2026 Sally Maitlis: 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	30	7609	7072	1202	1118	90	15477

Overview

Sally Maitlis is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions span multiple fields and subfields related to management, organizational studies, and psychology.

Their recent publications include:

Rupture and reclamation in the life story: The role of early relationships in self-narratives following a forced career transition, 2022, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Intersectionality in Intractable Dirty Work: How Mumbai Ragpickers Make Meaning of Their Work and Lives, 2021, Academy of Management Journal
The Role of Language in Organizational Sensemaking: An Integrative Theoretical Framework and an Agenda for Future Research, 2023, Journal of Management
Top management team constellations and their implications for strategic decision making, 2021, The Leadership Quarterly
On the way to Ithaka: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Publication of Karl E. Weick's The Social Psychology of Organizing, 2020, Journal of Management Studies

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

Rachel Lise Ruttan
Ashley Elizabeth Hardin
Solomiya Draga
William A. Kahn
Marlys K. Christianson

Sally Maitlis publishes in a variety of academic journals, with notable frequent venues being:

Academy of Management Proceedings
Academy of Management Journal
Journal of Management
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
The Leadership Quarterly

Their work covers various subfields, such as:

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Management Science and Operations Research
Strategy and Management
Economics and Econometrics

Key topics explored in their research include:

Management and Organizational Studies
Emotional Labor in Professions
Employment and Welfare Studies
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Construction Project Management and Performance
Diversity and Impact of Dance
Art Therapy and Mental Health

Best Publications

The Social Processes of Organizational Sensemaking.

Sally Maitlis

2301
Citations
Sensemaking in Organizations: Taking Stock and Moving Forward

Sally Maitlis;Marlys Christianson

1948
Citations
Validating the organizational climate measure: links to managerial practices, productivity and innovation

Malcolm G. Patterson;Michael A. West;Viv J. Shackleton;Jeremy F. Dawson

1877
Citations
Sensemaking in crisis and change: Inspiration and insights from Weick (1988)

Sally Maitlis;Scott Sonenshein

1412
Citations
Triggers And Enablers Of Sensegiving In Organizations

Sally Maitlis;Thomas B. Lawrence

1136
Citations
Compassion in Organizational Life

Jason M. Kanov;Sally Maitlis;Monica C. Worline;Jane E. Dutton

919
Citations
The contours and consequences of compassion at work

Jacoba M. Lilius;Monica C. Worline;Sally Maitlis;Jason Kanov

700
Citations
Predicting immediate and longer-term transfer of training

Carolyn M. Axtell;Sally Maitlis;Shawn K. Yearta

603
Citations
Sensemaking and emotion in organizations

Sally Maitlis;Timothy J. Vogus;Thomas B. Lawrence

412
Citations
Toxic Decision Processes: A Study of Emotion and Organizational Decision Making

Sally Maitlis;Hakan Ozcelik

367
Citations
Understanding compassion capability

Jacoba M Lilius;Monica C Worline;Jane E Dutton;Jason M Kanov

367
Citations
Emotional Dynamics and Strategizing Processes: A Study of Strategic Conversations in Top Team Meetings

Feng Liu;Sally Maitlis

357
Citations
Care and Possibility: Enacting an Ethic of Care Through Narrative Practice

Thomas B. Lawrence;Sally Maitlis

340
Citations
Negotiating the Challenges of a Calling: Emotion and Enacted Sensemaking in Animal Shelter Work

Kira Schabram;Sally Maitlis

335
Citations
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Understanding Failure in Organizational Strategizing

Sally Maitlis;Thomas B. Lawrence

316
Citations
Process, Sensemaking, and Organizing

Tor Hernes;Sally Maitlis

274
Citations
Seeing organizations differently: Three lenses on compassion

Peter Frost;Jane E. Dutton;Sally Maitlis;Jacoba M. Lilius

217
Citations
Who Am I Now? Sensemaking and Identity in Posttraumatic Growth

Sally Maitlis

195
Citations
An exploratory study of goal setting in theory and practice: A motivational technique that works?

Shawn K. Yearta;Sally Maitlis;Rob B. Briner

179
Citations
Understanding Workplace Envy Through Narrative Fiction

David Patient;Thomas B. Lawrence;Sally Maitlis

144
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

I. C. McManus University College London

Rob B. Briner University of Bath

Michael G. Pratt Boston College

Haridimos Tsoukas University of Cyprus

Jeremy Dawson University of Sheffield

Felicia A. Huppert University of Sydney

Trish Reay University of Alberta

Walter W. Powell Stanford University

Jason A. Colquitt University of Notre Dame

Blake E. Ashforth Arizona State University

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