Brooks C. Holtom · Ph.D.
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Two decades of cited work

The numbers behind the
retention research

A live snapshot of the citation record: lifetime totals, the year-on-year curve, and the twenty most-cited papers, the same body of work that underwrites the Leadership in the AI Era program.

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Citations
27,791Since 2021 · 10,659
h-index
37Since 2021 · 30
i10-index
50Since 2021 · 41
§ 01 · Citations per year

Twenty-three years of compounding citation velocity

From 102 in 2004 to a 2,288 peak in 2025. The curve crossed 1,000 annually in 2012 and has stayed there ever since.

Citations · 2004 – 2026

Total · 27,791
06251,2501,8752,500200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
§ 02 · Top twenty papers

Most-cited works
ordered by total citations

The top of the curve is dominated by the foundational embeddedness papers (Mitchell, Holtom et al. 2001) and the methodological workhorse on survey response rates (Baruch & Holtom 2008), each well past 5,000 citations.

01

Why people stay: Using job embeddedness to predict voluntary turnover

Mitchell, T.R., Holtom, B.C., Lee, T.W., Sablynski, C.J., Erez, M.
Academy of Management Journal 44(6)
2001
5,906cites
02

Survey response rate levels and trends in organizational research

Baruch, Y., Holtom, B.C.
Human Relations 61(8)
2008
5,903cites
03

Turnover and retention research: a glance at the past, a closer review of the present, and a venture into the future

Holtom, B.C., Mitchell, T.R., Lee, T.W., Eberly, M.B.
Academy of Management Annals 2(1)
2008
2,564cites
04

The effects of job embeddedness on organizational citizenship, job performance, volitional absences, and voluntary turnover

Lee, T.W., Mitchell, T.R., Sablynski, C.J., Burton, J.P., Holtom, B.C.
Academy of Management Journal 47(5)
2004
1,809cites
05

How to keep your best employees: Developing an effective retention policy

Mitchell, T.R., Holtom, B.C., Lee, T.W.
Academy of Management Perspectives 15(4)
2001
1,204cites
06

Turnover contagion: How coworkers' job embeddedness and job search behaviors influence quitting

Felps, W., Mitchell, T.R., Hekman, D.R., Lee, T.W., Holtom, B.C., Harman, W.S.
Academy of Management Journal 52(3)
2009
1,125cites
07

The unfolding model of voluntary turnover: A replication and extension

Lee, T.W., Mitchell, T.R., Holtom, B.C., McDaneil, L.S., Hill, J.W.
Academy of Management Journal 42(4)
1999
1,110cites
08

Increasing human and social capital by applying job embeddedness theory

Holtom, B.C., Mitchell, T.R., Lee, T.W.
Organizational Dynamics
2006
700cites
09

Survey response rates: Trends and a validity assessment framework

Holtom, B., Baruch, Y., Aguinis, H., Ballinger, G.A.
Human Relations 75(8)
2022
614cites
10

Integrating the unfolding model and job embeddedness model to better understand voluntary turnover

Holtom, B.C., Inderrieden, E.J.
Journal of Managerial Issues
2006
554cites
11

Job embeddedness: A theoretical foundation for developing a comprehensive nurse retention plan

Holtom, B.C., O'Neill, B.S.
JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration 34(5)
2004
545cites
12

Using job embeddedness factors to explain voluntary turnover in four European countries

Tanova, C., Holtom, B.C.
International Journal of Human Resource Management 19(9)
2008
515cites
13

Job embeddedness: a multifoci theoretical extension

Kiazad, K., Holtom, B.C., Hom, P.W., Newman, A.
Journal of Applied Psychology 100(3)
2015
488cites
14

Even the best laid plans sometimes go askew: Career self-management processes, career shocks, and the decision to pursue graduate education

Seibert, S.E., Kraimer, M.L., Holtom, B.C., Pierotti, A.J.
Journal of Applied Psychology 98(1)
2013
472cites
15

Job embeddedness in a culturally diverse environment

Mallol, C.M., Holtom, B.C., Lee, T.W.
Journal of Business and Psychology 22(1)
2007
421cites
16

When employees are out of step with coworkers: How job satisfaction trajectory and dispersion influence individual- and unit-level voluntary turnover

Liu, D., Mitchell, T.R., Lee, T.W., Holtom, B.C., Hinkin, T.R.
Academy of Management Journal 55(6)
2012
412cites
17

The buffering effects of job embeddedness on negative shocks

Burton, J.P., Holtom, B.C., Sablynski, C.J., Mitchell, T.R., Lee, T.W.
Journal of Vocational Behavior 76(1)
2010
401cites
18

The relationship between work status congruence and work-related attitudes and behaviors

Holtom, B.C., Lee, T.W., Tidd, S.T.
Journal of Applied Psychology 87(5)
2002
304cites
19

The effects of network groups on minority employee turnover intentions

Friedman, R.A., Holtom, B.
Human Resource Management
2002
273cites
20

The long-term influence of service employee attrition on customer outcomes and profits

Subramony, M., Holtom, B.C.
Journal of Service Research 15(4)
2012
209cites

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