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D-Index
40
Citations
38702
World Ranking
5155
National Ranking
2425

Sim B. Sitkin publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sim B. Sitkin sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 99 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Sim B. Sitkin D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sim B. Sitkin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Sim B. Sitkin is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and focuses their research primarily on Business, Management and Accounting. Their work spans various subfields including Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Applied Psychology, and Public Administration.

Their research interest covers multiple major topics with a notable emphasis on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Management and Organizational Studies, Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies, Management Theory and Practice, Social Capital and Networks, Public Policy and Administration Research, and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies.

The scientist has authored several papers in prestigious publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Leadership Styles: A Comprehensive Assessment and Way Forward" (2022), published in Academy of Management Annals
  • "Assessing the Control Literature: Looking Back and Looking Forward" (2020), published in Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
  • "Disentangling the Process and Content of Self-Awareness: A Review, Critical Assessment, and Synthesis" (2021), published in Academy of Management Annals
  • "Walking Our Evidence-Based Talk: The Case of Leadership Development in Business Schools" (2022), published in Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
  • "Rethinking Control and Trust Dynamics in and between Organizations" (2023), published in Journal of Management Studies

Sim B. Sitkin collaborates regularly with other researchers with frequent co-authors including Chris P. Long, Craig R. Fox, Moran Anisman-Razin, Fabrice Lumineau, and Danbee Chon.

Among the common publication venues where they have contributed are:

  • Behavioral Science & Policy
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Academy of Management Annals
  • Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
  • Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies

Sim B. Sitkin has been recognized as a Dean of Fellow by the Academy of Management.

Best Publications

  • Not So Different After All: A Cross-Discipline View Of Trust

    Denise M. Rousseau;Sim B. Sitkin;Ronald S. Burt;Colin F. Camerer

  • Reconceptualizing the Determinants of Risk Behavior

    Sim B Sitkin;Amy L. Pablo

  • Explaining the Limited Effectiveness of Legalistic “Remedies” for Trust/Distrust

    Sim B. Sitkin;Nancy L. Roth

  • Learning Through Failure : The Strategy of Small Losses

    S. B. Sitkin

  • Corporate Acquisitions: A Process Perspective

    David B. Jemison;Sim B Sitkin

  • Determinants of Risky Decision-Making Behavior: A Test of the Mediating Role of Risk Perceptions and Propensity

    Sim B. Sitkin;Laurie R. Weingart

  • The uniqueness paradox in organizational stories.

    Joanne Martin;Martha S. Feldman;Mary Jo Hatch;Sim B. Sitkin

  • A Critical Assessment of Charismatic—Transformational Leadership Research: Back to the Drawing Board?

    Daan van Knippenberg;Sim B. Sitkin

  • DISTINGUISHING CONTROL FROM LEARNING IN TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT: A CONTINGENCY PERSPECTIVE

    Sim B. Sitkin;Kathleen M. Sutcliffe;Roger G. Schroeder

  • Paradox and transformation : toward a theory of change in organization and management

    Robert E. Quinn;Kim S. Cameron

  • Balancing and Rebalancing in the Creation and Evolution of Organizational Control

    Laura B. Cardinal;Sim B. Sitkin;Chris P. Long

  • Cognitive Underpinnings of Institutional Persistence and Change: A Framing Perspective

    Elizabeth George;Prithviraj Chattopadhyay;Sim B. Sitkin;Jeff Barden

  • Acquisition Decision-Making Processes: The Central Role of Risk

    Amy L. Pablo;Sim B. Sitkin;David B. Jemison

  • Social Accounts in Conflict Situations: Using Explanations to Manage Conflict

    Sim B. Sitkin;Robert J. Bies

  • The Road to Hell: The Dynamics of Distrust in an Era of Quality

    Sim B Sitkin;Darryl Stickel

  • THE PARADOX OF STRETCH GOALS: ORGANIZATIONS IN PURSUIT OF THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE

    Sim B. Sitkin;Kelly E. See;C. Chet Miller;Michael W. Lawless

  • A dual-capacity model of communication media choice in organizations

    Sim B. Sitkin;Kathleen M. Sutcliffe;John R. Barrios‐Choplin

  • Beyond knowledge sharing: Withholding knowledge at work

    Jane Webster;Graham Brown;David Zweig;Catherine E. Connelly

  • Big‐B versus Big‐O: what is organizational about organizational behavior?*

    Chip Heath;Sim B. Sitkin

  • Leadership Styles: A Comprehensive Assessment and Way Forward

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  • Constitutive complexity: Military entrepreneurs and the synthetic character of communication flows

    Larry D. Browning;Ronald Walter Greene;S. B. Sitkin;Kathleen M. Sutcliffe

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
Kathleen M. Sutcliffe Johns Hopkins University
E. Allan Lind
E. Allan Lind Duke University
James P. Walsh
James P. Walsh University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joel M. Podolny
Joel M. Podolny Apple (United States)
Kim S. Cameron
Kim S. Cameron University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Günter K. Stahl
Günter K. Stahl Vienna University of Economics and Business
D. Scott DeRue
D. Scott DeRue University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert E. Quinn
Robert E. Quinn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Susan J. Ashford
Susan J. Ashford University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Karl Aquino
Karl Aquino University of British Columbia

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