Constructing academic discourse power in management research with Chinese characteristics represents a critical challenge within the realm of Chinese management research.This research posits that academic achievements are fundamental components of academic discourse power and thus emphasizes academic journal literature as the primary medium for presenting these accomplishments. Employing the structural topic model methodology, a comparative analysis is conducted on 9 560 organizational-level research articles published in leading Chinese and English journals from 2010 to 2021.This study conducts a comparative analysis of the overarching characteristics of the literature’s topics, encompassing their theoretical and practical dimensions, inter-topic correlations, relevant professional knowledge domains, and their inherent complexity. This paper analyzes the current state and overarching characteristics of academic research in Chinese management, subsequently proposing targeted recommendations for enhancing academic discourse power within this field.