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Above the Clouds

Publications

Select Journal Publications

1. Wang, M.S., & Greenwood, R. In press. Why is bribing doctors an excusable crime? The normalization of professional corruption. Journal of Management Studies.

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2. Wang, M.S., Zhang, R., & Voronov, M. In press. Building bridges in the digital age: How online platforms foster trust during a crisis. Organization Studies.

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3. Wei, Y., Wang, M.S., & Liu, J. 2025. Generational imprints: A contingency approach to corruption and entrepreneurship. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 19(3): 529–560.

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4. Wang, M.S., Lounsbury, M., Chen, X., & Ren, Y. 2025. Change, governance, and diffusion of institutional logics in and beyond Chinese contexts. Management and Organization Review, 21(3): 417–442.

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5. Wang, M., & Steele, C. 2024. From foe to friend: Exploring state-led destigmatization. Administrative Science Quarterly, 69(4): 839–880.​

  • Rewritten in an abbreviated version and printed in Management Insights.

 

6. Wang, M., & Tracey, P. 2024. Anti-stigma organizing: How social movement organizations leverage affordances to build solidarity. Academy of Management Review, 49(4): 799–823.

  • Featured in AOM Insights as one of the most-clicked summaries in 2024.

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7. Wang, M., Raynard, M., & Greenwood, R. 2021. From grace to violence: Stigmatizing the medical profession in China. Academy of Management Journal, 64(6): 1842–1872.

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8. Lounsbury, M., Steele, C., Wang, M., & Toubiana, M. 2021. New directions in the study of institutional logics: From tools to phenomena. Annual Review of Sociology, 47(1): 261–280.

  • Translated into Chinese and reprinted in Comparative Studies, 2023(5): 188–212 (Caixin).

  • Top 1% highly cited paper in the SSCI field of Social Sciences, General.

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9. Zhang, R., Wang, M., Toubiana, M., & Greenwood, R. 2021. Stigma beyond levels: Advancing research on stigmatization. Academy of Management Annals, 15(1): 188–222.

  • #2 of the most read articles published in the journal in 2021.

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10. Lounsbury, M., & Wang, M. 2020. Into the clearing: Back to the future of constitutive institutional analysis. Organization Theory, 1(1): 1–27.

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11. Hannigan, T., Haans, R., Vakili, K., Tchalian, H., Glaser, V., Wang, M., Kaplan, S., & Jennings, P. 2019. Topic modeling in management research: Rendering new theory from textual data. Academy of Management Annals, 13(2): 586–632.

  • #2 of the most read articles published in the journal in 2019.

  • Top 1% highly cited paper in the SSCI field of Economics & Business.

Book Chapters & Other Publications

12. Bundy, J., & Wang, M.S. In press. Reputation dynamics: Understanding the reputation bufeer and burden. In The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Social Evaluations. Oxford University Press.

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13. Zhou, C., Wang, M.S., & Zhang, R. 2025. Parasitized functionaries: An extension to Rintamäki, Parker, and Spicer’s “Institutional Parasites” (dialogue). Academy of Management Review, 50(3): 649–651.

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14. Wang, M.S. 2025. Stigmatization in and around organizations. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management: doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190224851.013.476.​

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15. Wang, M., & Lounsbury, M. 2021. Cultural encounters: A practice-driven institutional approach to the study of organizational culture. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 71 (On Practice and Institution: New Empirical Directions): 165–198.​

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16. Höllerer, M., Schneiberg, M., Thornton, P., Zietsma, C., & Wang, M. 2020. Rediscovering the power of institutions: The macrofoundations of institutional analysis. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 68 (Macrofoundations: Exploring the Institutionally Situated Nature of Activity): 221–234.

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17. Hannigan, T., Wang, M., Steele, C., Seidel, M.-D., Cervantes, E., & Jennings, P. 2020. A community-based sociocultural network approach to controlling COVID-19 contagion: Seven suggestions for improving policy. Behavioral Science & Policy, SI: 1–14.

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18. Wang, M., Steele, C., & Greenwood, R. 2019. Mentalités and events: Historicizing institutional logics (dialogue). Academy of Management Review, 44(2): 473-476.

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