2026 C. R. Hinings: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	52	844	786	46	41	112	35157

Research.com Recognitions

2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Overview

C. R. Hinings is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research spans several areas within social sciences, business, and management, focusing notably on sociology, political science, and organizational studies. Their scholarly contributions include investigations into institutional fields, hybrid organizing, and the formation of regimes related to displacement and sustainability challenges.

Their recent publications reflect a variety of topics and collaborative efforts. Key papers include:

"No End In Sight: How regimes form barriers to addressing the wicked problem of displacement" (2021, Organization Studies)
"Hybrids and Hybrid Organizing for Sustainability" (2020, Academy of Management Proceedings)
"Reconfiguring Processes of Field Emergence: From Imprinted Practices to Grand Challenges" (2022, Academy of Management Proceedings)
"Unlevel Playing Fields: Gender and its Role in the Early Stages of Institutional Fields" (2023, Academy of Management Proceedings)
"Joseph Jupille and James A. Caporaso. Theories of Institutions" (2023, Administrative Science Quarterly)

The researcher frequently collaborates with others in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

Danielle Logue
Corinna Frey
Marian Konstantin Gatzweiler
Thomas Gegenhuber
Michael Barrett

The most common venues for their publications are:

Academy of Management Proceedings
Organization Studies
Administrative Science Quarterly

Hinings' fields of study demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach with a concentration in:

Social Sciences
Business, Management and Accounting

Their subfield interests cover:

Sociology and Political Science
Strategy and Management
Communication
Development
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

The main research topics Hinings has contributed to encompass:

Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
International Development and Aid
Peacebuilding and International Security
Innovation and Knowledge Management
Digital Platforms and Economics
Information Systems Theories and Implementation
Management and Organizational Studies

Awards granted to Hinings include:

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2000), Academy of Social Sciences
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Best Publications

Understanding Radical Organizational Change: Bringing Together the Old and the New Institutionalism

Royston Greenwood;C. R. Hinings

4858
Citations
Theorizing Change: The Role of Professional Associations in the Transformation of Institutionalized Fields

Royston Greenwood;Roy Suddaby;C. R. Hinings

4422
Citations
Dimensions of Organization Structure

D. S. Pugh;D. J. Hickson;C. R. Hinings;C. Turner

3411
Citations
Configurational approaches to organizational analysis

Alan D. Meyer;Anne S. Tsui;C. R. Hinings

2889
Citations
A Strategic Contingencies' Theory of Intraorganizational Power

D. J. Hickson;C. R. Hinings;C. A. Lee;R. E. Schneck

2683
Citations
Managing the Rivalry of Competing Institutional Logics

Trish Reay;C.R. Hinings

2359
Citations
The Context of Organization Structures

D. S. Pugh;D. J. Hickson;C. R. Hinings;C. Turner

2067
Citations
Understanding strategic change: The contribution of archetypes

Royston Greenwood;C. R. Hinings

1390
Citations
Organizational Design Types, Tracks and the Dynamics of Strategic Change

Royston Greenwood;C.R. Hinings

1099
Citations
A Conceptual Scheme for Organizational Analysis

D. S. Pugh;D. J. Hickson;C. R. Hinings;K. M. Macdonald

1016
Citations
The Recomposition of an Organizational Field: Health Care in Alberta

Trish Reay;C. R. (Bob) Hinings

976
Citations
Structural conditions of intraorganizational power

Robin C. Hinings;David J. Hickson;J.M. Pennings

847
Citations
Understanding Radical Organizational Change: Bringing together the Old and the New Institutionalism

Unknown

699
Citations
Values and Organizational Structure

C. R. Hinings;L. Thibault;T. Slack;L. M. Kikulis

684
Citations
“P2-Form” Strategic Management: Corporate Practices in Professional Partnerships

Royston Greenwood;C. R. Hinings;John Brown

684
Citations
Organizational Diversity and Change in Institutional Theory

Alex Z. Kondra;C. R. Hinings

638
Citations
The dynamics of strategic change

C. R. Hinings;Royston Greenwood

561
Citations
Interlevel Influences on the Reconstruction of Professional Role Identity

Samia Chreim;B. E. (Bernie) Williams;C. R. (Bob) Hinings

537
Citations
The Culture-Free Context of Organization Structure: A Tri-National Comparison

David J. Hickson;C. R. Hinings;C. J. McMillan;J. P. Schwitter

473
Citations
The pace, sequence, and linearity of radical change

John Amis;Trevor Slack;C. R. Hinings

467
Citations
Field or fields? Building the scaffolding for cumulation of research on institutional fields

Charlene Zietsma;Peter Groenewegen;Danielle M. Logue;C. R. (Bob) Hinings

412
Citations
Restructuring the Professional Organization: Accounting, Health Care and Law

David Brock;Michael Powell;C. R. Hinings

348
Citations
Theorizing Change: The Role of Professional Associations in the Transformation of Institutionalized Fields

Unknown

212
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Royston Greenwood University of Alberta

Trish Reay University of Alberta

Trevor Slack University of Alberta

David J. Cooper University of Alberta

Stewart Ranson University of Warwick

Johannes M. Pennings University of Pennsylvania

Anne S. Tsui Arizona State University

Dirk De Clercq Brock University

Youngjin Yoo London School of Economics and Political Science

Michael Barrett University of Cambridge

External Links

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