Barbara Plester

982 total citations
23 papers, 550 citations indexed

About

Barbara Plester is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Plester has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 550 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Social Psychology, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Barbara Plester's work include Humor Studies and Applications (10 papers), Emotional Labor in Professions (6 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (5 papers). Barbara Plester is often cited by papers focused on Humor Studies and Applications (10 papers), Emotional Labor in Professions (6 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (5 papers). Barbara Plester collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, South Korea and Australia. Barbara Plester's co-authors include Janet Sayers, Ann M. Hutchison, Mark B. Orams, Hee Sun Kim, Rachel Morrison, Helena D. Cooper–Thomas, Nigel Haworth, Brigid Carroll, Kerr Inkson and Tim Bentley and has published in prestigious journals such as Frontiers in Psychology, Organization and Gender Work and Organization.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Plester

23 papers receiving 515 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Plester New Zealand	13	277	210	195	82	81	23	550
Jon A. Hess United States	12	484 1.7×	90 0.4×	208 1.1×	60 0.7×	41 0.5×	36	724
Peter Belmi United States	10	208 0.8×	101 0.5×	239 1.2×	18 0.2×	50 0.6×	17	486
Joost M. Leunissen United Kingdom	11	403 1.5×	67 0.3×	202 1.0×	90 1.1×	135 1.7×	20	507
Tim Cole United States	7	227 0.8×	44 0.2×	234 1.2×	132 1.6×	75 0.9×	14	490
Sylvester Taylor United States	9	150 0.5×	126 0.6×	132 0.7×	16 0.2×	49 0.6×	21	408
Jennifer A. H. Becker United States	12	221 0.8×	110 0.5×	171 0.9×	30 0.4×	15 0.2×	18	440
Paul Redford United Kingdom	7	198 0.7×	63 0.3×	125 0.6×	37 0.5×	15 0.2×	9	596
Ginger L. Pennington United States	8	246 0.9×	107 0.5×	294 1.5×	104 1.3×	33 0.4×	11	787
Wendy Leeds‐Hurwitz United States	11	127 0.5×	42 0.2×	182 0.9×	108 1.3×	52 0.6×	35	600
Lars‐Eric Petersen Germany	13	159 0.6×	106 0.5×	191 1.0×	10 0.1×	72 0.9×	32	475

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Plester, Barbara, et al.. (2024). New frontiers of fun: sharing and supporting workplace fun in hybrid work. Employee Relations. 46(4). 934–954. 1 indexed citations

Plester, Barbara, et al.. (2023). Happiness Is ‘Being Yourself’: Psychological Safety and Fun in Hybrid Work. Administrative Sciences. 13(10). 218–218. 6 indexed citations

Plester, Barbara, et al.. (2022). "It only hurts when I laugh". European Journal of Humour Research. 10(2). 116–134. 3 indexed citations

Plester, Barbara, et al.. (2022). Health and wellness but at what cost? Technology media justifications for wearable technology use in organizations. Organization. 31(2). 358–380. 7 indexed citations

Kim, Hee Sun & Barbara Plester. (2021). Smashing, Shaming, or Polite Fun and Joy? How Workplace Humor Influences Positive Well-Being in South Korean Workplaces. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 682183–682183. 5 indexed citations

Plester, Barbara, Hee Sun Kim, Janet Sayers, & Brigid Carroll. (2021). “Show us what you’ve got”: From experiences of undoing to mobilizing agentic vulnerability in research. Gender Work and Organization. 29(1). 58–78. 12 indexed citations

Levy, Deborah, et al.. (2021). ‘It’s a man’s world’: the lived experiences of women working in the New Zealand professional commercial property industry. Journal of Property Research. 39(2). 148–169. 2 indexed citations

Plester, Barbara, et al.. (2020). The impact of organisational culture and dynamic capabilities on learning evaluation: an interpretive analysis. International Journal of Learning and Change. 12(4). 476–476. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Hee Sun & Barbara Plester. (2019). Harmony and Distress: Humor, Culture, and Psychological Well-Being in South Korean Organizations. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 2643–2643. 27 indexed citations

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Plester, Barbara, et al.. (2018). Manager-employee psychological contracts: enter the smartphone. Employee Relations. 40(2). 193–207. 16 indexed citations

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Plester, Barbara & Ann M. Hutchison. (2016). Fun times: the relationship between fun and workplace engagement. Employee Relations. 38(3). 332–350. 89 indexed citations

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Plester, Barbara. (2015). ’Take it like a man!’: Performing hegemonic masculinity through organizational humour. ResearchSpace (University of Auckland). 20 indexed citations

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Plester, Barbara, et al.. (2015). The fun paradox. Employee Relations. 37(3). 380–398. 44 indexed citations

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Plester, Barbara. (2015). The Complexity of Workplace Humour. 25 indexed citations

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Plester, Barbara. (2015). The Complexity of Workplace Humour: Laughter, Jokers and the Dark Side of Humour. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 7 indexed citations

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Plester, Barbara. (2014). Ingesting the organization: The embodiment of organizational food rituals. Culture and Organization. 21(3). 251–268. 18 indexed citations

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Morrison, Rachel, et al.. (2010). Does fun work? The complexity of promoting fun at work. Journal of Management & Organization. 16(3). 338–352. 33 indexed citations

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Morrison, Rachel, et al.. (2010). Does fun work? The complexity of promoting fun at work. Journal of Management & Organization. 16(3). 338–352. 15 indexed citations

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Plester, Barbara. (2009). Healthy humour: using humour to cope at work. Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. 4(1). 89–102. 31 indexed citations

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Plester, Barbara. (2009). Crossing the line: boundaries of workplace humour and fun. Employee Relations. 31(6). 584–599. 59 indexed citations

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