| Status evolution and competition: Theory and evidence M Washington, EJ Zajac Academy of Management Journal 48 (2), 282-296, 2005 | 842 | 2005 |
| How organizations change: The role of institutional support mechanisms in the incorporation of higher education visibility strategies, 1874–1995 M Washington, MJ Ventresca Organization science 15 (1), 82-97, 2004 | 307 | 2004 |
| Hostile takeover or joint venture: Connections between institutional theory and sport management research M Washington, KDW Patterson Sport management review 14 (1), 1-12, 2011 | 283 | 2011 |
| Institutions and maintenance: The repair work of Italian professions ER Micelotta, M Washington Organization Studies 34 (8), 1137-1170, 2013 | 222 | 2013 |
| Why change fails: knowledge counts M Washington, M Hacker Leadership & Organization Development Journal 26 (5), 400-411, 2005 | 219 | 2005 |
| Understanding the concept of professionalisation in sport management research M Dowling, J Edwards, M Washington Sport management review 17 (4), 520-529, 2014 | 182 | 2014 |
| Field approaches to institutional change: The evolution of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 1906–1995 M Washington Organization Studies 25 (3), 393-414, 2004 | 174 | 2004 |
| Institutional leadership: Past, present, and future M Washington, KB Boal, JN Davis The SAGE handbook of organizational institutionalism, 721-735, 2008 | 169 | 2008 |
| Maintaining an institution in a contested organizational field: the work of the AA CSB and its constituents” CQ Trank, M Washington Institutional work: Actors and agency in institutional studies of …, 2009 | 131* | 2009 |
| Institutional pressures, government funding and provincial sport organisations JR Edwards, DS Mason, M Washington International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing 6 (2), 128-149, 2009 | 104 | 2009 |
| Institutional contradictions and struggles in the formation of US collegiate basketball, 1880–1938 M Washington, MJ Ventresca Journal of Sport Management 22 (1), 30-49, 2008 | 86 | 2008 |
| Taking advantage of the London 2012 Olympic Games: Corporate social responsibility through sport partnerships M Dowling, L Robinson, M Washington European Sport Management Quarterly 13 (3), 269-292, 2013 | 77 | 2013 |
| Leadership succession and organizational performance: Football coaches and organizational issues BP Soebbing, M Washington Journal of Sport Management 25 (6), 550-561, 2011 | 65 | 2011 |
| Industry gender imprinting and new venture creation: The liabilities of women’s leagues in the sports industry E Micelotta, M Washington, I Docekalova Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 42 (1), 94-128, 2018 | 61 | 2018 |
| The evolving institutional work of the National Collegiate Athletic Association to maintain dominance in a fragmented field N Calvin, I Abiodun, W Marvin Sport Management Review 22 (3), 379-394, 2019 | 59 | 2019 |
| Establishing a “safety net”: Exploring the emergence and maintenance of College Hockey Inc. and NCAA Division I hockey JR Edwards, M Washington Journal of sport management 29 (3), 291-304, 2015 | 50 | 2015 |
| How do we measure the implementation of large‐scale change? M Hacker, M Washington Measuring Business Excellence 8 (3), 52-59, 2004 | 49 | 2004 |
| Spiritual intelligence: going beyond IQ and EQ to develop resilient leaders SK Hacker, M Washington Global Business and Organizational Excellence 36 (3), 21-28, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
| Institutional adaptation to technological innovation: Lessons from the NCAA’s regulation of football television broadcasts (1938–1984) C Nite, M Washington Journal of Sport Management 31 (6), 575-590, 2017 | 34 | 2017 |
| Organizational structure and home team performance WM Foster, M Washington Team Performance Management: An International Journal 15 (3/4), 158-171, 2009 | 28 | 2009 |
Mathew DowlingDeputy Head of School and Associate Professor, Anglia Ruskin UniversityVerified email at aru.ac.uk
