Bruce J. Avolio

290 total papers · 84.8k total citations
197 papers, 53.9k citations indexed

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Bruce J. Avolio is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce J. Avolio has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 53.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 80 papers in Social Psychology and 24 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Bruce J. Avolio's work include Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (74 papers), Emotional Intelligence and Performance (30 papers) and Team Dynamics and Performance (18 papers). Bruce J. Avolio is often cited by papers focused on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (74 papers), Emotional Intelligence and Performance (30 papers) and Team Dynamics and Performance (18 papers). Bruce J. Avolio collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Canada. Bruce J. Avolio's co-authors include Bernard M. Bass, Fred Luthans, William L. Gardner, Fred O. Walumbwa, Dong I. Jung, James B. Avey, Steven M. Norman, Jane M. Howell, Douglas R. May and Sean T. Hannah and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Strategic Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Bruce J. Avolio

191 papers receiving 46.6k citations

Hit Papers

Authentic leadership deve... 1990 2026 2002 2014 2005 2007 1993 2007 1999 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Authentic leadership development: Getting to the root of positive forms of leadership
    2005 3.4k citations Bruce J. Avolio, William L. Gardner The Leadership Quarterly profile →
  2. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL: MEASUREMENT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH PERFORMANCE AND SATISFACTION
    2007 3.2k citations Fred Luthans, Bruce J. Avolio et al. Personnel Psychology profile →
  3. Improving Organizational Effectiveness through Transformational Leadership
    1993 2.1k citations Bernard M. Bass, Bruce J. Avolio Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  4. Authentic Leadership: Development and Validation of a Theory-Based Measure†
    2007 2.1k citations Fred O. Walumbwa, Bruce J. Avolio et al. Journal of Management profile →
  5. Re‐examining the components of transformational and transactional leadership using the Multifactor Leadership
    1999 2.0k citations Bruce J. Avolio, Bernard M. Bass et al. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology profile →
  6. Predicting unit performance by assessing transformational and transactional leadership.
    2003 2.0k citations Bernard M. Bass, Bruce J. Avolio et al. Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
  7. Leadership: Current Theories, Research, and Future Directions
    2008 1.8k citations Bruce J. Avolio, Fred O. Walumbwa et al. Annual Review of Psychology profile →
  8. Psychological Capital: Developing the Human Competitive Edge
    2006 1.5k citations Fred Luthans, Carolyn M. Youssef et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  9. Unlocking the mask: a look at the process by which authentic leaders impact follower attitudes and behaviors
    2004 1.4k citations Bruce J. Avolio, William L. Gardner et al. The Leadership Quarterly profile →
  10. Transformational leadership, transactional leadership, locus of control, and support for innovation: Key predictors of consolidated-business-unit performance.
    1993 1.4k citations Jane M. Howell, Bruce J. Avolio Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
  11. “Can you see the real me?” A self-based model of authentic leader and follower development
    2005 1.4k citations William L. Gardner, Bruce J. Avolio et al. The Leadership Quarterly profile →
  12. IMPACT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON FOLLOWER DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE: A FIELD EXPERIMENT.
    2002 1.2k citations Tom Dvir, Dov Eden et al. Academy of Management Journal profile →
  13. Transformational leadership and organizational commitment: mediating role of psychological empowerment and moderating role of structural distance
    2004 1.2k citations Bruce J. Avolio, Weichun Zhu et al. Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →
  14. Transformational Leadership And Organizational Culture
    1994 1.0k citations Bernard M. Bass, Bruce J. Avolio International Journal of Public Administration profile →
  15. Psychological capital development: toward a micro‐intervention
    2006 1.0k citations Fred Luthans, James B. Avey et al. Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →
  16. The mediating role of psychological capital in the supportive organizational climate—employee performance relationship
    2008 998 citations Fred Luthans, Steven M. Norman et al. Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →
  17. Context and leadership: an examination of the nine-factor full-range leadership theory using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire
    2003 984 citations John Antonakis, Bruce J. Avolio et al. The Leadership Quarterly profile →
  18. The development and resulting performance impact of positive psychological capital
    2010 810 citations Fred Luthans, James B. Avey et al. Human Resource Development Quarterly profile →
  19. Psychological Capital
    2006 695 citations Fred Luthans, Carolyn M. Youssef et al. Oxford University Press eBooks profile →
  20. Individual consideration viewed at multiple levels of analysis: A multi-level framework for examining the diffusion of transformational leadership
    1995 667 citations Bruce J. Avolio, Bernard M. Bass The Leadership Quarterly profile →
  21. Opening the black box: an experimental investigation of the mediating effects of trust and value congruence on transformational and transactional leadership
    2000 632 citations Dong I. Jung, Bruce J. Avolio Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →
  22. Transformational leadership: A response to critiques.
    1993 623 citations Bernard M. Bass, Bruce J. Avolio profile →
  23. Psychological ownership: theoretical extensions, measurement and relation to work outcomes
    2009 608 citations James B. Avey, Bruce J. Avolio et al. Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →
  24. The Charismatic Relationship: A Dramaturgical Perspective
    1998 594 citations William L. Gardner, Bruce J. Avolio Academy of Management Review profile →
  25. Developing Transformational Leadership: 1992 and Beyond
    1990 565 citations Bernard M. Bass, Bruce J. Avolio Journal of European Industrial Training profile →
  26. Promoting more integrative strategies for leadership theory-building.
    2007 501 citations Bruce J. Avolio American Psychologist profile →
  27. Psychological Capital and Beyond
    2015 430 citations Fred Luthans, Carolyn M. Youssef‐Morgan et al. profile →
  28. Embedding Ethical Leadership within and across Organization Levels
    2012 415 citations John Schaubroeck, Sean T. Hannah et al. Academy of Management Journal profile →
  29. Transformational and Charismatic Leadership: The Road Ahead
    2013 322 citations Bruce J. Avolio, Francis J. Yammarino Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  30. Leadership in applied psychology: Three waves of theory and research.
    2017 248 citations Robert G. Lord, David V. Day et al. Journal of Applied Psychology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Bruce J. Avolio 30.2k 17.7k 9.4k 7.9k 6.8k 197 53.9k
John P. Meyer 36.8k 1.2× 12.4k 0.7× 7.1k 0.8× 12.1k 1.5× 6.7k 1.0× 128 50.9k
Bernard M. Bass 23.3k 0.8× 10.9k 0.6× 9.3k 1.0× 6.2k 0.8× 4.5k 0.7× 220 43.4k
Edwin A. Locke 22.3k 0.7× 17.9k 1.0× 5.8k 0.6× 8.9k 1.1× 2.6k 0.4× 265 58.1k
Timothy A. Judge 33.6k 1.1× 23.7k 1.3× 4.9k 0.5× 14.6k 1.9× 4.2k 0.6× 246 62.6k
Fred Luthans 21.5k 0.7× 18.3k 1.0× 4.2k 0.4× 5.9k 0.7× 3.7k 0.5× 231 42.8k
Geert Hofstede 21.4k 0.7× 20.4k 1.2× 15.4k 1.6× 23.8k 3.0× 4.9k 0.7× 116 81.3k
Paul E. Spector 24.0k 0.8× 14.6k 0.8× 3.1k 0.3× 14.7k 1.9× 3.5k 0.5× 315 44.2k
Blake E. Ashforth 25.1k 0.8× 11.0k 0.6× 7.5k 0.8× 17.9k 2.3× 2.7k 0.4× 140 45.6k
Robert C. Liden 23.0k 0.8× 9.8k 0.6× 4.5k 0.5× 9.0k 1.1× 3.7k 0.5× 151 32.6k
Robert Eisenberger 23.0k 0.8× 8.7k 0.5× 3.7k 0.4× 8.8k 1.1× 4.0k 0.6× 121 34.4k

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