Colette van Laar

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Colette van Laar is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Colette van Laar has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 35 papers in Social Psychology and 31 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Colette van Laar's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (56 papers), Gender Diversity and Inequality (26 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (24 papers). Colette van Laar is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (56 papers), Gender Diversity and Inequality (26 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (24 papers). Colette van Laar collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United States. Colette van Laar's co-authors include Shana Levin, Naomi Ellemers, Jim Sidanius, Belle Derks, Loes Meeussen, Stacey Sinclair, Felicia Pratto, David O. Sears, Jenny Veldman and Rick Kosterman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, PLoS ONE and Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

Colette van Laar

92 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The queen bee phenomenon: Why women leaders distance themselves from junior women

2016 315 citations Belle Derks, Colette van Laar et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colette van Laar Belgium	36	3.1k	1.5k	1.4k	561	351	96	4.5k
Valerie Purdie‐Vaughns United States	22	2.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	964 0.7×	791 1.4×	711 2.0×	35	4.5k
Shana Levin United States	35	4.8k 1.6×	2.8k 1.9×	1.3k 0.9×	661 1.2×	397 1.1×	54	6.1k
Cheryl R. Kaiser United States	35	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	197 0.4×	459 1.3×	73	4.3k
Laurie T. O’Brien United States	23	3.0k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	913 0.7×	348 0.6×	809 2.3×	48	5.0k
Fathali M. Moghaddam United States	34	3.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	472 0.3×	525 0.9×	568 1.6×	128	5.2k
Samuel R. Sommers United States	31	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	771 0.6×	321 0.6×	336 1.0×	62	3.6k
Serge Guimond France	29	2.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	575 0.4×	348 0.6×	236 0.7×	94	3.3k
Sabine Otten Netherlands	33	2.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	832 0.6×	196 0.3×	223 0.6×	107	4.1k
Stacey Sinclair United States	32	2.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	573 0.4×	565 1.0×	261 0.7×	54	3.3k
Corinne A. Moss‐Racusin United States	29	2.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	3.0k 2.2×	480 0.9×	641 1.8×	58	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Colette van Laar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colette van Laar

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Veldman, Jenny, et al.. (2025). Belonging in engineering education: a systematic literature review of its impact on recruitment and retention for female students and students from ethnic minority backgrounds. European Journal of Engineering Education. 50(3). 512–538. 1 indexed citations

Kende, Judit, Matteo Gagliolo, Colette van Laar, Linda R. Tropp, & Karen Phalet. (2024). Through the eyes of my peers: Sharing perceptions of unequal treatment in ethno–racially diverse classrooms.. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology. 32(1). 51–67. 2 indexed citations

Laar, Colette van, et al.. (2024). MANdatory - why men need (and are needed for) gender equality progress. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1263313–1263313. 11 indexed citations

Laar, Colette van, et al.. (2024). Predictors of expectant fathers’ parental leave-taking intentions before birth: masculinity, fatherhood beliefs, and social support. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1247193–1247193. 2 indexed citations

Laar, Colette van, et al.. (2024). Advancing the health and well‐being of boys and men: Lessons from the social cure and curse framework. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 19(1). 1 indexed citations

Gebhardt, Winifred A., et al.. (2023). My future-self has (not) quit smoking: An experimental study into the effect of a future-self intervention on smoking-related self-identity constructs. Social Science & Medicine. 320. 115667–115667. 6 indexed citations

West, Keon, et al.. (2022). It's only discrimination when they do it to us: When White men use ingroup‐serving double standards in definitional boundaries of discrimination. European Journal of Social Psychology. 52(4). 735–747. 11 indexed citations

Greenland, Katy, Keon West, & Colette van Laar. (2022). Definitional boundaries of discrimination: Tools for deciding what constitutes discrimination (and what doesn't). Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 52(10). 945–964. 6 indexed citations

West, Keon, Katy Greenland, & Colette van Laar. (2021). Implicit racism, colour blindness, and narrow definitions of discrimination: Why some White people prefer ‘All Lives Matter’ to ‘Black Lives Matter’. British Journal of Social Psychology. 60(4). 1136–1153. 31 indexed citations

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Veldman, Jenny, Colette van Laar, Dustin B. Thoman, & Carolien Van Soom. (2021). “Where will I belong more?”: The role of belonging comparisons between STEM fields in high school girls’ STEM interest. Social Psychology of Education. 24(5). 1363–1387. 13 indexed citations

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Laar, Colette van, et al.. (2019). Coping With Stigma in the Workplace: Understanding the Role of Threat Regulation, Supportive Factors, and Potential Hidden Costs. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 1879–1879. 60 indexed citations

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Meeussen, Loes, et al.. (2018). Perpetuating Inequality: Junior Women Do Not See Queen Bee Behavior as Negative but Are Nonetheless Negatively Affected by It. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 1690–1690. 23 indexed citations

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Linden, Meta van der, Marc Hooghe, Thomas de Vroome, & Colette van Laar. (2017). Extending trust to immigrants: Generalized trust, cross-group friendship and anti-immigrant sentiments in 21 European societies. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177369–e0177369. 44 indexed citations

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Linden, Meta van der, Cecil Meeusen, & Colette van Laar. (2015). Explaining parent-child similarity in different types of prejudice: The role of family socialization mechanisms. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2 indexed citations

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Saab, Rim, et al.. (2015). You’re either with us or against us! Moral conviction determines how the politicized distinguish friend from foe. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 20(4). 519–539. 28 indexed citations

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Ståhl, Tomas, Colette van Laar, & Naomi Ellemers. (2012). The role of prevention focus under stereotype threat: Initial cognitive mobilization is followed by depletion.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 102(6). 1239–1251. 65 indexed citations

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Laar, Colette van, et al.. (2011). Social change as an important goal or likely outcome: How regulatory focus affects commitment to collective action. British Journal of Social Psychology. 51(1). 93–110. 22 indexed citations

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Derks, Belle, et al.. (2010). Do sexist organizational cultures create the Queen Bee?. British Journal of Social Psychology. 50(3). 519–535. 204 indexed citations

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Derks, Belle, Colette van Laar, & Naomi Ellemers. (2009). Working for the self or working for the group: How self- versus group affirmation affects collective behavior in low-status groups.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 96(1). 183–202. 95 indexed citations

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Derks, Belle, Colette van Laar, & Naomi Ellemers. (2006). Striving for Success in Outgroup Settings: Effects of Contextually Emphasizing Ingroup Dimensions on Stigmatized Group Members’ Social Identity and Performance Styles. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 32(5). 576–588. 68 indexed citations

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