2026 Sim B. Sitkin: 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	40	5156	4786	2425	2210	99	38702

Research.com Recognitions

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

16006
Citations
Reconceptualizing the Determinants of Risk Behavior

Sim B Sitkin;Amy L. Pablo

3031
Citations
Explaining the Limited Effectiveness of Legalistic “Remedies” for Trust/Distrust

Sim B. Sitkin;Nancy L. Roth

2641
Citations
Learning Through Failure : The Strategy of Small Losses

S. B. Sitkin

2201
Citations
Corporate Acquisitions: A Process Perspective

David B. Jemison;Sim B Sitkin

2005
Citations
Determinants of Risky Decision-Making Behavior: A Test of the Mediating Role of Risk Perceptions and Propensity

Sim B. Sitkin;Laurie R. Weingart

1900
Citations
The uniqueness paradox in organizational stories.

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

1391
Citations
A Critical Assessment of Charismatic—Transformational Leadership Research: Back to the Drawing Board?

Daan van Knippenberg;Sim B. Sitkin

1346
Citations
DISTINGUISHING CONTROL FROM LEARNING IN TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT: A CONTINGENCY PERSPECTIVE

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

1261
Citations
Paradox and transformation : toward a theory of change in organization and management

Robert E. Quinn;Kim S. Cameron

697
Citations
Balancing and Rebalancing in the Creation and Evolution of Organizational Control

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

686
Citations
Cognitive Underpinnings of Institutional Persistence and Change: A Framing Perspective

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

631
Citations
Acquisition Decision-Making Processes: The Central Role of Risk

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

374
Citations
Social Accounts in Conflict Situations: Using Explanations to Manage Conflict

Sim B. Sitkin;Robert J. Bies

368
Citations
The Road to Hell: The Dynamics of Distrust in an Era of Quality

Sim B Sitkin;Darryl Stickel

366
Citations
THE PARADOX OF STRETCH GOALS: ORGANIZATIONS IN PURSUIT OF THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE

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

359
Citations
A dual-capacity model of communication media choice in organizations

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

334
Citations
Beyond knowledge sharing: Withholding knowledge at work

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

279
Citations
Big‐B versus Big‐O: what is organizational about organizational behavior?*

Chip Heath;Sim B. Sitkin

273
Citations
Leadership Styles: A Comprehensive Assessment and Way Forward

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258
Citations
Constitutive complexity: Military entrepreneurs and the synthetic character of communication flows

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

192
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James P. Walsh University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

E. Allan Lind Duke University

D. Scott DeRue University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Robert E. Quinn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Susan J. Ashford University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Joel Brockner Columbia University

David V. Day Claremont McKenna College

Daan van Knippenberg Rice University

J. Richard Hackman Harvard University

Karl Aquino University of British Columbia

External Links

Personal website of Sim B. Sitkin

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