| The neurotic organization MFRK De Vries, D Miller Jossey-Bass, 1984 | 1382 | 1984 |
| The dynamics of family controlled firms: The good and the bad news MFRK de Vries Organizational dynamics 21 (3), 59-71, 1993 | 1307 | 1993 |
| Top executive locus of control and its relationship to strategy-making, structure, and environment D Miller, MFR Kets de Vries, JM Toulouse Academy of Management journal 25 (2), 237-253, 1982 | 964 | 1982 |
| The downside of downsizing MFRK De Vries, K Balazs Human relations 50 (1), 11-50, 1997 | 687 | 1997 |
| The dark side of entrepreneurship MFR Kets de Vries Harvard business review 63 (6), 160-167, 1985 | 621 | 1985 |
| The leadership mystique MFR Kets de Vries | 548 | 2001 |
| Leaders, fools and impostors: Essays on the psychology of leadership MFRK De Vries IUniverse, 2003 | 547 | 2003 |
| Prisoners of leadership MFRK de Vries, MFRK de Fries Wiley, 1989 | 467* | 1989 |
| Personality, culture, and organization. MF Kets de Vries, D Miller The Academy of Management Review, 1986 | 464 | 1986 |
| Narcissism and leadership: An object relations perspective MFRK de Vries, D Miller Human Relations 38 (6), 583-601, 1985 | 440 | 1985 |
| Organizational paradoxes: Clinical approaches to management MFRK De Vries Routledge, 2013 | 385 | 2013 |
| Organizations on the couch: Clinical perspectives on organizational behavior and change. MFR Kets de Vries Jossey-Bass, 1991 | 374 | 1991 |
| Family business: human dilemmas in the family firm: text and cases MFRK De Vries Arden Shakespeare, 1996 | 369 | 1996 |
| The leadership mystique MFR Kets de Vries Academy of Management Perspectives 8 (3), 73-89, 1994 | 351 | 1994 |
| Power and the corporate mind. A Zaleznik, MF Kets de Vries Houghton Mifflin, 1975 | 349 | 1975 |
| The anatomy of the entrepreneur: Clinical observations MFR Kets de Vries Human relations 49 (7), 853-883, 1996 | 295 | 1996 |
| Leadership group coaching in action: The Zen of creating high performance teams MFR Kets de Vries Academy of Management Perspectives 19 (1), 61-76, 2005 | 270 | 2005 |
| The leader on the couch: A clinical approach to changing people and organizations MFRK De Vries John Wiley & Sons, 2011 | 234 | 2011 |
| Creating authentizotic organizations: Well-functioning individuals in vibrant companies MFRK de Vries Human Relations 54 (1), 101-111, 2001 | 216 | 2001 |
| Life and death in the executive fast lane: Essays on irrational organizations and their leaders. MFR Kets de Vries Jossey-Bass, 1995 | 215 | 1995 |