2026 Timothy G. Pollock: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	42	1457	1360	614	559	86	13109

Overview

Timothy G. Pollock is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting, with a total of 15 publications in each area.

The subfields of study for Pollock include:

Sociology and Political Science
Accounting
Gender Studies
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Communication

Main topics covered in their work are:

Corruption and Economic Development
Gender, Feminism, and Media
Media Studies and Communication
Management and Organizational Studies
Family Business Performance and Succession
Corporate Finance and Governance
Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance

Timothy G. Pollock has authored papers in well-known academic venues, including:

Academy of Management Journal (5 publications)
Organization Science (2 publications)
Journal of Management
Strategic Management Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Pollock include:

"The Push and Pull of Attaining CEO Celebrity: A Media Routines Perspective," 2021, Academy of Management Journal
"I Don't Need a Degree, I've Got Abs: Influencer Warmth and Competence, Communication Mode, and Stakeholder Engagement on Social Media," 2022, Academy of Management Journal
"The Two Towers (or Somewhere in Between): The Behavioral Consequences of Positional Inconsistency across Status Hierarchies," 2020, Academy of Management Journal
"Dancing with Giants: How Small Women- and Minority-Owned Firms Use Soft Power to Manage Asymmetric Relationships with Larger Partners," 2020, Organization Science
"A Star Is Born: The Relationship Between Performance and Achieving Status Through Certification Contests in the Context of Equity Analysts," 2022, Organization Science

Pollock frequently collaborates with several co-authors, with repeated partnerships including:

Jung-Hoon Han
Roberto Ragozzino
Dane P. Blevins
Srikanth Paruchuri
Jeffrey B. Lovelace

In addition to journal publications, Pollock has contributed to academic books published by Edward Elgar Publishing, including multiple editions of How to Use Storytelling in Your Academic Writing, first published in 2021 and another edition forthcoming in 2025.

Best Publications

Media Legitimation Effects in the Market for Initial Public Offerings

Timothy G. Pollock;Violina P. Rindova

1357
Citations
Celebrity Firms: The Social Construction Of Market Popularity

Violina P. Rindova;Timothy G. Pollock;Mathew L.A. Hayward

1000
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
A Tale of Two Assets: The Effects of Firm Reputation and Celebrity on Earnings Surprises and Investors' Reactions

Michael D. Pfarrer;Timothy G. Pollock;Violina P. Rindova

880
Citations
Believing one's own press: the causes and consequences of CEO celebrity

Mathew L. A. Hayward;Violina P. Rindova;Timothy G. Pollock

751
Citations
TESTING A MODEL OF REASONED RISK-TAKING: GOVERNANCE, THE EXPERIENCE OF PRINCIPALS AND AGENTS, AND GLOBAL STRATEGY IN HIGH-TECHNOLOGY IPO FIRMS

Mason A. Carpenter;Timothy G. Pollock;Myleen M. Leary

675
Citations
Why “Good” Firms do Bad Things: The Effects of High Aspirations, High Expectations, and Prominence on the Incidence of Corporate Illegality

Yuri Mishina;Bernadine J. Dykes;Emily S. Block;Timothy G. Pollock

667
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
EFFECTS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL AND POWER ON SURVIVING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE: THE CASE OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS

Harald M. Fischer;Timothy G. Pollock

598
Citations
Industry Categories and the Politics of the Comparable Firm in CEO Compensation

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

553
Citations
Overpaid CEOs and Underpaid Managers: Fairness and Executive Compensation

James B. Wade;Charles A. O'Reilly;Timothy G. Pollock

508
Citations
How much prestige is enough? Assessing the value of multiple types of high-status affiliates for young firms ☆

Timothy G. Pollock;Guoli Chen;Eric M. Jackson;Donald C. Hambrick

347
Citations
Worth, words, and the justification of executive pay

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

318
Citations
Market Watch: Information and Availability Cascades Among the Media and Investors in the U.S. IPO Market

Timothy G. Pollock;Violina P. Rindova;Patrick G. Maggitti

312
Citations
Standing Out from the Crowd: The Visibility-Enhancing Effects of IPO-related Signals on Alliance Formation by Entrepreneurial Firms

Timothy G. Pollock;Ranjay Gulati

274
Citations
Master of Puppets: How Narcissistic CEOs Construct Their Professional Worlds

Arijit Chatterjee;Timothy G. Pollock

272
Citations
The Oxford handbook of corporate reputation

Michael L. Barnett;Timothy G. Pollock

266
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
The contingent value of venture capitalist reputation

Peggy M. Lee;Timothy G. Pollock;Kyuho Jin

216
Citations
Puttin' on the Ritz: Pre-Ipo Enlistment of Prestigious Affiliates as Deadline-Induced Remediation

Guoli Chen;Donald C. Hambrick;Timothy G. Pollock

203
Citations
The Role of Power and Politics in the Repricing of Executive Options

Timothy G. Pollock;Harald M. Fischer;James B. Wade

202
Citations
Which of These Things Are Not Like the Others? Comparing the Rational, Emotional, and Moral Aspects of Reputation, Status, Celebrity, and Stigma

Timothy G. Pollock;Kisha Lashley;Violina P. Rindova;Jung Hoon Han

156
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph F. Porac New York University

Violina P. Rindova University of California, Irvine

Michael L. Barnett Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Donald C. Hambrick Pennsylvania State University

Ted Baker Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Howard Thomas Singapore Management University

Ranjay Gulati Harvard University

Noshir Contractor Northwestern University

Adam M. Grant University of Pennsylvania

Joyce E. Bono University of Florida

External Links

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