2026 Joseph F. Porac: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	38	5772	5360	2735	2495	94	14999

Research.com Recognitions

Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Overview

Joseph F. Porac is affiliated with New York University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their research spans various subfields, including Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Accounting.

The main topics covered by Joseph F. Porac's work are:

Business Strategy and Innovation
Management and Organizational Studies
Innovation and Knowledge Management
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Digital Marketing and Social Media
Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing

Joseph F. Porac has published in several venues, with a frequent presence in:

Academy of Management Proceedings (8 publications)
Strategic Management Journal (2 publications)

Recent notable papers include:

"Inventor CEO involvement and firm exploitative and exploratory innovation," 2024, Strategic Management Journal
"Rating systems and increased heterogeneity in firm performance: Evidence from the New York City Restaurant Industry, 1994-2013," 2023, Strategic Management Journal
"Understanding Clustering-Segregating-Reconnecting Dynamics at Multiple Levels and Contexts," 2022, Academy of Management Proceedings
"Innovation Processes Track: Endogenous Shaping of the Business Environment," 2022, Academy of Management Proceedings
"The Innovator's Rulebook for Breaking The Rules," 2022, Academy of Management Proceedings

Joseph F. Porac frequently collaborates with several scholars, including:

Gino Cattani
Felipe A. Csaszar
Jason Greenberg
Daniel B. Sands
Christina H. Fang

Among recognitions, Joseph F. Porac has received the title of Dean of Fellow from the Academy of Management.

Best Publications

COMPETITIVE GROUPS AS COGNITIVE COMMUNITIES: THE CASE OF SCOTTISH KNITWEAR MANUFACTURERS*

Joseph F. Porac;Howard Thomas;Charles Baden-Fuller

2056
Citations
Rivalry and the Industry Model of Scottish Knitwear Producers

Joseph F. Porac;Howard Thomas;Fiona Wilson;Douglas Paton

1332
Citations
Taxonomic Mental Models in Competitor Definition

Joseph F. Porac;Howard Thomas

1198
Citations
On the Importance of Self-Determination for Intrinsically-Motivated Behavior:

Miron Zuckerman;Joseph Porac;Drew Lathin;Edward L. Deci

1180
Citations
Cognition and Communication at Work

Yrjö Engeström;David Middleton

1002
Citations
Are more resources always better for growth? Resource stickiness in market and product expansion

Yuri Mishina;Timothy G. Pollock;Joseph F. Porac

940
Citations
Sociocognitive Dynamics in a Product Market

José Antonio Rosa;Joseph F. Porac;Jelena Runser-Spanjol;Michael S. Saxon

865
Citations
When Trying to Win Competition and Intrinsic Motivation

Edward L. Deci;Gregory Betley;James Kahle;Linda Abrams

635
Citations
THE BURDEN OF CELEBRITY: THE IMPACT OF CEO CERTIFICATION CONTESTS ON CEO PAY AND PERFORMANCE

James B. Wade;Joseph F. Porac;Timothy G. Pollock;Scott D. Graffin

623
Citations
Industry Categories and the Politics of the Comparable Firm in CEO Compensation

Joseph F. Porac;James B. Wade;Timothy G. Pollock

553
Citations
Worth, words, and the justification of executive pay

James B. Wade;Joseph F. Porac;Timothy G. Pollock

318
Citations
Falls from Grace and the Hazards of High Status The 2009 British MP Expense Scandal and Its Impact on Parliamentary Elites

Scott D. Graffin;Jonathan Bundy;Joseph F. Porac;James B. Wade

288
Citations
Categories and competition

Gino Cattani;Joseph F. Porac;Howard Thomas

254
Citations
Cognitive Categorization and Subjective Rivalry Among Retailers in a Small City

Joseph F. Porac;Howard Thomas

240
Citations
The Impact of CEO Status Diffusion on the Economic Outcomes of Other Senior Managers

Scott D. Graffin;James B. Wade;Joseph F. Porac;Robert C. McNamee

228
Citations
Constructing Deal Networks: Brokers as Network “Architects” in the U.S. IPO Market and Other Examples

Timothy G. Pollock;Joseph F. Porac;James B. Wade

226
Citations
Human capital heterogeneity, collaborative relationships, and publication patterns in a multidisciplinary scientific alliance: a comparative case study of two scientific teams

Joseph F Porac;James B Wade;Harald M Fischer;Joyce Brown

206
Citations
Cognition Within and Between Organizations: Five Key Questions

James R. Meindl;Charles Stubbart;Joseph F. Porac

178
Citations
Effects of goal difficulty, goal-setting method, and expected external evaluation on intrinsic motivation.

Christina E. Shalley;Greg R. Oldham;Joseph F. Porac

172
Citations
Interorganizational Cognition and Interpretation

Joseph F. Porac;Marc J. Ventresca;Yuri Mishina

157
Citations
Managing Cognition and Strategy: Issues, Trends and Future Directions

Howard Thomas;J.F. Porac

153
Citations
Socio-Cognitive Dynamics in a Product Market

José Antonio Rosa;Joseph F. Porac;Jelena Spanjol;Michael S. Saxon

76
Citations
Are More Resources Always Better for Growth? Resource Stickiness in Market and Product Expansion

Timothy Pollock;Joseph F. Porac;Yuri Mishina

39
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald R. Ferris Florida State University

Geoffrey C. Bowker University of California, Irvine

Caroline Haythornthwaite Syracuse University

Nicholas C. Burbules University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Donald B. Fedor Georgia Institute of Technology

Bertram C. Bruce University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Miron Zuckerman University of Rochester

Edward L. Deci University of Rochester

Christina E. Shalley Georgia Institute of Technology

Greg R. Oldham Tulane University

External Links

Personal website of Joseph F. Porac

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