 361

Organizations' engagement with sustainable development goals: From cherry‐picking to SDG‐washing?

Saizarbitoria, I. H., Urbieta, L., & Boiral, O. (2021) · Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management · doi:10.1002/csr.2202 · Cited by 351

Linking Empowering Leadership to Job Satisfaction, Work Effort, and Creativity

Amundsen, S., & Martinsen, Ø. L. (2015) · Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies · doi:10.1177/1548051814565819 · Cited by 435

The Nixon-in-China Effect: Activism, Imitation, and the Institutionalization of Contentious Practices

Briscoe, F., & Safford, S. (2008) · Administrative Science Quarterly · doi:10.2189/asqu.53.3.460 · Cited by 335

Selecting publication keywords for domain analysis in bibliometrics: A comparison of three methods

Guo, C. G., & Xiao, L. (2016) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2016.01.006 · Cited by 372

Footnotes to Research on Management Innovation

Damanpour, F. (2014) · Organization Studies · doi:10.1177/0170840614539312 · Cited by 320

Chasing the Hottest IT: Effects of Information Technology Fashion on Organizations1

Wang, P. (2010) · MIS Quarterly · doi:10.2307/20721415 · Cited by 300

In pursuit of implementation patterns: the context of Lean and Six Sigma

Shah, R., Chandrasekaran, A., & Linderman, K. (2008) · International Journal of Production Research · doi:10.1080/00207540802230504 · Cited by 296

Strategies as Discursive Constructions: The Case of Airline Alliances

Vaara, E., Kleymann, B., & Seristö, H. (2003) · Journal of Management Studies · doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2004.00419.x · Cited by 282

History in Organization and Management Theory: More Than Meets the Eye

Kipping, M., & Üsdiken, B. (2014) · Academy of Management Annals · doi:10.5465/19416520.2014.911579 · Cited by 280

Discourses of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: Trenchant Formulations or Transient Fashions?

Oswick, C., & Noon, M. (2014) · British Journal of Management · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8551.2012.00830.x · Cited by 224

Discourse ethics and social accountability: The ethics of SA 8000

Gilbert, D. U., & Rasche, A. (2007) · Business Ethics Quarterly · doi:10.5840/beq200717230 · Cited by 270

That’s Relevant! Different Forms of Practical Relevance in Management Science

Nicolai, A. T., & Seidl, D. N. (2010) · Organization Studies · doi:10.1177/0170840610374401 · Cited by 271

Knowledge Transfer as Translation: Review and Elements of an Instrumental Theory

Røvik, K. A. (2016) · International Journal of Management Reviews · doi:10.1111/ijmr.12097 · Cited by 303

Dashboards as a Service: Why, What, How, and What Research Is Needed?

Pauwels, K., Ambler, T., Clark, B. H., LaPointe, P., Reibstein, D., Skiera, B., Wierenga, B., & Wiesel, T. (2009) · Journal of Service Research · doi:10.1177/1094670509344213 · Cited by 257

Elusive boundaries, power relations, and knowledge production: A systematic review of the literature on digitalization in accounting

Knudsen, D.-R. (2020) · International Journal of Accounting Information Systems · doi:10.1016/j.accinf.2019.100441 · Cited by 322

Talent management as a management fashion in HRD: towards a research agenda

Iles, P., Preece, D., & Chuai, X. (2010) · Human Resource Development International · doi:10.1080/13678861003703666 · Cited by 259

Knowledge management practices within a knowledge‐intensive firm: the significance of the people management dimension

Robertson, M., & Hammersley, G. O. (2000) · Journal of European Industrial Training · doi:10.1108/03090590010321205 · Cited by 239

Strategy after modernism: recovering practice

Whittington, R. (2004) · European Management Review · doi:10.1057/palgrave.emr.1500006 · Cited by 236

General Strategy Concepts and the Ecology of Strategy Discourses: A Systemic-Discursive Perspective

Seidl, D. N. (2006) · Organization Studies · doi:10.1177/0170840606067994 · Cited by 232

Generations and Generational Differences: Debunking Myths in Organizational Science and Practice and Paving New Paths Forward

Rudolph, C. W., Rauvola, R. S., Costanza, D. P., & Zacher, H. (2020) · Journal of Business and Psychology · doi:10.1007/s10869-020-09715-2 · Cited by 347

Modelling the impact of ISO 14001 on environmental performance: A comparative approach

Boiral, O., & Henri, J. (2012) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.01.007 · Cited by 234

The many moods of inter‐organizational imitation: A critical review

Ordanini, A., Rubera, G., & DeFillippi, R. (2008) · International Journal of Management Reviews · doi:10.1111/j.1468-2370.2008.00233.x · Cited by 225

What's in a name.com?: The effects of ‘.com’ name changes on stock prices and trading activity

Lee, P. M. (2001) · Strategic Management Journal · doi:10.1002/smj.177 · Cited by 210

Making the Business School More ‘Critical’: Reflexive Critique Based on Phronesis as a Foundation for Impact

Antonacopoulou, E. P. (2010) · British Journal of Management · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00679.x · Cited by 219

Sociology of Fashion: Order and Change

Aspers, P., & Godart, F. C. (2013) · Annual Review of Sociology · doi:10.1146/annurev-soc-071811-145526 · Cited by 215

Distinguishing Adoption and Entrenchment of Management Practices: A Framework for Analysis

Zeitz, G., Mittal, V., & McAulay, B. J. (1999) · Organization Studies · doi:10.1177/0170840699205003 · Cited by 213

What Is Managerialism?

Klikauer, T. (2013) · Critical Sociology · doi:10.1177/0896920513501351 · Cited by 200

Haute Couture and Prêt-à-Porter: The Popular Press and the Diffusion of Management Practices

Mazza, C., & Álvarez, J. L. (2000) · Organization Studies · doi:10.1177/0170840600213004 · Cited by 191

Lean construction: arenas of enactment, models of diffusion and the meaning of ‘leanness’

Green, S. D., & May, S. C. (2005) · Building Research & Information · doi:10.1080/09613210500285106 · Cited by 192

Advancing Management Innovation: Synthesizing Processes, Levels of Analysis, and Change Agents

Volberda, H., Bosch, F. A. J. V. D., & Mihalache, O. R. (2014) · Organization Studies · doi:10.1177/0170840614546155 · Cited by 205

The manifold meanings of ‘post-New Public Management’ – a systematic literature review

Reiter, R., & Klenk, T. (2018) · International Review of Administrative Sciences · doi:10.1177/0020852318759736 · Cited by 234

The Contemporary Expansion of Standardization

Brunsson, N., & Jacobsson, B. (2002) · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199256952.003.0001 · Cited by 179

Casting the lean spell: The promotion, dilution and erosion of lean management in the NHS

McCann, L., Hassard, J. S., Granter, E., et al. (2015) · Human Relations · doi:10.1177/0018726714561697 · Cited by 179

The Practical Relevance of Management Research: Turning the Debate on Relevance into a Rigorous Scientific Research Program

Kieser, A., Nicolai, A. T., & Seidl, D. N. (2015) · Academy of Management Annals · doi:10.5465/19416520.2015.1011853 · Cited by 314

The Role of Management Innovation in Enabling Technological Process Innovation: An Inter‐Organizational Perspective

Hollen, R. M. A., Bosch, F. A. J. V. D., & Volberda, H. (2013) · European Management Review · doi:10.1111/emre.12003 · Cited by 176

Theoretical Concept or Management Fashion?

Cornelissen, J., & Lock, A. R. (2000) · Journal of Advertising Research · doi:10.2501/jar-40-5-7-15 · Cited by 169

Value positions viewed through the lens of automated decision-making: The case of social services

Ranerup, A., & Henriksen, H. Z. (2019) · Government Information Quarterly · doi:10.1016/j.giq.2019.05.004 · Cited by 169

The Visible Colleges of Management and Organization Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis of Academic Journals

Vogel, R. (2012) · Organization Studies · doi:10.1177/0170840612448028 · Cited by 160

When Does the ISO 9000 Quality Assurance Standard Lead to Performance Improvement? Assimilation and Going Beyond

Naveh, E., & Marcus, A. A. (2004) · IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management · doi:10.1109/tem.2004.830864 · Cited by 158

Quality as Fashion: Exploring the Translation of a Management Idea into Higher Education

Stensaker, B. (2007) · Higher education dynamics · doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6012-0_4 · Cited by 158

Strategic tools: an empirical investigation into strategy in practice in the UK

Gunn, R., & Williams, W. (2007) · Strategic Change · doi:10.1002/jsc.799 · Cited by 154

Diagnosing and prognosticating the quality movement – a review on the 25 years quality literature (1987–2011)

Dahlgaard‐Park, S. M., Chen, C., Jang, J.-Y., et al. (2013) · Total Quality Management & Business Excellence · doi:10.1080/14783363.2012.756749 · Cited by 154

Investigating CSR communication in SMEs: a case study among Danish middle managers

Nielsen, A. E., & Thomsen, C. (2008) · Business Ethics A European Review · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8608.2009.01550.x · Cited by 151

Are Trademark Counts a Valid Indicator of Innovation? Results of an In-Depth Study of New Benelux Trademarks Filed by SMEs

Flikkema, M. J., de Man, A., & Castaldi, C. (2014) · Industry and Innovation · doi:10.1080/13662716.2014.934547 · Cited by 150

The performance effects of coaching: a multilevel analysis using hierarchical linear modeling

Agarwal, R., Angst, C. M., & Magni, M. (2009) · The International Journal of Human Resource Management · doi:10.1080/09585190903178054 · Cited by 169

`Work Hard, Play Hard': An Analysis of Organizational Cliche in Two Accountancy Practices

Anderson‐Gough, F., Grey, C., & Robson, K. (1998) · Organization · doi:10.1177/135050849854007 · Cited by 143

Discrimination, Harassment, and the Glass Ceiling: Women Executives as Change Agents

Bell, M. P., Mclaughlin, M. E., & Sequeira, J. M. (2002) · Journal of Business Ethics · doi:10.1023/a:1014730102063 · Cited by 154

Managing with Modernity

Townley, B. (2002) · Organization · doi:10.1177/135050840294003 · Cited by 170

Theorization and Translation in Information Technology Institutionalization: Evidence from Danish Home Care1

Nielsen, J. A., Mathiassen, L., & Newell, S. (2014) · MIS Quarterly · doi:10.25300/misq/2014/38.1.08 · Cited by 142

What have we learned? Themes from the literature on best‐practice benchmarking

Francis, G. A. J., & Holloway, J. (2007) · International Journal of Management Reviews · doi:10.1111/j.1468-2370.2007.00204.x · Cited by 140

Making human resources strategic by going to the Net: reality or myth?

Marler, J. H. (2009) · The International Journal of Human Resource Management · doi:10.1080/09585190802707276 · Cited by 138

Historiography for the new millennium: adventures in accounting and management

Parker, L. D. (1999) · Accounting History · doi:10.1177/103237329900400204 · Cited by 140

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING CHANGE AND NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A REASSESSMENT OF AMBITIONS AND RESULTS — AN INSTITUTIONALIST APPROACH TO ACCOUNTING CHANGE IN THE DUTCH PUBLIC SECTOR

ter Bogt, H. J. (2008) · Financial Accountability and Management · doi:10.1111/j.1468-0408.2008.00451.x · Cited by 137

Fashion Waves in Information Systems Research and Practice1

Baskerville, R. L., & Myers, M. D. (2009) · MIS Quarterly · doi:10.2307/20650319 · Cited by 137

Evidence of lean: a review of international peer-reviewed journal articles

Stentoft, J., & Freytag, P. V. (2013) · European Business Review · doi:10.1108/09555341311302675 · Cited by 137

The Legitimacy of Organizational Downsizing in Canada: An Analysis of Explanatory Media Accounts

Lamertz, K., & Baum, J. A. C. (1998) · Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration · doi:10.1111/j.1936-4490.1998.tb00154.x · Cited by 136

Popularizing a Management Accounting Idea: The Case of the Balanced Scorecard

Cooper, D. J., Ezzamel, M., & Qu, S. Q. (2017) · Contemporary Accounting Research · doi:10.1111/1911-3846.12299 · Cited by 152

Change management: Time for a change!

Clegg, C., & Walsh, S. (2004) · European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology · doi:10.1080/13594320444000074 · Cited by 134

The Stock Market Reaction to the Hiring of Management Consultants: A Signalling Theory Approach

Bergh, D. D., & Gibbons, P. (2010) · Journal of Management Studies · doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00957.x · Cited by 135

Fads and Fashions in Management Practices: Taking Stock and Looking Forward

Piazza, A., & Abrahamson, E. (2020) · International Journal of Management Reviews · doi:10.1111/ijmr.12225 · Cited by 127

Professionalization in action: accountants’ attempt at building a network of support for the WebTrust seal of assurance

GENDRON, Y., & BARRETT, M. (2004) · Contemporary Accounting Research · doi:10.1506/h1c0-eu27-uu2k-8ec8 · Cited by 129

The Role of External Involvement in the Creation of Management Innovations

Mol, M. J., & Birkinshaw, J. (2014) · Organization Studies · doi:10.1177/0170840614539313 · Cited by 139

Organization Studies as Applied Science: The Generation and Use of Academic Knowledge about Organizations Introduction to the Special Issue

Jarzabkowski, P. A., Mohrman, S. A., & Scherer, A. G. (2010) · Organization Studies · doi:10.1177/0170840610374394 · Cited by 125

Gamification Misunderstood: How Badly Executed and Rhetorical Gamification Obscures Its Transformative Potential

Landers, R. N. (2018) · Journal of Management Inquiry · doi:10.1177/1056492618790913 · Cited by 124

Community Learning in Information Technology Innovation1

Wang, P., & Ramiller, N. C. (2009) · MIS Quarterly · doi:10.2307/20650324 · Cited by 150

Management Fads and Fashions

Newell, S., Robertson, M., & Swan, J. A. (2001) · Organization · doi:10.1177/135050840181001 · Cited by 124

Lean and six sigma – critical success factors revisited

Näslund, D. (2013) · International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences · doi:10.1108/17566691311316266 · Cited by 123

Uneven Geographies of Organizational Practice: Explaining the Cross‐National Transfer and Diffusion of ISO 9000

Neumayer, E., & Perkins, R. (2005) · Economic Geography · doi:10.1111/j.1944-8287.2005.tb00269.x · Cited by 117

Strategy viewed from a management fashion perspective

Clark, T. (2004) · European Management Review · doi:10.1057/palgrave.emr.1500004 · Cited by 112

Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness

Liket, K. C., & Maas, K. (2013) · Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly · doi:10.1177/0899764013510064 · Cited by 112

Sameness and Difference

Kosmützky, A., & Krücken, G. (2015) · International Studies of Management and Organization · doi:10.1080/00208825.2015.1006013 · Cited by 120

The Role of External Environment in Upper Echelons Theory

Yamak, S., Nielsen, S., & Escribá‐Esteve, A. (2013) · Group & Organization Management · doi:10.1177/1059601113511663 · Cited by 113

The Emergence and Rise of Industry 4.0 Viewed through the Lens of Management Fashion Theory

Madsen, D. Ø. (2019) · Administrative Sciences · doi:10.3390/admsci9030071 · Cited by 112

Study on Improving China's Logistics Service Management Level

Guo-chen, W. (2009) · Logistics Sci-tech

How sustainable is your new product development process? : hint : supply chain plays a role

Fish, L. A. (2015) · Supply chain management review · Cited by 2

THE ROLE OF LOGISTICS MANAGERS IN THE CROSS‐FUNCTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Lambert, D. M., García-Dastugue, S. J., & Croxton, K. L. (2008) · Journal of Business Logistics · doi:10.1002/j.2158-1592.2008.tb00071.x · Cited by 92

Strategic quality management: the role of process ownership, management and improvement

Pryor, M. G., Toombs, L. A., Cooke, J., et al. (2011) · International Journal of Business Excellence · doi:10.1504/ijbex.2011.041060 · Cited by 8

Delivering innovation to the doorstep

(2003) · Strategic Direction · doi:10.1108/02580540310491882