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USA
2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
79
Citations
52991
World Ranking
166
National Ranking
82

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
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Overview

Patrick M. Wright is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research activity spans primarily within the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on several subfields. These include Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, and Information Systems and Management.

Their main research topics cover areas such as Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Human Resource and Talent Management, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, Management and Organizational Studies, Ethics in Business and Education, and Employer Branding and e-HRM.

Among the recent scholarly papers authored by Patrick M. Wright are:

  • Rediscovering the "Human" in strategic human capital, 2020, Human Resource Management Review
  • Woke Corporations and Worldview: The Perils of CEOs Making Moral Proclamations From Shaky Moral Foundations, 2022, Academy of Management Perspectives
  • Pivoting after almost 50 years of SHRM research: toward a stakeholder view, 2021, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Frequent collaborators in Patrick M. Wright's work include:

  • David G. Collings
  • Anthony J. Nyberg
  • John McMackin
  • Sean A. Way
  • Michael D. Ulrich

Patrick M. Wright has also published extensively in various academic venues. Notable publication venues with multiple papers include:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Human Resource Management Review
  • Academy of Management Perspectives
  • Journal of Management
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Best Publications

  • Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategic Implications*

    Abagail McWilliams;Donald S. Siegel;Patrick M. Wright

  • Theoretical Perspectives for Strategic Human Resource Management

    Patrick M. Wright;Gary C. McMahan

  • Human resources and the resource based view of the firm

    Patrick M. Wright;Benjamin B. Dunford;Scott A. Snell

  • On becoming a strategic partner: The role of human resources in gaining competitive advantage

    Jay B. Barney;Patrick M. Wright

  • Human resources and sustained competitive advantage: a resource-based perspective

    Patrick M. Wright;Gary C. McMahan;Abagail McWilliams

  • Toward a Unifying Framework for Exploring Fit and Flexibility in Strategic Human Resource Management

    Patrick M. Wright;Scott A. Snell

  • HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND LABOR PRODUCTIVITY: DOES INDUSTRY MATTER?

    Deepak K. Datta;James P. Guthrie;Patrick M. Wright

  • The Impact of High-Performance Human Resource Practices on Employees’ Attitudes and Behaviors

    Rebecca R. Kehoe;Patrick M. Wright

  • Desegregating HRM: A Review and Synthesis of Micro and Macro Human Resource Management Research

    Patrick M. Wright;Wendy R. Boswell

  • THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HR PRACTICES AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: EXAMINING CAUSAL ORDER

    Patrick M. Wright;Timothy M. Gardner;Lisa M. Moynihan;Mathew R. Allen

  • The impact of HR practices on the performance of business units

    Patrick M. Wright;Timothy M. Gardner;Lisa M. Moynihan

  • Fundamentals of Human Resource Management

    Raymond A. Noe;John R. Hollenbeck;Barry Gerhart;Patrick M. Wright.

  • Strategic HRM and Organizational Behavior: Integrating Multiple Levels of Analysis

    Patrick M Wright;Lisa Hisae Nishii

  • Toward an integrative view of strategic human resource management

    Patrick M. Wright;Scott A. Snell

  • Exploring human capital: putting ‘human’ back into strategic human resource management

    Patrick M. Wright;Gary C. McMahan

  • MEASUREMENT ERROR IN RESEARCH ON HUMAN RESOURCES and FIRM PERFORMANCE: HOW MUCH ERROR IS THERE AND HOW DOES IT INFLUENCE EFFECT SIZE ESTIMATES?

    Barry A. Gerhart;Patrick M. Wright;Gary C. McMahan;Scott A. Snell

  • The Oxford handbook of human resource management

    Peter F Boxall;John Purcell;Pat Wright

  • Measuring organizational performance in strategic human resource management: Problems, prospects and performance information markets

    Edward W. Rogers;Patrick M. Wright

  • Matches Between Human Resources and Strategy Among Ncaa Basketball Teams

    Patrick M. Wright;Dennis L. Smart;Gary C. McMahan

  • The assessment of goal commitment: A measurement model meta-analysis.

    Howard J. Klein;Michael J. Wesson;John R. Hollenbeck;Patrick M. Wright

  • Variability Within Organizations: Implications for Strategic Human Resource Management

    Lisa Hisae Nishii;Patrick M Wright

  • Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management, The

    Peter Boxall;John Purcell;Patrick Wright

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott A. Snell
Scott A. Snell University of Virginia
Jaap Paauwe
Jaap Paauwe Tilburg University
K. Michele Kacmar
K. Michele Kacmar Texas State University
Elaine Farndale
Elaine Farndale Pennsylvania State University
Günter K. Stahl
Günter K. Stahl Vienna University of Economics and Business
Donald S. Siegel
Donald S. Siegel Arizona State University
David Guest
David Guest King's College London
Barry Gerhart
Barry Gerhart University of Wisconsin–Madison
James Guthrie
James Guthrie University of Kansas
Howard J. Klein
Howard J. Klein The Ohio State University

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