Blake E. Ashforth

65.2k total citations · 24 hit papers
140 papers, 45.9k citations indexed

About

Blake E. Ashforth is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Blake E. Ashforth has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 45.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 55 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 37 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Blake E. Ashforth's work include Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (59 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (41 papers) and Emotional Labor in Professions (20 papers). Blake E. Ashforth is often cited by papers focused on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (59 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (41 papers) and Emotional Labor in Professions (20 papers). Blake E. Ashforth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Blake E. Ashforth's co-authors include Fred A. Mael, Glen E. Kreiner, Ronald H. Humphrey, Raymond T. Lee, Mel Fugate, Alan M. Saks, David M. Sluss, Kevin G. Corley, Spencer Harrison and Vikas Anand and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Applied Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Blake E. Ashforth

136 papers receiving 41.8k citations

Hit Papers

Social Identity Theory an... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 1992 1989 1996 2008 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Social Identity Theory and the Organization
    1989 5.8k citations Blake E. Ashforth, Fred A. Mael Academy of Management Review profile →
  2. Alumni and their alma mater: A partial test of the reformulated model of organizational identification
    1992 4.2k citations Fred A. Mael, Blake E. Ashforth Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →
  3. Social Identity Theory and the Organization
    1989 3.5k citations Blake E. Ashforth, Fred A. Mael Academy of Management Review profile →
  4. A meta-analytic examination of the correlates of the three dimensions of job burnout.
    1996 2.4k citations Raymond T. Lee, Blake E. Ashforth Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
  5. Identification in Organizations: An Examination of Four Fundamental Questions
    2008 2.0k citations Blake E. Ashforth, Spencer Harrison et al. profile →
  6. Emotional Labor in Service Roles: The Influence of Identity
    1993 1.8k citations Blake E. Ashforth, Ronald H. Humphrey Academy of Management Review profile →
  7. All in a Day's Work: Boundaries and Micro Role Transitions
    2000 1.6k citations Blake E. Ashforth, Glen E. Kreiner et al. Academy of Management Review profile →
  8. The Double-Edge of Organizational Legitimation
    1990 1.4k citations Blake E. Ashforth et al. Organization Science profile →
  9. Employability: A psycho-social construct, its dimensions, and applications
    2004 1.4k citations Mel Fugate, Blake E. Ashforth et al. profile →
  10. Emotion in the Workplace: A Reappraisal
    1995 987 citations Blake E. Ashforth, Ronald H. Humphrey Human Relations profile →
  11. THE NORMALIZATION OF CORRUPTION IN ORGANIZATIONS
    2003 968 citations Blake E. Ashforth et al. profile →
  12. All in a Day'S Work: Boundaries and Micro Role Transitions
    2000 944 citations Blake E. Ashforth, Glen E. Kreiner et al. Academy of Management Review profile →
  13. “How Can You Do It?”: Dirty Work and the Challenge of Constructing a Positive Identity
    1999 915 citations Blake E. Ashforth, Glen E. Kreiner Academy of Management Review profile →
  14. Emotional Labor in Service Roles: The Influence of Identity
    1993 861 citations Blake E. Ashforth, Ronald H. Humphrey Academy of Management Review profile →
  15. Relational Identity and Identification: Defining Ourselves Through Work Relationships
    2007 778 citations David M. Sluss, Blake E. Ashforth Academy of Management Review profile →
  16. Evidence toward an expanded model of organizational identification
    2003 714 citations Glen E. Kreiner, Blake E. Ashforth Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →
  17. Role Transitions in Organizational Life: An Identity-Based Perspective
    2001 642 citations Blake E. Ashforth et al. Academy of Management Review profile →
  18. Organizational Identity and Identification: Charting New Waters and Building New Bridges
    2000 633 citations Blake E. Ashforth et al. Academy of Management Review profile →
  19. Petty Tyranny in Organizations
    1994 573 citations Blake E. Ashforth Human Relations profile →
  20. LOYAL FROM DAY ONE: BIODATA, ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION, AND TURNOVER AMONG NEWCOMERS
    1995 544 citations Fred A. Mael, Blake E. Ashforth profile →
  21. A LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN JOB INFORMATION SOURCES, APPLICANT PERCEPTIONS OF FIT, AND WORK OUTCOMES
    1997 537 citations Alan M. Saks, Blake E. Ashforth profile →
  22. Organizational Socialization: Making Sense of the Past and Present as a Prologue for the Future
    1997 522 citations Alan M. Saks, Blake E. Ashforth profile →
  23. Identity Under Construction: How Individuals Come to Define Themselves in Organizations
    2016 368 citations Blake E. Ashforth, Beth S. Schinoff Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior profile →
  24. The bright side of emotional labor
    2015 302 citations Ronald H. Humphrey, Blake E. Ashforth et al. Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Blake E. Ashforth 25.2k 18.0k 11.0k 7.5k 6.0k 140 45.9k
John P. Meyer 36.9k 1.5× 12.1k 0.7× 12.5k 1.1× 7.2k 1.0× 5.5k 0.9× 128 51.1k
Timothy A. Judge 33.6k 1.3× 14.7k 0.8× 23.7k 2.2× 4.9k 0.7× 6.5k 1.1× 246 62.8k
Natalie J. Allen 25.7k 1.0× 9.4k 0.5× 8.9k 0.8× 5.0k 0.7× 3.5k 0.6× 67 36.1k
Bruce J. Avolio 30.3k 1.2× 7.9k 0.4× 17.8k 1.6× 9.4k 1.3× 4.0k 0.7× 197 54.2k
Jeong Yeon Lee 23.2k 0.9× 18.8k 1.0× 11.9k 1.1× 13.9k 1.8× 4.0k 0.7× 39 62.0k
Paul E. Spector 24.1k 1.0× 14.8k 0.8× 14.6k 1.3× 3.1k 0.4× 9.2k 1.5× 315 44.4k
Russell Cropanzano 21.0k 0.8× 12.1k 0.7× 9.9k 0.9× 3.6k 0.5× 4.0k 0.7× 144 33.0k
Jeffrey Pfeffer 21.2k 0.8× 11.2k 0.6× 4.9k 0.4× 19.1k 2.5× 3.0k 0.5× 261 55.9k
Edwin A. Locke 22.3k 0.9× 9.0k 0.5× 17.9k 1.6× 5.8k 0.8× 4.6k 0.8× 264 58.3k
Robert Eisenberger 23.1k 0.9× 8.8k 0.5× 8.7k 0.8× 3.7k 0.5× 4.4k 0.7× 121 34.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ashforth, Blake E.. (2025). Normalization: How Organizations Socialize Newcomers to Make the Extraordinary Seem Ordinary. Human Resource Management. 64(4). 995–1015.
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Ashforth, Blake E., et al.. (2025). Achieving Holism: Narrating Multiple Identities in the Moment and Over Time. Academy of Management Review. 1 indexed citations
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Ashforth, Blake E. & Fred A. Mael. (2024). Back to the Future: What We’d Change in “Social Identity Theory and the Organization” (Academy of Management Review, 1989, 14, 20–39). Journal of Management Inquiry. 33(4). 329–335. 3 indexed citations
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Naldi, Lucia, Mattias Nordqvist, Francesco Chirico, et al.. (2024). From "Fiber" To "Fire": Construct Validation And Refinement Of The Socioemotional Wealth Scale In Family Firms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Ashforth, Blake E., Beth S. Schinoff, Kristie Rogers, & Donald Lange. (2023). Being Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Role-Based Identity Foils in Organizational Life. Organization Science. 35(1). 232–258. 5 indexed citations
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Ashforth, Blake E. & Ronald H. Humphrey. (2022). Institutionalized affect in organizations: Not an oxymoron. Human Relations. 75(8). 1483–1517. 7 indexed citations
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Bednar, Jeffrey, Benjamin M. Galvin, Blake E. Ashforth, & Ella Hafermalz. (2019). Putting Identification in Motion: A Dynamic View of Organizational Identification. Organization Science. 31(1). 200–222. 69 indexed citations
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Ashforth, Blake E., Glen E. Kreiner, Mark A. Clark, & Mel Fugate. (2017). Congruence work in stigmatized occupations: A managerial lens on employee fit with dirty work. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 38(8). 1260–1279. 70 indexed citations
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Pratt, Michael G., Majken Schultz, Blake E. Ashforth, & Davide Ravasi. (2016). Introduction: Organizational Identity. Oxford University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Ashforth, Blake E. & Beth S. Schinoff. (2016). Identity Under Construction: How Individuals Come to Define Themselves in Organizations. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior. 3(1). 111–137. 368 indexed citations breakdown →
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Palmer, Donald, Donald Palmer, Cary L. Cooper, et al.. (2016). Organizational Wrongdoing. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 38 indexed citations
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Ashforth, Blake E., Kristie Rogers, Michael G. Pratt, & Camille Pradies. (2014). Ambivalence in Organizations: A Multilevel Approach. Organization Science. 25(5). 1453–1478. 267 indexed citations
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Ashforth, Blake E., et al.. (2014). Revisiting the debate on the relationship between display rules and performance: Considering the explicitness of display rules.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 100(1). 249–261. 32 indexed citations
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Ashforth, Blake E.. (2012). The Role of Time in Socialization Dynamics. Oxford University Press eBooks. 43 indexed citations
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Harrison, Spencer, David M. Sluss, & Blake E. Ashforth. (2011). Curiosity adapted the cat: The role of trait curiosity in newcomer adaptation.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 96(1). 211–220. 116 indexed citations
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Saks, Alan M. & Blake E. Ashforth. (2002). Is job search related to employment quality? It all depends on the fit.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 87(4). 646–654. 280 indexed citations
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Ashforth, Blake E., Glen E. Kreiner, & Mel Fugate. (2000). All in a Day's Work: Boundaries and Micro Role Transitions. Academy of Management Review. 25(3). 472–472. 1587 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Raymond T. & Blake E. Ashforth. (1996). A meta-analytic examination of the correlates of the three dimensions of job burnout.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 81(2). 123–133. 2428 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ashforth, Blake E., et al.. (1991). Evaluating two models of burnout among supervisors and managers in a public welfare setting. 13(4). 508–527. 3 indexed citations
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Ashforth, Blake E. & Fred A. Mael. (1989). Social Identity Theory and the Organization. Academy of Management Review. 14(1). 20–20. 3473 indexed citations breakdown →

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