| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage | Journal of Management | 1991 | 33,074 |
| 2 | Self-Reports in Organizational Research: Problems and Prospects | Journal of Management | 1986 | 12,562 |
| 3 | Social Exchange Theory: An Interdisciplinary Review | Journal of Management | 2005 | 5,450 |
| 4 | Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment as Predictors of Organizational Citizenship and In-Role Behaviors | Journal of Management | 1991 | 4,256 |
| 5 | Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: A Critical Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature and Suggestions for Future Research | Journal of Management | 2000 | 3,702 |
| 6 | Signaling Theory: A Review and Assessment | Journal of Management | 2011 | 2,983 |
| 7 | The Business Model: Recent Developments and Future Research | Journal of Management | 2011 | 2,909 |
| 8 | A Meta-Analysis of Antecedents and Correlates of Employee Turnover: Update, Moderator Tests, and Research Implications for the Next Millennium | Journal of Management | 2000 | 2,853 |
| 9 | What We Know and Don’t Know About Corporate Social Responsibility | Journal of Management | 2012 | 2,531 |
| 10 | What Makes Teams Work: Group Effectiveness Research from the Shop Floor to the Executive Suite | Journal of Management | 1997 | 2,510 |
| 11 | Organizational Justice: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow | Journal of Management | 1990 | 2,370 |
| 12 | A Historical Comparison of Resource-Based Theory and Five Schools of Thought Within Industrial Organization Economics: Do We Have a New Theory of the Firm? | Journal of Management | 1991 | 2,243 |
| 13 | Resource-based theories of competitive advantage: A ten-year retrospective on the resource-based view | Journal of Management | 2001 | 2,039 |
| 14 | A Review of Scale Development Practices in the Study of Organizations | Journal of Management | 1995 | 2,021 |
| 15 | Innovation and Creativity in Organizations | Journal of Management | 2014 | 2,013 |
| 16 | The resource-based view of the firm: Ten years after 1991 | Journal of Management | 2001 | 1,941 |
| 17 | Authentic Leadership: Development and Validation of a Theory-Based Measure† | Journal of Management | 2008 | 1,928 |
| 18 | The Effects of Personal and Contextual Characteristics on Creativity: Where Should We Go from Here? | Journal of Management | 2004 | 1,902 |
| 19 | Identification in Organizations: An Examination of Four Fundamental Questions | Journal of Management | 2008 | 1,899 |
| 20 | Boards of Directors and Corporate Financial Performance: A Review and Integrative Model | Journal of Management | 1989 | 1,872 |
| 21 | Organizational Ambidexterity: Antecedents, Outcomes, and Moderators | Journal of Management | 2008 | 1,834 |
| 22 | Getting to the “COR” | Journal of Management | 2014 | 1,786 |
| 23 | Theoretical Perspectives for Strategic Human Resource Management | Journal of Management | 1992 | 1,766 |
| 24 | Proactive Behavior in Organizations | Journal of Management | 2000 | 1,713 |
| 25 | Human resources and the resource based view of the firm | Journal of Management | 2001 | 1,682 |
| 26 | The Network Paradigm in Organizational Research: A Review and Typology | Journal of Management | 2003 | 1,679 |
| 27 | A Resource-Based Theory of Strategic Alliances | Journal of Management | 2000 | 1,646 |
| 28 | Resource Dependence Theory: A Review | Journal of Management | 2009 | 1,646 |
| 29 | Team Effectiveness 1997-2007: A Review of Recent Advancements and a Glimpse Into the Future | Journal of Management | 2008 | 1,612 |
| 30 | Ambidexterity and Performance in Small-to Medium-Sized Firms: The Pivotal Role of Top Management Team Behavioral Integration | Journal of Management | 2006 | 1,508 |
| 31 | Centering Decisions in Hierarchical Linear Models: Implications for Research in Organizations | Journal of Management | 1998 | 1,501 |
| 32 | Upper Echelons Research Revisited: Antecedents, Elements, and Consequences of Top Management Team Composition | Journal of Management | 2004 | 1,490 |
| 33 | Entrepreneurship: Past Research and Future Challenges | Journal of Management | 1988 | 1,480 |
| 34 | The entrepreneurship of resource-based theory | Journal of Management | 2001 | 1,307 |
| 35 | Behavioral Ethics in Organizations: A Review | Journal of Management | 2006 | 1,263 |
| 36 | Servant Leadership: A Review and Synthesis | Journal of Management | 2011 | 1,248 |
| 37 | An Overview of the Logic and Rationale of Hierarchical Linear Models | Journal of Management | 1997 | 1,236 |
| 38 | On the Functional Properties of Perceived Self-Efficacy Revisited | Journal of Management | 2012 | 1,226 |
| 39 | Interorganizational Networks at the Network Level: A Review of the Empirical Literature on Whole Networks | Journal of Management | 2007 | 1,223 |
| 40 | Making Things Happen: A Model of Proactive Motivation | Journal of Management | 2010 | 1,196 |
| 41 | Toward Understanding and Measuring Conditions of Trust: Evolution of a Conditions of Trust Inventory | Journal of Management | 1991 | 1,178 |
| 42 | Ecosystem as Structure | Journal of Management | 2017 | 1,173 |
| 43 | Dynamic Capabilities: A Review of Past Research and an Agenda for the Future | Journal of Management | 2010 | 1,171 |
| 44 | A Meta-Analysis of Antecedents and Consequences of Leader-Member Exchange | Journal of Management | 2012 | 1,156 |
| 45 | Opportunities and Entrepreneurship | Journal of Management | 2003 | 1,152 |
| 46 | Positive Organizational Behavior in the Workplace | Journal of Management | 2007 | 1,133 |
| 47 | The Social Scientific Study of Leadership: Quo Vadis? | Journal of Management | 1997 | 1,132 |
| 48 | Measuring Organizational Performance: Towards Methodological Best Practice | Journal of Management | 2009 | 1,122 |
| 49 | Media Reputation as a Strategic Resource: An Integration of Mass Communication and Resource-Based Theories | Journal of Management | 2000 | 1,097 |
| 50 | Team Mental Model: Construct or Metaphor? | Journal of Management | 1994 | 1,083 |
