Journal impact as a diffusion process: A conceptualization and the case of the journal of management studies

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1374-1407

  Simsek, Zeki ^a   Heavey, Ciaran ^b   Jansen, Justin J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citations; Diffusion; Journal impact; Multidimensional conceptualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887169986     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12007     Document Type: Article

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